Ari Shapiro
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'The Spinach King' is a tale of American success--and family betrayal
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Seabrook about his book The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, which tells the story of his family's frozen vegetable empire.
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The Ting Tings mellow out with new album
The band the Ting Tings has a new album, Home, and a new sound. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to members Katie White and Jules De Martino about both.
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Trump's 50% tariffs on imported metals will mean pricier cars and canned goods
Tariffs on aluminum and steel imports just doubled, to 50%. Martha Gimbel of Yale's Budget Lab talks about what the tax on foreign metals will mean for Americans looking to buy cars and canned goods.
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CEO of Doctors Without Borders weighs in on violence at Gaza food distribution site
On Tuesday morning, more than two dozen people were killed as they tried to collect emergency food aid near a distribution site in Gaza -- the third mass-casualty event in three days.
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Critics say Trump's planned military parade will send the wrong message
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Joshua Zeitz, contributing editor at Politico Magazine, about where military parades fit into the American civic tradition, and why he sees June's parade as a sharp break with that tradition.
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What's it like to anchor NPR live special coverage?
What's it like to anchor NPR live special coverage? Two seasoned NPR hosts discuss.
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Israeli writer Etgar Keret reflects on writing during difficult times
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with writer Etgar Keret about his new book, Autocorrect. Many of the short stories were written before the war began, but he says they've taken on new meaning since then.
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COVID vaccine researcher discusses CDC's new guidelines
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about the CDC's new guidelines on COVID vaccines for kids and pregnant women.
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World Food Program head says peace critical to solve hunger in Congo
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, about the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and cuts to WFP funding.
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Madeleine Thien's new novel 'The Book of Records' explores the fluidity of time
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Madeleine Thien about her new novel, The Book of Records begins when a seven year old girl named Lina arrives with her father in an unusual place.