Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro appears in the following:

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Has online shopping become too easy? How companies get you to buy before thinking

Friday, November 24, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Atlantic's Amanda Mull about the convenience of online shopping and how it can lead to buying things you don't really need or want.

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Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — now $60 million worth

Thursday, November 23, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrew Gregory about his late wife, Casey McIntyre, and the medical debt cancellation fund she set up before she died earlier in November of ovarian cancer.

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The role that Qatar played in the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas

Thursday, November 23, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bader Al-Saif, a history professor at Kuwait University, about the role that Qatar is playing as a broker in the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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Former Israeli prime minister reflects on the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Unilateral disengagement was Ehud Olmert's brainchild. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the former Israeli prime minister about how he views that plan now.

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Unpacking Netanyahu's intentions for the future of Gaza

Friday, November 17, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Greg Myre discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intentions for Gaza.

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Justin Torres wins National Book Award for novel 'Blackouts'

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Justin Torres has won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Blackouts.

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Beirut's Zach Condon on drawing inspiration from the dark winters of Norway

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Zach Condon, the creative force behind the band Beirut, about his new album Hadsel, and drawing inspiration from the dark winter of arctic Norway.

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How China's weakened economy plays into talks between Biden and Xi

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Robert Daly of the Wilson Center speaks about how China's weakened economy may affect talks between President Biden and President Xi.

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How army ants' architecture demonstrates their collective intelligence

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

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Wisconsin crowns the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed a resolution declaring the state's official cocktail: the brandy old fashioned.

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Proposed congressional spending plan leaves out military aid for Ukraine and Israel

Monday, November 13, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser about Congress' upcoming spending plan and how that relates to funding for Ukraine.

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Astronauts dropped a bag of tools in space, and you can see it with binoculars

Monday, November 13, 2023

During a space walk at the International Space Station, astronauts lost hold of a bag of tools. It'll be visible from Earth until it burns up in the atmosphere.

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'The Future' asks if technology will save humanity or accelerate its end

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Naomi Alderman on her new novel, The Future, which asks whether the giants of technology more likely to save humankind or accelerate its end.

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E.J. Koh's debut novel covers generations, wars and geopolitical upheaval

Monday, November 06, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author E.J. Koh about her novel, The Liberators. In the story, families immigrate to the United States when Korea divides in two.

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