In 'The Wrong Girls,' Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat play messy stoner BFFs

NPR | By Sarah Handel,

Ailsa Chang, Kathryn Fink

Published August 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM EDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dylan Meyer about her directorial debut, The Wrong Girls and the value of seeing women being silly and making dubious decisions onscreen.

Sarah Handel

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

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Kathryn Fink

Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.

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