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 talks to R&B singer Vedo about his new album "Mood Swings."
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Alt.Latino cues up some new music for the new year, including a piece from a Colombian musician with a flair for the accordion and another from a Brazilian artist mixing folk with electronic music.
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In this encore, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to singer/songwriter Santigold about her new album, "Spirituals."
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NPR's Ayesha Roscoe speaks with singer Emeli Sande about her latest album, Let's Say For Instance.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Congolese rumba maestro Fally Ipupa about his new album Formule 7.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Yungblud about his new eponymous album, featuring songs that focus on the importance of self-acceptance.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson about Lincoln Center's orchestral tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Fat Joe about his new memoir, "The Book of José," which traces the rapper's rise from the rough and tumble streets of the Bronx to his success in the music world.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks Chardine Taylor-Stone and Stephanie Phillips of punk rock band Big Joanie about their album, "Back Home," and about the role of joy and resistance in punk music.
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Following the death of hip-hop artist Takeoff, a member of the group Migos, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with host of Rap Radar, Elliott Wilson about his legacy and what his death means for the genre.