Ari Shapiro appears in the following:
Chagos refugees continue the decades-long fight for justice
Friday, September 29, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugee Group. Fifty years ago, the UK forced the Chaggosians off their land to make room for a US military base.
Brian Jordan Alvarez' internet ear worm says 'you deserve to sit'
Thursday, September 28, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez about his silly video turned viral musical sensation: Sitting
Tech industry group weighs in on FTC's case against Amazon
Thursday, September 28, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Kovacevich, CEO of the tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress, about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for alleged abuse of monopoly power.
FTC Chair Lina Khan breaks down the lawsuit against Amazon
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon over alleged abuse of monopoly power.
Barry Manilow topples Elvis' performance record at Vegas' International Theater
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
With his 637th performance at Vegas' International Theater, Barry Manilow has broken the performance record previously held by Elvis Presley.
A look at the person behind the Amazon lawsuit
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Wall Street Journal's tech policy reporter Ryan Tracy about the FTC Chair Lina Khan.
Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in as another election cycle kicks off
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Philadelphia pastor Carl Day about how he's feeling ahead of the 2024 presidential race and if he has any takeaways from the 2020 election.
Meeting the Philadelphia team that embroiders presidential flags
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
A small workshop on a northeast Philadelphia military base exclusively manufactures the presidential and vice presidential flags. The tradition has been going on for more than 150 years.
'Policymakers need to do their job too': Pediatrician's view on child poverty rate
Thursday, September 14, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with pediatrician Megan Sandel about the on-the-ground impacts of child poverty.
The latest COVID boosters are in for the fall. Here's what that means for you
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter about the latest round of FDA-approved COVID-19 boosters and how people should think about the coronavirus and its risk.
Writing novels has created a quiet happy place for talk show host Graham Norton
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with talk show host and writer Graham Norton about his new novel Forever Home.
Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un is about getting weapons and ammunition, experts say
Monday, September 11, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.
A 150-year-old shipwreck was found in Lake Michigan
Friday, September 08, 2023
A long-lost shipwreck has been discovered in Lake Michigan by two maritime historians. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Brendon Baillod, one of the historians who discovered the shipwreck.
Air Force secretary: Hold on confirmations is a 'disruption to military leadership'
Friday, September 08, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall about accusations that Sen. Tommy Tuberville is putting national security at risk by blocking Pentagon confirmations in protest.
Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES has a brand new solo career — and a sound all her own
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lauren Mayberry, lead singer of CHVRCHES, about launching her solo career with a performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry goes solo — and we got exclusive backstage access
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Lauren Mayberry announced herself as a solo star.
Minnesota is returning 1,400 acres of land to the Upper Sioux Community
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Minnesota is returning the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, once used for religious and communal ceremonies, to the Native people whose ancestors were killed on the land more than a century ago.
The Verge's Nilay Patel talks Google's legacy and its future on its 25th anniversary
Monday, September 04, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, about Google's 25th anniversary, and how the company's past and current challenges bode for its future.
Migrants from majority-Muslim countries were unequally imprisoned in Del Rio, Texas
Friday, September 01, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hamed Aleaziz of The LA Times about his reporting on asylum seekers from majority-Muslim countries getting disproportionately imprisoned in a Texas district.
The novel 'Between Two Moons' is Aisha Abdel Gawad's 'love letter' to Arab Americans
Friday, September 01, 2023
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with novelist Aisha Abdel Gawad about her new novel Between Two Moons. It's a coming of age story about teenage twins in Brooklyn and takes place during one month of Ramadan.