Ari Shapiro appears in the following:
Yoshinobu Yamamoto becomes the highest paid MLB pitcher in joining the Dodgers
Thursday, December 28, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mike Digiovanna, who covers the MLB for the Los Angeles Times, about the Dodgers securing 25-year-old Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who just became the highest paid pitcher in MLB.
2023 showed how online platforms can die
Thursday, December 28, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with tech journalist Cory Doctorow about how 2023 was the year when a lot of people pointed out that some important places on the Internet are getting worse.
Does the U.S. and Israel see eye to eye when it comes to Gaza?
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer ended a visit with the White House and State Department. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Aaron David Miller about what it means for U.S.-Israel relations.
Director Andrew Haigh talks about love and loneliness in 'All of Us Strangers'
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Director Andrew Haigh speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about his new film All of Us Strangers.
Zac Efron on the physical demands of playing a wrestler in Sean Durkin's 'Iron Claw'
Friday, December 22, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor Zac Efron and director Sean Durkin about their new movie The Iron Claw, which follows the story of wrestling legends the Von Erich brothers.
What the war in Gaza means politically for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
Thursday, December 21, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mairav Zonszein, the Senior Israel Analyst for the International Crisis Group, about what the war in Gaza means politically for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Once valued at billions of dollars, more tech startups are failing
Monday, December 18, 2023
The year of efficiency started with significant layoffs at some Silicon Valley giants. It's closing with many young tech startups — once appraised in the billions — selling for a few million.
Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to former Georgia election workers
Friday, December 15, 2023
Former Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay a staggering $148 million to two former Georgia election workers he spread lies about following the 2020 election.
Could D.C. lose two of its sports teams?
Friday, December 15, 2023
The Washington Wizards basketball team and Capitals hockey teams may be moving to northern Virginia. D.C. faces losing not only two sports teams but also an economic engine of its downtown.
A look into the New York Times' investigation of Roe v. Wade being overturned
Friday, December 15, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to New York Times' investigative reporter Jodi Kantor about her investigation with Adam Liptak into the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade.
How Mideast scholars are censoring themselves amid the Hamas-Israel war
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Shibley Telhami, director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues poll talks about the survey of middle east scholars about self-censoring themselves during the war between Hamas and Israel.
Amid war, a Rabbi makes the case to 'raise up light' this Hanukkah
Thursday, December 14, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie about how he's thinking about Hanukkah this year.
As COP28 winds down, climate advocate finds draft agreement "disappointing"
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
With COP28 climate talks coming to an end, NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with climate policy analyst Rachel Cleetus on where the latest agreement stands.
Scientists have quantified exactly how murderous your cat is
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Scientists have compiled an exhaustive list of all the species cats consume, and it includes more than 2000 birds, reptiles, mammals and insects — a sixth of which are of conservation concern.
Harvard student journalist on the fallout of university president's testimony
Monday, December 11, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Miles Herszenhorn, a junior at Harvard's student newspaper covering the fallout of university president Claudine Gay's testimony before congress.
Senior official from President Biden's campaign weighs in on possible Trump rematch
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Quentin Fulks from the Biden Campaign about campaign strategy ahead of the Republican debate in Alabama.
A foundation has doubled their $250 million pledge to diversify monuments in the U.S.
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
An initiative from the Mellon Foundation dedicated to creating monuments that tell diverse stories recently pledged to double its funding for the project.
A new novel explores the poetic and mundane of life in space
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the fascinating mundane-ness of outer space from the perspective of an international space station.
Can a social media post change public opinion? Researchers weigh in
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with researchers who've studied the relationship between social media posts and opinions.
After the Dobbs decision, birth rates are up in states with abortion ban states
Friday, November 24, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Caitlin Myers, co-author of a study that shows that births have increased in states that have abortion bans.