baypage's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely adored this book beginning to end. I didn’t know a damn thing about Ari Shapiro, now I do. Inspiring, funny, heartbreaking and everything in between. May we all spend a life of listening just a little bit closer. Also now a big pink martini fan.
sjreinardy's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
thomasindc's review against another edition
4.0
As a long time NPR listener (though, I confess, not consistently of All Things Considered, I do the morning shows usually), I eagerly signed up to go to Politics & Prose’s event at Sixth&i where Ari spoke about his book with Audie Cornish. It was a great conversation and I was glad I picked up a copy of the book while there.
The book is pleasantly short, and filled with essays glimpsing Ari’s life and work. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of the Syrian Refugee Crisis and was moved by the essay around the Pulse Nightclub shooting.
I would have loved even more discussion of Sam Sanders’ theory on hard and soft news. I’ll have to do some of my own searching to see if Sam has talked about this on his podcasts!
The book is pleasantly short, and filled with essays glimpsing Ari’s life and work. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of the Syrian Refugee Crisis and was moved by the essay around the Pulse Nightclub shooting.
I would have loved even more discussion of Sam Sanders’ theory on hard and soft news. I’ll have to do some of my own searching to see if Sam has talked about this on his podcasts!
navyachintaman's review against another edition
3.0
Felt less personal and was told more like an NPR story than I would have liked. It was occasionally difficult to focus on the bigger pictures of chapters and stories because of how journalistic it all felt, but I did enjoy the book overall.