Ari Shapiro

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'Stay here, work here, succeed here': Why this Senegalese woman is against migration

Monday, November 14, 2022

Yaram Fall is staunchly against people leaving Africa to build their lives elsewhere. "The development of Africa comes from its own people," she says.

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He has attempted the journey to Europe three times, and refuses to give up

Monday, November 14, 2022

Mamadou Niang has decided he has no choice but to leave his native Senegal. Salinization has made it impossible to farm his family's land.

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People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. He keeps refusing

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Years of captaining a boat have shaped Pape Dieye's calm and reassuring presence in Senegal. These qualities have also caught the eye of people hoping to make the dangerous journey to Europe.

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Saint-Louis is being swallowed by the sea. Residents are bracing for a new reality

Friday, November 11, 2022

The problem is as simple as it is devastating: the Atlantic Ocean is expanding into Senegal, and Saint-Louis is ground zero. Every year, the island loses a little bit of land to the sea.

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The issues that matter most to voters on Election Day

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

As voters head to the polls on Election Day, NPR hears what issues are most important across the country — from the economy to health care.

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What voters want from the candidates they're voting for

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

On Election Day, NPR heads to the polls across the country to find out what voters' expectations are for the next two years and what they want from the candidates they're voting for.

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What the Republican party could have done differently in the midterms

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Republican strategist Alice Stewart about what her party could have done differently in the 2022 midterm elections and what the 118th congress will bring.

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Travel diary: Tracking climate, migration and the far-right from Africa to Europe

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Welcome to the travel blog for the NPR project that examined how the ripples of climate change radiate outward.

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'Derry Girls' writer and creator Lisa McGee on the final season of the show

Friday, October 07, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Derry Girls writer and creator Lisa McGee about the third and final season of the show.

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Connecting the dots between climate, migration and the far-right

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

All Things Considered is launching a project to look at how the ripples of climate change are radiating outward. Beginning in Senegal, we will connect the dots between climate, migration and political extremism.

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The Syrian Cassette Archive, preserving a disappearing history

Monday, October 03, 2022

When Yamen Mekdad and Mark Gergis met in 2018, the pair combined their love of Syrian cassettes into a project aiming to save them — and share them more widely.

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Come along as we connect the dots between climate, migration and the far-right

Monday, October 03, 2022

Today, we are launching a project to look at how the ripples of climate change are radiating outward. Beginning in Senegal, we will connect the dots between climate, migration and political extremism.

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White House 'cautiously optimistic' on monkeypox

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the White House National Monkeypox Response Deputy Coordinator, about the administration's response to the monkeypox outbreak.

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New report finds 'shocking' levels of lead in Chicago water

Friday, September 23, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalists Taylor Moore and Erin McCormick, who analyzed thousands of Chicago water tests which yielded "shocking" results published in an investigation in The Guardian.

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This hi-tech buoy can detect whales and prevent large ships from colliding with them

Friday, September 23, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Professor Douglas McCauley, director of the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory, about a new technology that protects whales from colliding with large shipping vessels.

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How mass migrant crossings are impacting the small border town of Rio Grande City

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rio Grande City Mayor Joel Villarreal about the influx of migrants crossing through his south Texas city.

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As the weather gets colder, Russian forces have targeted Ukraine's energy supply

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with German Galushchenko, Ukraine's Minister of Energy, for the latest on Russian shelling of Ukrainian power and heating plants as the weather starts to get colder.

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The role of states in contributing to the student debt crisis

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with economic policy expert Heather McGhee, host of the podcast The Sum Of Us, about how historic disinvestment by states in education contributed to the student debt crisis.

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At age 22, Samara Joy is a classic jazz singer from a new generation

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with 22-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy, who recently took to the stage of legendary club Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. Her album, Linger Awhile, is out now.

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'Moonage Daydream' isn't the Bowie biography you're probably expecting

Friday, September 16, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with director Brett Morgen on his documentary on David Bowie, Moonage Daydream. It's the first film since Bowie's death in 2016 that had the full cooperation of his estate.

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