Shannon Lin
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Shannon Lin is a former senior podcast producer for the Los Angeles Times. She previously worked at KQED in San Francisco as a breaking news reporter and producer, where she covered topics ranging from COVID-19 outbreaks in state prisons to the spread of misinformation in the Mandarin-speaking community on WeChat. Before that, she interned at WNYC and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She’s a Bay Area native and the proud daughter of Taiwanese immigrants.
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Ham radio is as antiquated as modern-day communication technology can be. Yet in Taiwan, it has experienced a renaissance — although the reasons are all about danger.
Nov. 18, 2022
California Republican Kevin McCarthy stands to be House speaker if his party regains control of the chamber. What drives the Bakersfield politician?
Nov. 9, 2022
Winds can be kind, lovely or terrorizing. Today, our Masters of Disasters talk about them all, from Santa Ana to Diablo to hurricanes and beyond.
Oct. 28, 2022
Manhattan Beach residents lined up to share their concerns about coyotes killing their pets in June, and now some are advocating for wholesale extermination of them. But is there a way to co-exist peacefully?
Oct. 21, 2022
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was a wildly popular president in Brazil, then went to prison on corruption charges. Now he’s on the brink of an improbable comeback.
Sept. 30, 2022
When Mother Nature is setting climate disaster records every year, what can we do?
Sept. 26, 2022
After nearly 50 years, NASA plans to put someone on the moon. Is it worth it?
Sept. 16, 2022
The country’s largest wind farm could help power California all the way from Wyoming. But first, it needs to get built.
Sept. 7, 2022
Monterrey is the financial capital of northern Mexico — and it currently finds itself in a historic drought. Sound familiar?
July 28, 2022
While Joe Biden faces increasing criticism for domestic policies, his foreign agenda remains strong. Can the twain meet?
July 8, 2022