The best strangers in the world : stories from a life spent listening / Ari Shapiro.

By: Shapiro, Ari, 1978-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]Edition: 1st HarperOne hardcoverDescription: 244 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780063221345Subject(s): Shapiro, Ari, 1978- | Radio journalists -- United States -- Biography | JournalismAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Best strangers in the worldDDC classification: 070.4/3092 LOC classification: PN4874.S24 | A3 2023
Contents:
Nature boy -- Impact -- Happy endings -- Musical interlude 1 : je ne veux pas travailler -- The bubble -- War people in war places -- War people in other places -- The other man I married -- The third rail of journalism -- The best strangers in the world -- The whole world falls in -- Answers versus questions -- You can't see schvitz on the radio -- Musical interlude 2 : crowd surfing with cigarettes -- You can't kill me. I'm an idea. I'm timeless -- Playing favorites.
Summary: "Broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. . . . As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human"--Provided by publisher.
Item type: List(s) this item appears in: Biographies & Memoirs | New Non-Fiction
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Nature boy -- Impact -- Happy endings -- Musical interlude 1 : je ne veux pas travailler -- The bubble -- War people in war places -- War people in other places -- The other man I married -- The third rail of journalism -- The best strangers in the world -- The whole world falls in -- Answers versus questions -- You can't see schvitz on the radio -- Musical interlude 2 : crowd surfing with cigarettes -- You can't kill me. I'm an idea. I'm timeless -- Playing favorites.

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"Broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. . . . As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human"--Provided by publisher.

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