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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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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More than 1,000 pre-Hispanic artifacts are being repatriated to Mexico from the United States thanks to Jeremy Pilver, a licensed archeologist in Connecticut, and his high school students.