A checkpoint at the entrance to Baram, where security has been heavily heightened since the war started on October 7, and rockets have been coming from Iran backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.