Lauren Hodges
Lauren Hodges is an associate producer for All Things Considered. She joined the show in 2018 after seven years in the NPR newsroom as a producer and editor. She doesn't mind that you used her pens, she just likes them a certain way and asks that you put them back the way you found them, thanks. Despite years working on interviews with notable politicians, , and celebrities for NPR, Hodges completely lost her cool when she heard RuPaul's voice and was told to sit quietly in a corner during the rest of . She promises to do better next time.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former Rep. Jackie Speier, who represented a California district as a Democrat, about sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill following the #MeToo movement.
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Historic voter turnout in Hungary ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orb谩n from power. This shift may dramatically change Hungary's relationship with the European Union, which Orb谩n criticized regularly.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Ophir Falk, foreign policy adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, about his country's stance on war with Iran and Hezbollah.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Sarvat Hasin about her new novel Strange Girls and the complexities of friendship.
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In many ways, the conflict between Iran and the U.S. and Israel has been decades in the making. Ramtin Arablouei, host of NPR's podcast "Throughline," explains how.
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As several global tensions simmer, the Pentagon is removing thousands of transgender troops under Sec.Hegseth's anti-DEI push. How might a focus on gender identity distract from mission readiness?
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A once anonymous R. Kelly survivor, Reshona Landfair is now ready to reclaim her voice. -
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Paul Schnell, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, over his agency's dispute of Homeland Security claims around arrest numbers.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Katelyn Vue, a reporter from Sahan Journal, a news outlet focused on immigrants and people of color in Minnesota, about President Trump's attacks on Somali people.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to have Sen. Mark Kelly court-martialed. We ask a former military lawyer if that's legal.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with John King, Chancellor of State University of New York and former education secretary, about the changes at the U.S. Department of Education this week.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with David Kinzelman, senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines, about new FAA restrictions on flights during the government shutdown.
