Ari Shapiro

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Maggie Gyllenhaal explores the honesty of being a mother in her directorial debut

Friday, December 24, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actress Maggie Gyllenhaal about her directorial debut The Lost Daughter, which takes a unique look at motherhood. Now in theaters, the film will be on Netflix on Dec. 31.

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3 nurses give their inside story on how omicron is affecting the country

Friday, December 24, 2021

Here's how their hospitals are doing nearly two years into the pandemic, what they are seeing in new omicron patients, and their thoughts on the wave of burnout affecting the industry.

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The Trump supporters who went from planning the Jan. 6 rally to aiding the riot probe

Thursday, December 23, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Hunter Walker, who wrote a Rolling Stone article on Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lynn Lawrence, the Trump supporters now cooperating with the Jan. 6 House panel.

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3 nurses discuss what 2021 has been like for them on the front lines of the pandemic

Thursday, December 23, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three nurses from around the country about how the omicron variant has affected their work and what their year has been like on the front lines of the pandemic.

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Thieves raided Catherine's family shop. California blames organized retail gangs

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Catherine Kim's family kiosk is just one business targeted by shoplifters in California in recent weeks in what California Attorney General Rob Banta says is an organized operation.

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Kellogg's workers end 11-week strike with a new contract

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with HuffPost labor reporter Dave Jamieson about the announced end to the Kellogg's strike in Michigan.

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Biden plans to expand testing and vaccination to take on the omicron variant

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Biden's pandemic response team, about the White House's latest efforts to combat the coronavirus.

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Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali-American mayor in the United States

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

After fleeing Somalia some 30 years ago, Dhalac became this country's first Somali-American mayor earlier this month, elected in a city that's 90% white.

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Rep. Brown, who pushed to address extremism in military, reacts to Pentagon report

Monday, December 20, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maryland Congressman Anthony Brown about the Defense Department's report on Monday about extremism in the military.

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California attorney general announces steps against 'smash and grab' robberies

Monday, December 20, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about a recent spate of "smash and grab" incidents at California retailers.

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A conversation with the country's 1st Somali-American mayor

Friday, December 17, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Deqa Dhalac, who recently became the first Somali-American mayor in the United States.

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A gloomy report card from the Arctic

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Twila Moon, co-editor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2021 Arctic Report Card, which shows oceans warming and sea ice disappearing.

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COP26 president Alok Sharma on the road ahead after Glasgow

Monday, December 13, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with COP26 president Alok Sharma about promises and agreements made at the recent climate summit in Glasgow and what more needs to be done.

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Houston's Third Ward braces for state redistricting plans

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Reverend Don Odom Jr., the social justice ministry leader at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, about how Texas' redistricting plan will impact his community.

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Republican elections lawyer calls for reform to the Electoral Count Act

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election lawyer Ben Ginsberg on his National Review article calling to reform the Electoral Count Act, which spells out how Congress calculates the electoral college vote.

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Can travel bans prevent the spread of new variants?

Thursday, December 02, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Saad Omer about the effectiveness of travel bans now that the omicron variant has been discovered in the United States.

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What it was like at the Supreme Court during Mississippi abortion case arguments

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hillary Schneller, senior staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, who was in the courtroom for Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments.

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Law professor on his amicus brief in support of Mississippi overturning Roe v. Wade

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with O. Carter Snead, law professor at Notre Dame, about the legal standing for anti-abortion arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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As omicron spreads, vaccine inequity risks creating further variants

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Madhu Pai, a global health expert at McGill University, about the state of vaccine deliveries to Africa and the global south.

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An OBGYN Doctor on the Impact of Mississippi's abortion case

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jamila Perritt, president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, on what's at stake in the Mississippi abortion law that is being heard by the Supreme Court.

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