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
A look at Trump and Maine's standoff over transgender athletes policy
4/17/2025
Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says her state's not backing down against possible cuts in school and other funding threatened by the Trump administration over the state's policy on transgender athletes in sports.
Duration:00:03:53
This week in science: Drumming crabs, lab-made nuggets and LSD without the trip
4/17/2025
NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD -- without the trip.
Duration:00:08:15
Black Christian leaders call for more solidarity with LGBTQ people in their churches
4/17/2025
Christian leaders gathered outside the U.S. Capitol building this week to call for more solidarity with LGBTQ people. We look at the conversations Black churches are having.
Duration:00:02:36
What to know about Canada's Mark Carney
4/17/2025
Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney entered politics as trade relations with the U.S. hit a low point. The former central banker's economic chops may propel him to victory in the next election.
Duration:00:03:36
Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge
4/17/2025
The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.
Duration:00:04:58
'Sinners' is a blood-drenched, blues-infected thriller
4/17/2025
Twin brothers, both played by Michael B. Jordan, return to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 to start a juke joint in Ryan Coogler's otherworldly tale of race and music, Sinners.
Duration:00:04:18
Cascarones, a playful and colorful tradition that unites friends and family around Easter season
4/17/2025
Cracking cascarones –or decorated confetti eggs—is a playful tradition during Easter in the Mexican American culture from the Southwest, as a gesture of goodwill and a way to bring good luck. This year, despite soaring egg prices, the tradition lives on.
Duration:00:02:59
Sen. Chris Van Hollen on trying to visit wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador
4/17/2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., about his campaign to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Maryland man was illegally deported to a prison in El Salvador.
Duration:00:05:29
Some Harvard researchers have received stop work orders. One shares their story
4/17/2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Donald Ingber of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, about the impact of the stop-work orders that went out this week for federally-funded research.
Duration:00:04:56
Secretary of State Rubio meets Macron in Paris to discuss Ukraine peace settlement
4/17/2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with President Macron in Paris to discuss a peace settlement for Ukraine. France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine.
Duration:00:02:36
Actor Hugh Bonneville finds the humor and poignancy in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya
4/17/2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Hugh Bonneville about his starring role in the play Uncle Vanya, which is showing at D.C.'s Harman Hall.
Duration:00:07:58
How tariffs could impact the availability of baby products
4/17/2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steven Dunn founder and CEO of Munchkin a U.S.-based company selling lifestyle products for mothers, babies and children. Dunn has written an open letter to President Trump and Congress about how tariffs could harm his business and American families.
Duration:00:06:54
LA schools superintendent says he'll protect undocumented students 'to the very end'
4/17/2025
DHS said it was conducting wellness checks on students who arrived unaccompanied to the border. The head of the Los Angeles Unified School District has a different account.
Duration:00:08:15
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May
4/17/2025
Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship, an idea widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.
Duration:00:03:49
Trump calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's 'termination' in blistering attack
4/17/2025
President Trump lashed out at Powell for not acting sooner to lower interest rates. The president's own tariffs make that more difficult, by putting upward pressure on prices.
Duration:00:03:41
Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is it just a lot of hot air?
4/16/2025
The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.
Duration:00:03:35
The Boston Marathon marks 50 years since it first included wheelchair athletes
4/16/2025
The Boston Marathon marks the anniversary of an important tradition. It was a half-century ago that Boston became the first major marathon to include a division for wheelchair athletes.
Duration:00:04:11
NPR CEO Katherine Maher addresses future of federal funding for public media
4/16/2025
Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
Duration:00:07:15
Trump administration is likely in criminal contempt in deportation case, judge rules
4/16/2025
A federal judge ruled that there is "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his order last month to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
Duration:00:03:53
For one griot, the unearthing of this ancient West African capital offers vindication
4/16/2025
Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots.
Duration:00:04:39