Courtney Dorning
Stories
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LeElle Slifer remembers her cousin, an Israeli hostage killed by Hamas
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with LeElle Slifer. Her cousin Carmel Gat was one of the six hostages recently killed by Hamas, and who's body was recovered over the weekend.
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Ozempic takes over the Kentucky city of Bowling Green
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bloomberg News' Madison Muller, who reported on a Kentucky city that has one of the highest concentrations of people with weight loss drug prescriptions in the country.
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Pelosi says we need a strong GOP, and that this one is a 'cult to a thug'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi about her new book The Art of Power and her interactions with the Bush White House during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Pelosi talks power and Biden's exit from the 2024 race
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about her new book The Art of Power, her rise and the role she played in Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the Presidential race.
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Nancy Pelosi talks to NPR about wielding power — and her role as Biden stepped aside
Nancy Pelosi opens up about wielding power — and what she was doing in the days leading up to President Joe Biden announcing he was abandoning his race for a second term
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Venezuela's election has left residents — and expats — wary of the nation's future
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Venezuelan journalist and novelist Karina Sainz Borgo about the uproar over the results of Venezuela's presidential election.
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Who will be Kamala Harris's running mate?
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Powerful women tend to be called by their first name. It's not an accident
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to University of Houston's Mirya Holman about why women in political leadership tend to be referred to by their first names more often than their male counterparts.
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Director of 'Crazy Rich Asians' Jon Chu on his new memoir
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with film director Jon Chu about his new memoir Viewfinder. Chu is best known for his 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.
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Charting J.D. Vance's journey from 'never Trump' to Trump's running mate
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Frum, a senior editor for The Atlantic, to dig a little deeper into J.D. Vance’s political path. Frum knew the politician and wrote a piece about him in 2022.