Ari Shapiro appears in the following:
A push to codify same-sex marriage advances in Congress amid record public support
Friday, November 25, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with gay rights activist and Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson about the same-sex marriage legislation moving through Congress.
Why the key change has disappeared from top-charting tunes
Friday, November 25, 2022
A data analyst listened to decades of Billboard's top tunes and discovered that a once-ubiquitous compositional tool, the key change, has all but disappeared from modern hits.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister says the climate 'loss and damage fund' is a victory
Thursday, November 24, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Pakistan Foreign Affairs Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari about the loss and damage fund established at COP27.
How the new Twitter might impact users overseas
Thursday, November 24, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Alexandra Givens, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, about the impact Twitter's changes will have on global users exercising free speech.
'Ronnabyte' and 'Quettabyte' are the new terms to describe large amounts of data
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Measurement officials have expanded the system of prefixes used to describe very large and small numbers, adding "ronna" and "quetta," among others, to the ranks of "giga" and "tera."
Encore: Author Brad Parsons on his book which explores closing time rituals at bars
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Brad Thomas Parsons at one of his favorite bars in D.C. about his book, "Last Call," which looks at the rituals of closing time at bars across the U.S.
How one man went from a migrant leaving Africa, to an elected official in Spain
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Serigne Mbaye's journey is parallel to the larger picture of how climate migration intersects with politics. Now, he is considered one of the most vocal politicians in Madrid for migrant rights.
These are the migrants who plant and pick the strawberries in your supermarket
Monday, November 21, 2022
If you've ever had strawberries, there is a good chance they were grown in a province in southern Spain called Huelva. The work of planting and picking usually falls on migrants, many from Africa.
How the Colorado Springs LGBTQ community is dealing with the Club Q shooting
Monday, November 21, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Inside Out Youth Services Communications Manager Liss Smith about the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs and how it's responding to the deadly shooting at Club Q.
The risks are high and the rewards low for the desperate manteros of Madrid
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Some Senegalese manteros spend years selling goods on the streets of Madrid and trying to avoid harassment from police as they wait for visas and work documents.
Dozens died trying to cross this fence into Europe in June. This man survived
Friday, November 18, 2022
Migrants spend years trying to get to Melilla, Spain — an enclave city on the African continent. It's a perilous journey that led to dozens of deaths in June.
As Twitter's workforce crumbles, users are tweeting their eulogies for the platform
Friday, November 18, 2022
As Twitter employees and some users have been leaving the platform, they've been tweeting their eulogies — and their love letters to the communities they built there.
Officials have made Nador uninhabitable for migrants in search of a better life
Thursday, November 17, 2022
The city of Nador, Morocco is Europe's southernmost border and a gateway for migrants from Africa in search of better opportunities. But attempting to cross that border can turn deadly.
Remembering the D.C. centenarian who went viral after dancing with President Obama
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Centenarian Virginia McLaurin found internet stardom after dancing with former President Obama and was known for her volunteering and activism. She died Monday at age 113.
What a lettuce farm in Senegal reveals about climate-driven migration in Africa
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
People from all over West Africa come to Rufisque in western Senegal to labor in the lettuce fields – planting seeds and harvesting vegetables.
Drought crisis in Ethiopia shows price of climate change on world's most vulnerable
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband about his recent trip to Ethiopia to assess dire humanitarian conditions due to drought in East Africa.
Researchers find rats move to the same tempos in music that humans like
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Researchers at the University of Tokyo found that rats react to the same tempos that humans like.
Could Trump's 2024 campaign announcement impact investigations surrounding him?
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Michigan Law School Professor Barbara McQuade about Trump's 2024 campaign announcement and how it could impact ongoing investigations surrounding him.
How Senegal's artists are changing the system with a mic and spray paint
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
A cultural center in Senegal is creating a safe space where artists can use their platform to speak about climate change while also finding opportunities in the art and music scene.
Somalia faces a food insecurity crisis because of extreme drought
Monday, November 14, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rania Dagash-Kamara, UNICEF's Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, about the crisis of food insecurity in Somalia as a result of extreme drought.