Ari Shapiro appears in the following:
Turkey's presidential election is going to a runoff
Monday, May 15, 2023
Turkey's presidential election was a test of democracy, and it isn't over. The two leading candidates are headed to a runoff. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gonul Tol of the Middle East Institute.
Oregon Republicans' walkouts trigger a new state law on reelection
Monday, May 15, 2023
In Oregon, an ongoing walkout by Republican lawmakers is blocking Democrats' attempts to pass a law that would protect and expand access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care.
72-year-old graduate recieves his college degree in Georgia
Monday, May 15, 2023
72-year-old Sam Kaplan graduated from Georgia Gwinnett College this weekend with his 99-year-old mother in attendance.
'The Covenant of Water' is the story of an Indian family haunted by a medical mystery
Thursday, May 04, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.
Remembering Raghavan Iyer, an icon of Indian cooking
Friday, April 14, 2023
Raghavan Iyer, the chef who did so much to popularize Indian cooking in the U.S., has died after years of cancer treatments. He released his final book, "On the Curry Trail," a couple of months ago.
How Nakhane wrote an 'existential sex album'
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with South African musician Nakhane about their new album, Bastard Jargon. Percussive and made for the dancefloor, it also probes deep cultural and political questions.
Dan Ahdoot explores his relationship with food in 'Undercooked'
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the comedian and actor on his new book, Undercooked: How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to Live.
A woman convicted in Poland for aiding abortion says she did what was right
Friday, March 17, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Justyna Wydrzynska, co-founder of Abortion Dream Team, who was convicted in Poland for helping a woman acquire abortion pills.
Meet the D.C. teen choir that joined Bono and The Edge at the Tiny Desk
Friday, March 17, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Kirsten Holmes and Jevon Skipper from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., about their role in a recent Tiny Desk — with Bono and The Edge.
The dirty secret to credit card rewards
Thursday, March 09, 2023
Credit card perks are being subsidized by people who have less, argues Chenzi Xu, a finance professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Rogê's samba-funk fusion brings Rio to LA
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Brazilian samba musician Rogê already conquered Rio de Janeiro. Now, he's here to give the U.S. a taste of Brazil with his new album Curyman.
Medical tourism in Mexico isn't new, but the recent tragedy put it in the Spotlight
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David G. Vequist, who runs the Center of Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, about medical tourism in Mexico.
Protestors in Georgia clash with police over 'foreign agents' law
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Robin Forestier-Walker in Georgia about protests against a proposed "foreign agent" law, which critics call a Russian-inspired attempt to stifle civil society.
Remembering disability rights activist Judith Heumann
Monday, March 06, 2023
Judith Heumann was a disability rights activist and a leader of the disability community. In 1977, she helped to revive legislation that set the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bills targeting drag have a long history in the U.S., says historian
Monday, March 06, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Jules Gill-Peterson of Johns Hopkins University about the long history of laws targeting drag in the U.S.
When it comes to the dangers of AI, surveillance poses more risk than anything
Thursday, March 02, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Paul Scharre about how tech giants and the world's militaries are wielding the power of artificial intelligence. It's the subject of his new book Four Battlegrounds.
Ari Shapiro's New Caberet Residency and More
Thursday, March 02, 2023
Ari Shapiro on his upcoming projects
Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
A cultural center in Senegal is creating a safe space where artists can use their platform to speak about climate change while also finding opportunities in the art and music scene.
How an infectious disease expert interprets conflicting reports on COVID-19's origins
Monday, February 27, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Michael Osterholm about what the general public can understand about the origins of COVID-19.
People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. Here's why he says no
Saturday, February 25, 2023
By day, Saint-Louis native Pape Dieye is a boat captain-turned-tour guide for a fancy hotel that caters to Westerners. By night, he turns down requests to smuggle human beings across the ocean.
