bista sa tagiliran of NPR Justice Correspondent Ari Shapiro:

A kamakailan Sunday morning found NPR reporter Ari Shapiro in Washington Square Park, vaulting over a fence. After crawling along a railing like a cat, Shapiro tore off on a circuit around the southeast quadrant of the park, leaping over anything in his way. Shapiro is an enthusiastic student of parkour, the acrobatic movement that started in France. But the Sunday Times–reading bench-sitters hardly seemed to notice.

Shapiro, 30, is tall and bears a passing resemblance to the actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He should not necessarily have been the most...

While the pamagat is metaphorical, at times when I feel lonely, cut off from others, or even just bored, listening to NPR seems to restore my creativity, interest, and belonging to the world and thus saves my life.

NPR has a part of my life since I can remember, across state and country borders. I have fond memories of when my family would drive across several Midwestern states to visit relatives, at night the calming voices of NPR hosts or classical music would lull me to sleep.

When I drove across America, from Pacific to Atlantic and back again, last summer sa pamamagitan ng myself, I could always count on...