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Sep 26
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Goodbye, Ari Shapiro

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After 25 years at NPR and 10 years hosting All Things Considered and the last few years hosting Consider This, Ari Shapiro is moving on to his next adventure.


We’re saying bye.

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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan, Matt Ozug, Mia Venkat, Mallory Yu and Alejandra Marquez Janse.

It was edited by Ashley Brown.

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