All Things Considered
Weekdays, 4-6:30pm and Weekends, 5-6pm
NPR's afternoon radio newsmagazine presenting two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.
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Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.
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Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit. -
Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students. -
Some 154 million people in the United States get health care through their employer — and for many, their costs are about to go way up. -
For the first time ever, a non-Champagne has won a prestigious international award for best sparkling wine. Ari Shapiro talks with head winemaker of England's Nyetimber, Cherie Spriggs, about the win.
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Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.
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Researchers have spent 10 years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes. Now the science is precise enough to test one of Stephen Hawking's key ideas.
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Hundreds of South Korean workers are headed home after last week's dramatic immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. The images of handcuffed workers sparked outrage in Seoul.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., about the legacy of 9/11, how it's shaped the U.S. intelligence community and how the Trump administration is changing things.
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Colleges and universities often grapple with whether to invite controversial speakers on campus, usually allowing it given the First Amendment. How will this change the approach for such events?
