Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro appears in the following:

Encore: Margo Jefferson's new memoir is like a kaleidoscope into someone's life

Thursday, July 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winner Margo Jefferson about her memoir, Constructing A Nervous System, in which she tells her story through the creators and art that shaped her.

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Can deleted text messages actually be retrieved?

Thursday, July 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Paul Luehr, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, about what happens when texts message get deleted.

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How prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine compares to hunting Nazis

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Eli Rosenbaum spent his career hunting down Nazis after World War II. Now, he will use those skills to seek out war criminals in the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Putin met with leaders from Turkey and Iran

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about Putin's visit to Tehran on Tuesday.

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Eli Rosenbaum on how prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine compares to hunting Nazis

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Department of Justice official Eli Rosenbaum on his investigation into war crimes that occurred in Ukraine.

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In his new book, Jamil Jan Kochai writes of war, displacement and haunting memories

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Jamil Jan Kochai's new book, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and other Stories, explores war, displacement, family and the memories that haunt us.

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Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

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A head injury gave Ingrid amnesia. Then came the journey to rediscover her history

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras was forced to relearn the supernatural legacy of her family when faced with an injury that left her with amnesia.

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In her memoir, author Ingrid Rojas Contreras shares her family's mystical history

Monday, July 18, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Ingrid Rojas Contreras about her memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, and how writing it helped her rediscover herself after losing her memory.

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Africa is being left behind as wealthy nations push 4th COVID booster shots

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Institutional racism, greed, and a broken global health system are all working against African nations where people are dying from COVID in silence, according to a scathing assessment from one expert.

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The James Webb telescope had 344 'single point failures' before launch. Then, success

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

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Hannah Marks' road trip film follows a familiar path — with a few unexpected exits

Friday, July 15, 2022

Hannah Marks directs John Cho and Mia Isaac in Amazon's new film Don't Make Me Go, a comedic but melancholy story of a father and daughter's road trip across America.

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Here is the CDC director's plan to fight monkeypox

Friday, July 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about the monkeypox outbreak in the United States and the steps the federal government is taking to manage it.

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Pastor in Buffalo speaks on what's next as supermarket store reopens after shooting

Friday, July 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bishop Darius Pridgen, president of the Buffalo Common Council, about what's next for the community as the supermarket where 10 people were killed reopened Friday.

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Why is Steve Bannon reversing course and now willing to testify in Jan. 6 hearings?

Friday, July 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green on Steve Bannon's new willingness to testify before the House select committee investigating Jan. 6.

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The James Webb telescope project manager says the words 'give up' were never used

Thursday, July 14, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope since 2011, on the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

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NYC health commissioner on the city's response to the monkeypox outbreak

Thursday, July 14, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New York City's health commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, about the city's response to the monkeypox outbreak.

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Emmett Till's family says 'white pedestal' theory has denied them justice for decades

Thursday, July 14, 2022

The family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 1955 arrest warrant to the white woman they say is responsible for his murder and kidnapping.

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Why the family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 67-year-old arrest warrant

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

The family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 1955 arrest warrant to the white woman they say is responsible for his murder and kidnapping.

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Encore: In 'She Memes Well,' Quinta Brunson describes the path to her comedy career

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor and stand up comedian Quinta Brunson about her first book, an essay collection called She Memes Well.

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