Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a host of NPR's All Things Considered. She joined the show in June 2022.
Summers previously spent more than a decade covering national politics, most recently as NPR's political correspondent covering race, justice and politics.
She covered the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, and has also previously covered Congress for NPR. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications across multiple platforms, including Politico, CNN, Mashable and The Associated Press.
In 2016, Summers was a fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.
She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., on the campus of the University of Missouri. She is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, and is originally from Kansas City, Mo.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Emmy-nominated comedian Robby Hoffman about her career and criticism she's faced.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with award-winning author Marlon James about his new book, The Disappearers, the story of a brutal attack on a group of gay men in Jamaica and its aftermath.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Joel Anderson, a host of the podcast Slow Burn, about the Tupac Shakur murder trial and the cultural moment around his murder.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with 404 Media cofounder and reporter Emanuel Maiberg about his investigation into a shipment of rare books which ended up at an Amazon AI training warehouse.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Professor Shaun Harper about the intense media scrutiny of British sociologist Jason Arday and how the scholar's death has reverberated in Black academic circles.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks to New York Times-bestselling author Naima Coster about her newest novel, 'Take What You Can,' an exploration of growing into parenthood with chosen family.
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Many of the migrants have now returned. Spanish authorities reported that at least 57 died, among them those who drowned as they attempted to swim to Ceuta, a Spanish autonomous city.
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President Trump announced a "historic breakthrough" in his plan to bring peace to Gaza, but huge hurdles remain.
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The Illharmonic Orchestra blends hip-hop and classical music during live performances. Its leaders tell NPR's Juana Summers how they build community with their shows, which feature all-Black musicians. -
NPR has confirmed a deal that would allow the U.S. to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and allow the country to begin enriching uranium for civilian use.
