Ari Shapiro, finest identified for his time as host on NPR, will joined NCS as a contributor.
Shapiro, identified for his “All Things Considered” on NPR, will be part of NCS’s on-air and digital programming, and he will co-host a video podcast with Audie Cornish.
Per NCS, Cornish and Shapiro will “share the culture and ideas they’re engaging with – and why they’re obsessed.”
Shapiro is an award-winning journalist who spent 25 years at NPR, including a decade as host of the evening news program “All Things Considered” and the podcast “Consider This.”
The show will take a look at the moments and trends driving conversations online and beyond. “Engagement Party” will debut on Friday, May 22 and be available on NCS’s streaming service.
Before becoming a host in 2015, he was NPR’s international correspondent based in London. Shapiro took on that role after four years as White House Correspondent during the Barack Obama presidency.
He also embedded with the presidential campaign of Republican Mitt Romney in 2012, and served as NPR’s Justice Correspondent for five years during the George W. Bush administration.
Shapiro also hosted the reality competition “The Mole” on Netflix, and his debut memoir “The Best Strangers in the World” was a “New York Times” bestseller.
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