Arun Venugopal is a senior reporter for the WNYC Race & Justice Unit who focuses on issues of race and bias in our region. His reporting also tackles the topics of immigration, faith, and inequality. Arun serves as the regular fill-in host of the station's "U.S. of Anxiety" program.
Arun was the creator and host of Micropolis, a series about race and identity. He is a contributor to NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has appeared on PBS Newshour, On the Media and Studio 360, and has been published in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Salon. He also frequently serves as an emcee and moderator of panel discussions on race, religion, and identity issues and has been a guest host of NPR's "Fresh Air." He lives with his family in Queens.
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Arun Venugopal appears in the following:
Friday, December 08, 2023
Talks are progressing on a plan to pay houses of worship to provide sanctuary to migrants.
Monday, November 27, 2023
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s play tells the story of "Manahatta" through the eyes of the dispossessed.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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The production was ground-breaking nearly four decades ago; it’s been updated to touch on new racial strains.
Friday, October 13, 2023
The BAPS Akshardham looms over former soy fields in Robbinsville, in central New Jersey. The Hindu temple is billed at the largest of its kind in the U.S.
Monday, September 25, 2023
Monday Morning Politics; MTA Update: Free Buses, Crowded Subways; A Push for Reparations in New Jersey; Overcoming Childhood Trauma
Thursday, September 07, 2023
In the 1990s, the former mayor sought to sell off the lands that were community gardens.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Though the weekly dance at a local playground might look like fun, it actually has a much deeper meaning for its participants.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Lauren Iannotti, editor-in- chief of Real Simple, joins us to give us practical tips to organize your personal space, and take your calls.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Montclair Jazz Festival's lineup includes acts such as Regina Carter, Steve Turre, Melanie Charles, Edmar Castaneda, Michael Mwenso and more.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Kid Capri celebrates Hip Hop 50 at a concert at Yankee Stadium on August 11.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
A new book tells the story of one of the most prolific art thieves in history, who, rather than selling the art he stole, kept it all on display in secret rooms.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
A new documentary from award winning director Stanley Nelson examines the historical relationship between Black people in America and the police.
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
A new exhibition at JCAL in Jamaica, Queens spotlights emerging local artists.
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
For this installment of Summer in the City, we chat about all the fun to be had in the Bronx this summer!
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
A new documentary directed by Sacha Jenkins tells the story of the late rapper Biz Markie.
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
'Here Lies Love' is a new Broadway dance-pop opera.
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
For Judah Friedlander, the sight of homeless asylum-seekers on city streets is ‘a failure of society.’
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
An exhibition on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Two Turntables & a Microphone, celebrates the creation of Hip-Hop.
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
New York Times writer Dodai Stewart, who created the NYT quiz "Pick the Worst New York City Summer Plagues" joins to take listener calls about how they're coping this summer.
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Author David Lipsky investigates why so many Americans became convinced that climate change isn't real in his new book, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial.