Audie & Ari on Ambition, Purpose, Poetry (from The Sam Sanders Show)

About this episode

Sam Sanders discusses the pop culture pieces that resonate with him and his guests, Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish.

What are the pieces of pop culture — movies, music, TV, books, speeches — that you return to over and over again? Sam Sanders calls them “Modern Scriptures,” and on the latest episode of his podcast, he joins his longtime friends and fellow NPR colleagues Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish to hear all about theirs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sam Sanders

Guests: Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish

Topics covered

• pop culture
• ambition
• purpose
• poetry
• Modern Scriptures

Keywords

• pop culture
• ambition
• purpose
• poetry
• NPR
• Modern Scriptures

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Organizations: NPR

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