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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The Nvidia CEO is a relentless AI optimist with the president's ear. Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine, tells NPR's Juana Summers how their relationship could shape the future of AI.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Seth Center, a former U.S. diplomat who has previously negotiated with China regarding AI concerns, about his doubts around this week's China-U.S. summit.
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Wired reporter EJ Dickson speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about an online community that targets and harasses young women with their own nonconsensual, sexually explicit images.
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In two board resolutions made public Monday, the arts institution says it is in a dire financial and physical state —– and that only President Trump can "rescue" it.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kristin Kobez Du Mez about 'Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made,' and how that world both serves and harms women.
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Comedian and actor Stavros Halkias speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about his new stand up comedy special, Uncle Stav.
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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.