If you’ve ever heard a probing interview or feature report from a far-flung nation by Ari Shapiro on WAMC, you may have wondered about the person behind the “All Things Considered” voice. Things like: just how do you get a story filed from Air Force One? Why does this guy know so much about flora and fauna? And how did he go from reporting on Pink Martini to joining the band? Those are just some of Shapiro’s experiences detailed in his new memoir, “The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening.”
We feature a special in-depth report on allegations of sexual misconduct and lax oversight at a boarding school in Western Massachusetts.
We speak with Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio about her battle to audit the state legislature, where the Democrat spent more than a decade.
We sit down with folk music host Wanda Fischer, who is marking 40 years of bringing WAMC listeners "The Hudson River Sampler" with a...