Juana Summers Juana Summers is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered.
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Justin T. Gellerson

Juana Summers

Host, All Things Considered

Juana Summers is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, alongside Ailsa Chang, Ari Shapiro and Mary Louise Kelly. She joined All Things Considered 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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Saturday

Hilton says she has been misunderstood and underestimated. Cole Bennetts/Getty Images for Paris Hilton hide caption

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Paris Hilton was the center of it all. Now she's shedding the 'character' she created

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Wednesday

It may be time to mark the beginning of the end for 'Ted Lasso'

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Why customer service ratings are getting worse

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2023 has already brought plenty of surprises for video game fans

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Tuesday

Paris Hilton was at the center of it all. Now she's delving into her pre-fame life

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Monday

Former Congressman Barney Frank on Silicon Valley Bank collapse

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Friday

Dina Nayeri's relationship with belief changed while writing 'Who Gets Believed?'

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Thursday

SNAP benefits will drop for millions of Americans as pandemic aid winds down

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Wednesday

The new graphic novel is an intimate look at Kaepernick's teen years. Kaepernick Publishing hide caption

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Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager

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Tuesday

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on his new coming-of-age graphic novel

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Friday

20 years after Rooney rule, the NFL landscape is still bleak for Black coaches

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Thursday

Why the Murdaugh trial has had audiences hooked

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Underwater researcher attempts world record for living underwater

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Tuesday

New book 'Redaction' humanizes redacted lawsuits through portraits and poems

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Tuesday

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Sheryl Lee Ralph explains why she almost left showbiz — and what kept her going

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Friday

This eating disorder expert is worried by new guidelines to treat childhood obesity

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From 'Dreamgirls' to 'Abbot Elementary,' Sheryl Lee Ralph isn't leaving the spotlight

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Madonna decries 'ageism and misogyny' after criticism of her new look

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Tuesday

Book sales are declining, but not in the romance genre

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Sen. Susan Collins talks about the unidentified objects over U.S. and Canada

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New book looks at love and heartbreak, both romantic and familial

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Monday

Former NORAD leader on the challenges of detecting small, uncrewed flying objects

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It's a full house for this newly reconvened romance book club in Baltimore. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption

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From meet-cutes to happy endings, romance readers feel the love as sales heat up

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Friday

The scene in Glendale ahead of the Super Bowl

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