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.
Find Arun's latest reporting on Gothamist.
Arun Venugopal appears in the following:
A journalist revisits her parents' activism in 'They Said They Wanted Revolution'
Monday, June 06, 2022
Freed from a double-life sentence, a long-imprisoned New Yorker urges Albany to find relief for others
Friday, May 20, 2022
A Historic Upper West Side Church Faces Demolition
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Ukrainians Displaced by War Are Arriving in New York
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
A cycle of violence keeps homelessness top of mind in Chinatown
Friday, March 18, 2022
50 Years Since 'The Godfather'
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
'Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family'
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Listening Party: The Dip, 'Sticking With It'
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Institutional Racism on the College Campus in 'Master'
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Supporters of reparations say it's New York's turn
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
The Past, Present and Future Of The Biden Administration 2022-01-21
Friday, January 21, 2022
NYC Law Granting Noncitizens the Right to Vote Concerns Some Advocates
Friday, January 21, 2022
How Should the Media Be Covering Democracy At Risk?
Friday, January 21, 2022
Russia's Potential Invasion of Ukraine
Friday, January 21, 2022
The Past, Present and Future Of The Biden Administration
Friday, January 21, 2022
Despite Growing Power, Asian New Yorkers Confront Unending Violence
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Like So Many Other Fires, the Bronx Fire Was About Poverty
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Advocates Hope Hochul Delivers on Clemency Where Cuomo Failed To
Thursday, December 16, 2021
