Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Arts & Life
'Didi' director Sean Wang says 13 is 'old enough to know better, too young to care'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Sean Wang about his new coming-of-age movie Didi, which was inspired by his own experiences growing up in an immigrant household in the Bay Area.
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Politics
The family politics behind J.D. Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comment
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jessica Winter of The New Yorker about J.D. Vance's politics, particularly his views around the importance of having children.
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Environment
California's newest state park is like a time machine
California's newest state park just opened this summer — and a visit is like stepping into a time machine as its creators reimagine what a state park can be.
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Environment
California's newest state park is like a time machine
In the Central Valley, California’s first new state park in a decade opened this summer and it re-imagines what a state park can be.
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National
Former Secret Service head on the agency's controversy following the rally shooting
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ralph Basham, the director of the Secret Service during the George W. Bush administration, about Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle's decision to resign.
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Arts & Life
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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History
Black men exonerated after mutiny charges during WWII
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with producer Dan Collison about his documentary on the Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors who were charged with mutiny for refusing to work under unsafe conditions.
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Politics
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.
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Politics
Despite appeals for peace, the U.S. has a long history of political violence
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with political historian Matthew Dallek on the link between rhetoric and political violence, and the history of political violence in the United States.
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Sports
Spain takes it all in soccer and tennis
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Miguel Macias about Spain winning the European soccer championship and what this means for the country and soccer.
