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How Steve Aoki laces EDM into every genre imaginable

NPR

By Mia Venkat,

Ari Shapiro, Noah Caldwell

Published June 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM EDT

EDM mega-star Steve Aoki continues to break genre boundaries with his new album HiROQUEST 3: Paragon.

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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.

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