Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Would you pay $60 a pound for butter? The luxury butter market might surprise you
Would you pay $60 a pound for butter? Shoppers are spending big bucks for premium butter.
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A new memoir charts the decline and resilience of an Ohio town
In her new memoir, author and journalist Beth Macy returns to her hometown of Urbana, Ill., to learn how it changed from a stable working- and middle-class community to a town struggling with poverty.
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Why does Salvador Dali's work lend itself to forgery?
On Wednesday, Italian art police in Parma seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries. Host Ailsa Chang speaks with art fraud investigator and expert Colette Loll.
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Jane Fonda calls for 'creative nonviolent noncooperation' to defend free speech
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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A rabbi reflects on her Yom Kippur message, as Israel's war in Gaza continues
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a congregation in Los Angeles, about her message this year during the Yom Kippur holiday.
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Unlocking the Gen Z consumer
As Nike targets a new generation with a revised slogan, "Why Do It?," NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to consumer trends expert Casey Lewis about what brands get right and wrong about Gen Z.
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Where could the U.S. government restrict free speech?
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Pennsylvania law professor Amanda Shanor about free speech protections in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a UN inquiry says
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Navi Pillay, who chairs a U.N. commission on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which has found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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Former CDC official explains his decision to leave the agency
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Daniel Jernigan, the former director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, about his resignation after the CDC director's firing.
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Taylor Swift is engaged to Travis Kelce. That's a business opportunity in Kansas City
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ryan Fortney, VP of sales for Charlie Hustle -- a company that sells Kansas City-themed apparel, about the merch opportunities from the Swift-Kelce engagement.