Ayesha Rascoe
Stories
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These workers don't take the holidays off
Many folks enjoy a few days off for the end-of-the-year holidays, but there are some workers who don't take the time off or can't. We hear from a few of them.
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How new identities as parents and partners shape Call Me Spinster's music
The Chattanooga sister trio talks about mixing music and motherhood, and shares the story behind their song "Feet Are Dirty." (Story originally aired on Weekend Edition on April 21, 2024.)
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A new FTC rule cracks down on 'junk' fees. Here's what to expect
The rule requires companies disclose fees up front for people booking a hotel or buying a ticket to a live event. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe discusses with Columbia University professor Vicki Morwitz.
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Politics chat: Government shutdown averted as Biden signs stopgap funding bill
NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to discuss the spending battle and how it could affect the early months of the incoming Trump administration.
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Monarch butterfly would join 'threatened' species list under government proposal
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NPR science correspondent Jonathan Lambert about the decision, as well as other conservation efforts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing as 2024 winds down.
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Cat Burns on coming of age and her debut album 'early twenties'
Ayesha Rascoe talks with British singer-songwriter Cat Burns about young adulthood and her debut album, "early twenties."
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Congressional Republicans want to reduce the federal workforce
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Urban Institute Senior Fellow Howard Gleckman about the math behind Republican efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making
Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month.
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Politics chat: Trump attends Army-Navy game; McConnell backs polio vaccine; mystery drones over New Jersey
President-elect Donald Trump had two high-profile guests with him at the Army-Navy game yesterday: Pete Hegseth, his Secretary of Defense pick, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Listen up! Here are some of the best audiobooks of the year
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kendra Winchester of the website 'Book Riot' about some of the best audiobooks of 2024.