Juana Summers
Stories
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Michael Cohen, former Trump lawyer and fixer, reacts to the indictment of Trump
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Michael Cohen, former "fixer" and attorney for Donald Trump, on the news that Trump will be charged with crimes related to a payment to an adult film star.
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Nintendo closed some digital storefronts. Experts say it's bad for video game history
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kelsey Lewin of the Video Game History Foundation about the recent closure of some of Nintendo's digital storefronts.
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Paris Hilton was the center of it all. Now she's shedding the 'character' she created
Before the word "influencer" was a household term, before Instagram and TikTok allowed users to document every moment of their life in real time, Paris Hilton was the woman at the center of it all.
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Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager
Kaepernick's upbringing and teen crucibles are the source of his new graphic novel, titled Change the Game.
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Book sales are declining, but not in the romance genre
Romance books are on the rise, even as overall book sales are declining. NPR's Juana Summers visited a romance book club at Baltimore's Charm City Books to see what brings readers to the genre.
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Doug Williams talks this historic Super Bowl matchup of two Black quarterbacks
NPR's Juana Summers talks with former NFL star Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl, about the first Super Bowl to feature two Black quarterbacks.
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John Cale, ever restless, returns with the deeply collaborative 'Mercy'
The Welsh-born artist, a co-founder of The Velvet Underground, has been relentlessly creating for nearly 60 years. On his new album, he sounds as alive as ever.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner talks inspiration and inner fight to make Grammy-nominated album
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner about his Grammy nomination for best spoken word poetry album and the inspiration behind it.
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Kashana Cauley writes about the unexplored perspective of Black survivalists
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Kashana Cauley about her debut novel The Survivalists and putting her comedy background to work in writing about the unexplored perspective of Black survivalism.
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Dr. Cecile Gounder confronts disinformation about her husband's death
Dr. Celine Gounder speaks out against disinformation after her husband Grant Wahl's sudden death was seized on by anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists.