Mia Venkat

'Cornell Daily Sun' reporting brought light to alleged campus assault

Sophia Dasser, editor-in-chief at The Cornell Daily Sun, talks with NPR's Juana Summers about an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell and the campus fallout.

'If I can't talk about it, who can?': Robby Hoffman on comedy and criticism

Ashley Brown, Juana Summers, Mia Venkat

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Emmy-nominated comedian Robby Hoffman about her career and criticism she's faced.

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The country's two largest reservoirs of water are at historic lows

Mia Venkat, Ailsa Chang, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Sophia Paliza-Carre

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University, about new record low water levels in two major reservoirs.

An iconic mail-order music and video company is shutting down

Christopher Intagliata, Mia Venkat

The long-running mail-order business Columbia House, which became famous for its record and CD clubs before focusing on DVDs, has announced it'll take its final orders next month.

Why Venezuela's democratic transition talks won't include María Corina Machado

William Troop, Mia Venkat, Juana Summers

Venezuela's government and some opposition figures have agreed to discuss a democratic transition. Why isn't opposition leader María Corina Machado part of the talks?

When a murder victim's son met the man wrongly convicted of the crime

Mia Venkat, Ailsa Chang, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty and Jay Young speak with NPR's Ailsa Chang about Young's relationship with Benjamin Spencer, the man who was wrongfully imprisoned for his father's murder.

On social media, Venezuelans post rescues and anguish

Mia Venkat, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Venezuela is reeling from two massive earthquakes Wednesday night.