Ari Shapiro

I used to be at NPR and now I have a podcast with my friend...

Ari Shapiro.

We are the co-hosts of the podcast Engagement Party.

We've also been friends for like more than 20 years.

Before, when I was like my parallel life, this is an actual thing that happened.

So the show was very funny, and we realized early on that we could play up the fact that nobody in the audience had ever heard me swear.

And so, because people in the audience will have listened to me on NPR for many years, where my language is very proper, and, you know, I tell some story, and Alan says, oh, fuck you, Ari Shapiro.

And then I kind of pause, and I'm like, oh, you know, I really love my job, and I love exploring the English language, but there's a corner of the English language I've not been allowed to explore in my work.

That's a really good – Switched on Pop is a really good show.

Audi Cornish and Ari Shapiro's engagement party.

Bombing with Eric Andre.

Rachel Martin's wild card.

Welcome back to Engagement Party.

I'm Ari Shapiro.

And I'm Adi Cornish, and this is the show that reverse engineers the internet in real time.

We've got some cool stuff to talk about with you this week.

I'm Audie Cornish.

And I'm Ari Shapiro.

This is the show where two old friends look at the internet and ask, why is this catching fire? And, um, before we dive into today's show, we always love to hear your comments, and you had some things to say about last week's episode about sobriety and the recovery-

We were talking about the sobriety internet

You know, so the episodes go down because I hate even though I've literally never even been accused of a misdemeanor.

And I'm a farmer with four kids like Ari Shapiro just pulled out his penis on an arena stage like.

after bragging about doing sex stuff in Thailand.

It's like, my whole thing is what's the moral, like, what's the standard? You know, like, so if I'm so bad, you have to take down my episodes.

And I think that I think that little scam is up.

I think people can see right through that now.

I think Ben Shapiro has done wonders with Candace in opening up that door.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I used to be at NPR, and now I have a podcast with my friend-

Ari Shapiro.

We are the co-hosts of the podcast Engagement Party.

We've also been friends for, like, more than 20 years, and we spent years together as hosts on NPR's All Things Considered, so we've got some history.

[laughs]

And so, uh, because people in the audience will have listened to me on NPR for many years, where my language is very proper.

And, you know, I tell some story and Alan says, "Oh, fuck you, Ari Shapiro." And then I just kind of pause, and I'm like, "Oh, you know, I really love my job, and I love exploring the English language, but there's a corner of the English language I've not been allowed to explore in my work." And Alan goes, "Well, you're not on NPR now, are you?" And so I kind of, I ask the audience for permission, and they're, like, cheering and applauding.

[laughs]

I'm Audie Cornish.

I'm Ari Shapiro.

This is the show where two old friends who came up in news turn their attention to pop culture for a change.

And one of the things that is everywhere in pop culture right now that I feel like we've been circling around for a while, so I'm glad we're finally doing an episode about it, is sobriety, addiction-

I'm Audie Cornish.

I'm Ari Shapiro.

This is the show where two old friends who came up in news look at what's going crazy on the internet and ask, "Why is this a thing?"

I have the perfect story for this because it is something that started in the news-

I'm Audie Cornish.

I'm Ari Shapiro.

This is the show where two old friends who came up in news look at what's going crazy on the internet and ask, "Why is this a thing?"

I have the perfect story for this because it is something that started in the news-