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 talks with Nicki Gostin of Page Six about the rumored wedding between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce this weekend in New York City.
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NPR's Mia Venkat explains to All Things Considered host Scott Detrow who the internet has been obsessed with this week.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell about their anthology of horror stories from Black writers with the racial and gender representation they've longed for in the genre.
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2023 saw an endless stream of trends signaling the popularity of "Girl Culture." NPR's Juana Summers speaks with writer Isabel Cristo about why adult women were so drawn to expressions of girlhood.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jezebel founder Anna Holmes about the shutdown of the publication.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks about their new book Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can't Quit American Girl.
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