Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Cloudflare outage exposes reliance on a handful of Internet companies
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Betsy Cooper, a cybersecurity expert at the Aspen Institute, about this week's major Internet outage and the world's reliance on a handful of web services companies.
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Study finds human ancestors made tools continuously for 300,000 years
Ailsa Chang speaks with David Braun, an archeologist, about his team's discovery of a site in Kenya that suggests human ancestors built tools continuously much earlier than previously thought.
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Sean Ono Lennon shares 'John & Yoko' documentary, and family memories
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sean Ono Lennon about what his mom taught him, and the new documentary about his famous parents, One to One: John and Yoko.
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Here's an idea: What if Japan's matcha were protected like France's champagne?
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Fickling, opinion writer at Bloomberg, about his idea for Japan: Treat matcha, the super popular drink, like champagne, and protect its heritage.
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In the novel 'Lucky Seed,' the stakes are high for producing an heir
Author Justinian Huang talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about his new book Lucky Seed, about the Sun family's quest to ensure a male heir to their wealth.
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Hundreds of flights are cancelled as air traffic controllers work without pay
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled for safety during the shutdown as air traffic controllers continue to work without pay.
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What's next for both parties as vote to end shutdown draws near?
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Republican strategist Mike Ricci about the deal to end the government shutdown.
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Breaking Rust is a hot new country act on the Billboard charts. It's powered by AI
The AI-driven country music act Breaking Rust is climbing the charts. But will hardcore fans accept AI?
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Former Sec. of State John Kerry reflects on the U.S. skipping UN climate talks
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Secretary of State John Kerry about the COP30 climate talks in Brazil, and what it means to have the U.S. largely sitting on the sidelines.
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This Republican congressman wants to end gerrymandering for good
California voted to approve Prop 50, a measure to change election maps. Rep. Kevin Kiley, whose district will be impacted by the new map, has introduced legislation banning mid-decade gerrymandering.