Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro appears in the following:

How genetic testing led a food lover to live without a stomach

Monday, May 09, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Boise State Public Radio's Sasa Woodruff about her experience with genetic testing and how she chose to live without a stomach as a result.

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The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is preparing for 2 big transitions

Friday, May 06, 2022

The U.S. embassy is about to return to Kyiv, after evacuating to Poland early in the war. Also, President Biden has nominated a veteran diplomat to fill the post that has been vacant for three years.

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2 wildfires in New Mexico have merged into 1. And the weekend is bringing high winds

Friday, May 06, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New Mexico's Gov. Luhan Grisham talks about a recent wildfire burning east of Santa Fe right now — the second-biggest in New Mexico's recorded history.

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Premature American twins rescued from Ukraine become stuck in bureaucratic limbo

Wednesday, May 04, 2022

For two parents from Chicago, getting their newborn twins safely out of Ukraine was difficult. Two months later, extracting them from Poland's bureaucracy has turned out to be even more arduous.

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Retired colonel on the rise of javelin missiles, as Biden seeks to aid Ukraine

Tuesday, May 03, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mark Cancian, a former Marine colonel and expert on military procurement, about Biden's request to Congress for billions of dollars to buy javelin missiles to aid Ukraine.

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Leaked draft opinion suggests Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, report says

Tuesday, May 03, 2022

A draft opinion published by Politico suggests that earlier this year a majority of Supreme Court justices supported overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.

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New Mexico wildfire surges to cover over 100,000 acres

Monday, May 02, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with San Miguel county commissioner Max Trujillo about the latest news on fighting the Hermit's Peak wildfire.

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The 1944 law behind the CDC's authority

Friday, April 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lawrence Gostin, professor of public health law at Georgetown, about the Public Health Service Act — which authorizes the CDC to set measures to combat disease spread.

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The masks, the CDC and the judge — a battle brewing since 1944

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Masks are now optional in many airports, subways and buses. But to understand why, you have to go back to 1944 when the Public Health Service Act was passed.

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Kuwaiti Bidoons went on hunger strike for 19 days. Has anything changed?

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

For 19 days, activists have camped outside a police station in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, on hunger strike. They're asking the Kuwaiti government for citizenship.

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Chechnya once resisted Russia. Now, its leader is Putin's brutal ally in Ukraine

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has long been seen as a key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That commitment has now extended to the war in Ukraine.

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'A Strange Loop,' finally, comes to Broadway

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Michael R. Jackson, a composer, playwright and lyricist who won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for his musical A Strange Loop. The musical is opening on Broadway Tuesday.

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Chechnya once resisted Russia. Now, its leader is Putin's close ally

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division for Human Rights Watch, about the role of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Florida is ending Disney's special tax district. Here's what comes next

Friday, April 22, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to reporter Nick Papantonis of WFTV about the effect that revoking Disney's special tax district will have on local taxpayers.

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Dozens still missing in wake of catastrophic South Africa floods

Thursday, April 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Eligon of The New York Times about the catastrophic flooding in Durban, South Africa.

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The White House's new initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions from transportation

Thursday, April 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Adviser, about a new initiative aimed at reducing carbon emissions and expanding clean transit.

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Anastasia thinks about leaving Russia. Here's what her life looks like today

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Anastasia has considered leaving her home in Moscow as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. She feels trapped, cut off from the world, and unable to speak out.

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Hollywood has found a favorite new subject — the failed CEOs of tech companies

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

All of a sudden it seems like Hollywood has found a favorite new subject — the failed CEOs of tech companies with bio-pics depicting the rise and fall of the heads of Uber, WeWork and Theranos.

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JAMA appoints new editor-in-chief

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo about assuming her new role as editor-in-chief at JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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How daily life in Russia has changed since the country invaded Ukraine

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Anastasia, a woman who lives and works in Moscow, about what life in Russia looks like since the country invaded Ukraine.

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