Did you know? Ari Shapiro is a host of NPR's flagship evening news program, All Things Considered, and of the podcast Consider This. As a journalist, he has reported from above the Arctic Circle and aboard Air Force One. He has covered wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel, and he has filed stories from dozens of countries and most of the 50 states. He has won, among other prizes, three Edward R. Murrow journalism awards, most recently for a reporting project in which he traveled the world connecting climate change to global migration and political extremism. Before joining the All Things Considered host team in 2015, he was NPR’s international correspondent based in London. Shapiro also spent four years as NPR’s White House Correspondent.

Shapiro began performing and recording with Pink Martini in 2008. He has appeared on four of the band’s albums, singing in half a dozen languages. Since his debut with the band at the Hollywood Bowl, he has performed in some of the world’s most storied venues including Royal Albert Hall in London, L’Olympia in Paris, and Carnegie Hall in New York. He has shared a stage with both Chita and Rita (Rivera and Moreno), among many others. With the actor Alan Cumming, he created a two-man show called Och and Oy: A Considered Cabaret, which they continue to perform around the US. Shapiro also continues to tour his original solo cabaret show, called Thank You For Listening. He is host of the reality competition The Mole on Netflix, and his debut memoir, The Best Strangers In the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening was an instant New York Times bestseller. He has been a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle and an answer on Jeopardy.