NPR All Things Considered
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All Things Considered hosts Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Ari Shapiro, Juana Summers and Scott Detrow present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features 7 days a week.
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All Things Considered hosts Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Ari Shapiro, Juana Summers and Scott Detrow present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features 7 days a week.
Language:
English
Episodes
To keep his seat, Montana Sen. Tester needs voters to split their tickets
11/4/2024
Montana could help decide control of the U.S. Senate this cycle. With polls showing former Trump leading in the state, Tester will need voters who aren't sold on either party to hang on to his seat.
Duration:00:04:05
Infinite Monkey Theorem is impossible within our universe's lifetime, study shows
11/4/2024
It turns out a monkey – given an infinite amount of time and a typewriter – wouldn’t be able to write Shakespeare before the universe ends, according to a new study.
Duration:00:01:08
How a stranger taught a man it's okay to accept help
11/4/2024
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Brian Perkins' severe arthritis requires him to use a cane. A woman offered kind words after running into him.
Duration:00:02:20
Trump's evolution over the course of three campaigns
11/4/2024
As former President Donald Trump enters his third -- and likely final -- campaign close, his message has naturally evolved, even when it hasn't changed much.
Duration:00:04:40
Quincy Jones in his own words
11/4/2024
The music superproducer Quincy Jones died Sunday night at age 91. We revisit a conversation he had with NPR's Michele Norris in 2008.
Duration:00:05:15
Preparing for a contested election at the Capitol
11/4/2024
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired Major General Paul Eaton about security measures that need to be in place at the Capitol in order to prepare for a possible contested election.
Duration:00:05:29
If Trump wins, vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. could play a role in health policy
11/4/2024
RFK Jr. has embraced fringe health care ideas for decades. If Trump wins, he will likely be able to influence promotion and funding for these things.
Duration:00:02:19
An old tadpole, new Pythagorean Theorem proof and how fruit may have affected evolution
11/4/2024
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.
Duration:00:07:56
John Leguizamo saw his parents hustle for the American dream. It informed his new play
11/4/2024
In his new play The Other Americans, John Leguizamo plays a Colombian American laundromat owner whose son is released from a mental wellness facility after suffering a trauma.
Duration:00:03:32
Caught in the political divide, a Kansas City church runs a 'campaign for kindness'
11/4/2024
A Kansas church has launched a campaign that's finding unique ways to bring faith and politics together without fanning the flames of polarization.
Duration:00:03:54
Social media's lax rules around misinformation worry election watchers
11/4/2024
Leading up to the 2020 election, online platforms were policing misinformation. Now, days before the election, social media companies are taking a more hands-off approach -- particularly X.
Duration:00:03:35
Denver high school kids built an AI app to help immigrants vote
11/4/2024
Some Denver high school kids from mostly immigrant families built an AI app to help their parents and people like them vote. It makes the process easy -- how to register and interpret ballot issues.
Duration:00:03:51
Communities in the Amazon struggle amid the second year of a devastating drought
11/4/2024
A prolonged drought, now in its second year, is devastating large swaths of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Whole communities and the Amazon’s largest city are struggling under the parched conditions.
Duration:00:04:24
Impossible, you say? Try asking a toddler
11/4/2024
Green eggs and ham? Even toddlers know when an event appears to be impossible, not just improbable.
Duration:00:02:33
Poll: In tight race, voters split on whether Harris intends to carry out her promises
11/4/2024
What the latest numbers say and what to look for as the election comes to a close.
Duration:00:03:43
In the election home stretch, what are the candidates' closing arguments?
11/3/2024
With just two days before voting ends in the 2024 election, both presidential candidates are making their final pitch to voters.
Duration:00:02:22
High-profile Iowa poll shows Harris ahead of Trump
11/3/2024
NPR's Scott Detrow talks to pollster J. Ann Selzer about a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll that shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump.
Duration:00:04:22
Actress Kathryn Hahn plays a game of Wild Card
11/3/2024
Kathryn Hahn plays a game of Wild Card and talks about being nostalgic for when her kids were young and the challenges of menopause.
Duration:00:07:46
The Cure's first album in 16 years is romantic and melodic, says NPR critic
11/3/2024
The Cure, the English rock band that for decades has ruled over a dark and mysterious corner of music, has just released its first album in 16 years.
Duration:00:05:34
Fight for reparations in California continues with ballot initiative
11/3/2024
California lawmakers introduced over a dozen first-in-the-nation reparations bills this year, as reparations proponents across the country watched for a blueprint to replicate.
Duration:00:03:38