Ari Shapiro appears in the following:
What the former White House aide's testimony could mean for the Jan. 6 investigation
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Tuesday's surprise hearing of the Jan. 6 committee came with some explosive testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson. She was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
A pilot shortage might be why you're facing flight delays and cancelations
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Captain Casey Murray, President of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, about why there's a shrinking number of pilots.
Gun policy researcher the impact of gun law changes from Congress and Supreme Court
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Daniel Webster of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Gun Violence Solutions about the likely effect of gun law changes coming from Congress and the Supreme Court.
Democrats are bankrolling ads promoting fringe Republican candidates. Here's why
Monday, June 27, 2022
As the midterm primary season rolls along, voters may have noticed a strange phenomenon of political advertising: Democrats paying for ads supporting Republican candidates.
Belgium returned a single tooth to the Congo this week. Here's why
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?
Why Democrats are paying for ads supporting Republican primary candidates
Monday, June 20, 2022
Democrats are buying ads supporting far-right GOP primary candidates, in the hopes of facing them in the general election — a strategy that former Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri tried in 2012.
Belgium returns remains of slain Congolese leader
Monday, June 20, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Congolese historian Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja about Belgium's efforts to reconcile over colonialism.
The Texas GOP made extreme declarations while gathered to talk party priorities
Monday, June 20, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with editor in chief of The Texas Tribune Sewell Chan about the Texas GOP's convention over the weekend, which was rife with anger and conspiracy theories.
Why Vincent Chin matters today, 40 years after his death
Friday, June 17, 2022
Vincent Chin was beaten to death by two white auto workers in Detroit 40 years ago. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with organizer Helen Zia about how his death and what followed resonates today.
Sen. Angus King on latest progress on bipartisan talks over gun reform legislation
Thursday, June 16, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, on where bipartisan negotiations over legislation on gun safety stand in the Senate.
After 27 years, Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Internet Explorer officially retires Thursday. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret O'Mara, professor at the University of Washington, about the embattled web browser's long history.
Werner Herzog's new novel is a story of the jungle and obsession and delusion
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with filmmaker Werner Herzog about his debut novel, The Twilight World. It tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who kept fighting decades after the end of WWII.
Checking in with 3 teens who challenged a waste management company with their podcast
Monday, June 13, 2022
Three recent high school graduates — who were on the program in July 2019 — speak about their podcast set in their hometown of Gary, Ind.
Fantastic Negrito's new music explores his 18th century ancestors' forbidden love
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
The new album from Fantastic Negrito, White Jesus Black Problems, tells the true story of two of his ancestors who defied the laws of colonial Virginia to be together.
How 'Hacks' makes those hilariously relatable TV moments
Saturday, June 04, 2022
Jen Statsky, co-creator of HBO Max's Hacks, talks about the making of season two, and why you can't get the perfect meal from just one fast food restaurant.
Angel Olsen discusses her bittersweet new album, 'Big Time'
Friday, June 03, 2022
The singer-songwriter had a tough couple of years, losing both parents while balancing new love. The experience fueled the country-leaning balance of her new album, Big Time.
How HBO Max's 'Hacks' makes those hilariously relatable TV moments
Thursday, June 02, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jen Statsky, co-creator of HBO Max's Hacks, about its new season. The intergenerational comedy is about a comedian hired to help an another freshen up her jokes.
This secretive network helps Ukrainian refugees find abortions in Europe
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Ukraine has very liberal abortion laws. In Poland, it is almost entirely illegal. Millions of Ukrainians discovered this when they fled the war in their home country and crossed the Polish border.
In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?
Insights on Uvalde from an activist who worked to make the U.K. safer
Friday, May 27, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mick North, founding member of Gun Control Network and the father of one of the children killed at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland.