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Journalist and Musician Ari Shapiro Recounts 'A Life Spent Listening'

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Ari Shapiro has been the host of NPR's "All Things Considered" since 2015 and has reported from all over the world, including Iraq, Ukraine and Israel. His journalism has won him many accolades, including two Edward R. Murrow awards – one for his reporting on Breonna Taylor and another for his coverage of asylum policies on the US-Mexico border. On top of that, he’s a singer and member of the band Pink Martini. We’ll talk to Shapiro about how his life and work intertwine and explore his new memoir "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening." Guests: Ari Shapiro, host, NPR's All Things Considered; author, "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.7

Ari Shapiro has been the host of NPR's All Things Considered since 2015,

1:29.5

and he's reported from all over the world,

1:35.5

including Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel. His journalism has won him many accolades, including two Edward R. Murrow Awards, one for his reporting on Brianna Taylor and another for his coverage of

1:40.5

asylum policies on the U.S.-Mexico border. On top of that, he's a singer and member of the touring band Pink Martini.

1:47.6

We'll talk to Shapiro about how his life and work intertwine.

1:51.1

His new memoir is The Best Strangers in the World, stories from a Life Spent Listening.

1:56.7

That's next after this news.

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This is Forum. I'm Priya David Clemens in Fermina Kim.

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We are speaking this morning with Ari Shapiro, host of all things considered on NPR,

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about his extraordinary career as a journalist. Over the years, Ari has crisscrossed the globe,

2:18.9

reporting on climate change from Mangrove Islands in India, talking with Syrian refugees

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