Emily Kwong
Emily Kwong (she/her) is the reporter for NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast explores new discoveries, everyday mysteries and the science behind the headlines — all in about 10 minutes, Monday through Friday.
Prior to working at NPR, Kwong was a reporter and host at KCAW-Sitka, a community radio station in Sitka, Alaska. She covered local government and politics, culture and general assignments, chasing stories onto fishing boats and up volcanoes. Her work earned multiple awards from the Alaska Press Club and Alaska Broadcasters Association. Prior to that, Kwong produced youth media with WNYC's Radio Rookies and The Modern Story in Hyderabad, India.
Kwong won the "Best New Artist" award in 2013 from the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition for a story about a Maine journalist learning to speak with an electrolarynx. She was the 2018 "Above the Fray" Fellow, reporting a series for NPR on climate change and internal migration in Mongolia.
Kwong earned her bachelor's degree at Columbia University in 2012. She learned the finer points of cutting tape at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 2013.
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NPR's Short Wave team talks about how air pollution affects the brain, what ancient squirrel poop reveals about prehistoric fauna, and a whale graveyard on the ocean floor.
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NPR's Short Wave team talks about a wildflower's ability to adapt to climate change, the grooming habits of birds, and the social lives of sharks.
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Sara Bode of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio speaks with NPR's Emily Kwong about why many pediatric centers have started screening kids for literacy skills.
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A look at KALW's Uncuffed podcast, and a conversation with Greg Eskridge, talking about life after he was paroled in the summer of 2024, after spending more than 30 years in prison.
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What are people in Iran saying about today's attacks by the U.S. and Israel? We hear from people on the ground who experienced the event as it unfolded.
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Matilda Brindle, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford, explains.
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NPR's Lauren Frayer arrived in London after years in India, and she's been covering Britain with the legacy of empire in view.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a keynote speech at the annual Munich Security Conference; European stakeholders are reassured but still wary.
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On the first Sunday of the Olympic Winter Games, downhill skier Breezy Johnson captured the first gold for Team USA. And Alpine racer Lindsey Vonn crashed and was transported to the hospital with a broken leg.
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Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact.