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CHANG: Bianca Mabute-Louie's new book is called "Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto For The 21st Century." Thank you very much, Bianca. MABUTE-LOUIE: Thank you so much, Ailsa. I really ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bianca Mabute-Louie about her book Unassimilable – which argues the case against assimilation for the Asian Diaspora and re-imagines where to find community in the U ...

Hi, Katia. KATIA RIDDLE, BYLINE: Hi, Ailsa. CHANG: So I know that you've been here now for several days, reporting on these fires. What got you interested in this particular aspect of the story?

Hi, Adrian. ADRIAN FLORIDO, BYLINE: Hi, Ailsa. CHANG: OK, so it has been seven days since these fires started tearing through LA. As of now, where do things stand? Do you know? FLORIDO ...