Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
Prior to joining NPR, Rascoe covered the White House for Reuters, chronicling Obama's final year in office and the beginning days of the Trump administration. Rascoe began her reporting career at Reuters, covering energy and environmental policy news, such as the 2010 BP oil spill and the U.S. response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011. She also spent a year covering energy legal issues and court cases.
She graduated from Howard University in 2007 with a B.A. in journalism.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to freelance journalist Brigitt Earley about creative Valentine's Day plans for those who are tired of the same old same old.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with radio talk show host Angela Yee about her departure from the popular show "The Breakfast Club" and about her new show, "Way Up with Angela Yee."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Codie Elaine Oliver about the joys of being a Black mother. Oliver is a host of The Mama's Den podcast.
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Last of Us, The Looney Tunes Show and Ice Merchants.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former Oscar Mayer Wienermobile driver CJ Zabat Jr. about that job. Applications are now open for new drivers.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to David Garfield, Global Head of Industries at AlixPartners, an international consulting firm, about the work-from-home vs. office debate.
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Prince Harry says his family has placed stories about him and his wife in the British tabloids. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Adrian Bingham, co-author of "Tabloid Century," to hear how that works.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Nancy Tartaglione, of Deadline.com, about the pull of international box offices for films like the Avatar sequel "The Way of Water" has made nearly $1 billion overseas.
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JoAnne Bland was 11 when she marched in Selma on March 7, 1965, known today as "Bloody Sunday." Her tours are a window into the violence of that day and her city's role in the fight for civil rights.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with actor LeVar Burton, who has appeared in "Roots," "Star Trek" and the children's T.V. series "Reading Rainbow." He'll receive a lifetime achievement Emmy Award tonight.