Ayesha Rascoe
Stories
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Sports
Black wrestlers are having their moment
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to wrestling columnist Alfred Konuwa about the surge in Black professional wrestlers.
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National
Why is Texas facing so many extreme weather events?
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to environmental reporter Amal Ahmed about extreme weather in Texas.
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After years of early success, Omar Apollo releases full debut album 'Ivory'
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Omar Apollo about his psychedelically soulful music and his full-length album, "Ivory."
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Books
Historical novel 'Take My Hand' focuses on involuntary sterilization of Black women
Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her new novel "Take My Hand," which fictionalizes a 1973 involuntary sterilization case, and about why she's drawn to history as a novelist.
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Science
Scientists say you shouldn't wear your shoes in your house
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mark Patrick Taylor of the Environmental Protection Authority of Victoria, Australia, about why he thinks everyone should remove their shoes before coming inside.
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National
Snow crabs in the Bering Sea have been hard to find — partially due to climate change
Ayesha Rascoe asks Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton about the drop in the population of Bering Sea snow crabs, and why scientists think climate change may be an important driver.
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Books
Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' depicts the human toll of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jenny Tinghui Zhang about her new novel "Four Treasures of the Sky." Set in the late 1800s, it's about a Chinese girl who is kidnapped and brought to the U.S.
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Television
Samuel L. Jackson is a 91-year-old solving crime in 'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey'
A 91 year-old man reclaims his memory to solve a crime in the new TV series, "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey." Ayesha Rascoe talks with star Samuel L. Jackson about it, and about his new Oscar.
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Technology
Some Russians are are skirting website restrictions through VPNs. What are they?
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton VPN, about the jump in Russians using virtual private networks to access websites blocked by their government.
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Movies
Tony Hawk plans to keep skateboarding 'Until the Wheels Fall Off'
Ayesha Rascoe talks to skateboarding icon Tony Hawk about his new documentary, "Until the Wheels Fall Off." Hawk elevated his sport, but in middle age, it's become hard on his body.