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Excited and Scared (Ep. 155 - Ari Shapiro of NPR's All Things Considered)

Added 2018-02-22 14:00:59 +0000 UTC

My guest this week is Ari Shapiro, host of All Things Considered. These days, he tells other people's stories on NPR, but his own story was considerably is more winding than you might expect -- behind his calm journalistic voice is a man who spent some time as an illegal immigrant, who carried mace for protection in high school, who nearly became an actor, and who might never have found his place on the radio if a gay icon hadn't intervened on his behalf.

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