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

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