Ari Shapiro, “All Things Considered” Host, To Depart NPR After 25 Years

Ari Shapiro, host of NPR‘s All Things Considered, said that he will leave the network at the end of September aftre a 25-year run.

In explaining his departure in a Substack post, Shapiro indicated that his decision was unrelated to the recent revocation of federal funding for public media.

“My decision to move on has nothing to do with the challenges facing public radio, the news media, or the country,” he wrote. “Those are real and profound, and I plan to continue engaging with them in meaningful ways. But they aren’t informing this transition.”

He wrote that in the “short term,” he planned to tour with Pink Martini, noting that he has been a guest singer for them. He also wrote that he planned on “wearing many different hats,” noting that he has had many different job titles.

Shapiro has been host of All Things Considered for nearly 10 years.

Edith Chapin, NPR senior vice president, editor in chief and acting chief content officer, wrote in an email to staffers, “During his time at ATC, he conducted hundreds of unforgettable interviews, anchored hours and hours of live special coverage, and reported from around the world. He even found time to write a best-selling memoir, sing on stage at some of the country’s iconic venues, and host a season of The Mole on Netflix.”

In July, Congress voted to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media, forcing the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Soon after, NPR CEO Katherine Maher told Texas Public Radio that the network would cut its budget by $8 million to pass along to stations, which relied the most heavily on federal funding.