Ayesha Rascoe
Stories
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Politics chat: Trump's tax bill, U.S. strikes on Iran, NATO summit, NYC mayor race
The huge tax and spending bill currently before the Senate is likely to pass into law. It may prove controversial enough to be a drag on Republican candidates.
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A new album celebrates Clifton Chenier, the 'King of Zydeco'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy about the new album celebrating Clifton Chenier, "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco."
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Investigation reveals expensive seafood restaurants using pond-raised shrimp from Asia
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks SEAD Consulting's Erin Williams, whose company tests seafood, how often U.S. restaurants use farmed and imported shrimp rather than local and wild-caught shrimp.
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MARINA discusses her new album 'Princess of Power'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Marina Diamandis, who performs as MARINA, about her new album "Princess of Power."
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Pete Hegseth calls U.S. strikes on Iran 'an incredible and overwhelming success'
The Pentagon provided a briefing on the U.S. airstrikes on Iran Sunday morning, after President Trump took direct action for the first time in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
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Iran's relationship with Russia and China could come into play after U.S. strikes
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nicole Grajewski of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the role Russia and China could play in de-escalating the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Former U.S ambassador to Israel discusses U.S. bombing of Iran
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dan Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about the regional impact of American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Are Americans at risk after U.S. bombing of Iran?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Middle East analyst, author, negotiator and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace senior fellow Aaron David Miller for his views on the U.S strike on Iran.
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Iran's foreign minister says U.S. strikes were 'outrageous'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Arash Azizi, who studies both Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian opposition, what Iran's next moves may be now that the U.S. has struck its nuclear sites.
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Israel's potential next moves after the U.S. bombed Iran
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sarah-Masha Fainberg, a senior research fellow at Tel Aviv University, about Israel's next moves after the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities.