Listening to Ari Shapiro

Homophilia

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4.4 • 926 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The host of NPR’s All Things Considered and author of the new memoir, The Best Strangers In The World Ari Shapiro joins us to talk about The Last of Us, his early choice for music of the summer Nakhane, coming out at 16, Wilson Phillips, U2, Phil Collins, the long history of anti-drag laws, a meet-cute at Little Shop of Horrors, parkour, Pink Martini, designated worriers, and so much more.

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0:00.0	In a world full of street people aren't you glad there's Wow presents plus the number one place in the world to see drag race And so much more.
0:15.0	subscribe to Wow Presents Plus.
0:18.0	Still only 499.
0:20.0	Subscribe today as streamed on TV. Yeah. I'm in Washington, D.C. I am in NPR headquarters instead of being in my office, which has
0:56.2	you know lovely art and whatever, I'm in one of our little workstation booths so that people
1:01.4	don't wrap on the window and say I need you for all
1:03.8	things considered today. But the but the ambience that you're really giving
1:10.3	us in the art. That lovely textured soundproofing foam wall stuff that you know you only find in the finest of audio facilities
1:20.2	And great lighting I mean we I think we differ on that. I would maybe choose
1:27.7	something that's maybe a little less fluorescent a little less top-down but I'm
1:31.9	I'm glad you think it works it's working yeah from
1:34.8	where I'm sitting it's working we should say who we're speaking to just so
1:37.8	we don't have to record a separate. You mean you mean my voice isn't immediately
1:42.3	instantaneously recognizable?
1:45.0	All of our listeners know that they are listening to Ari Shapiro, host of NPR's all things considered author of the new book the best strangers in the world
1:56.2	I feel like I should offer a disclaimer here that I might in the conversation that follows and I can't say for certain I'm not predicting but I may use
2:05.8	language that you would not hear on public radio just in case there are any like fragile
2:10.8	sustaining member delicate ear drums that are going to burst if I drop an
2:14.8	f-bomb or something I just need to need to prepare the way for that we got it we got
2:19.3	let him now are already after hours exactly npr after hours yes yes this is the Ari After Hours. Exactly. NPR After Dark. Yes. Yes. This is exactly what we're hoping for.
2:27.3	I'm loving the book. We want to dive into it. But first, what is it that is that makes up your pop culture diet right now
2:37.3	oh wow you know I I graze widely and I'm always consuming stuff for work and at its best there's an overlap between work and pleasure.
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