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All Things Considered
Weekdays, 4-6 p.m. and weekends, 5-6 p.m.
All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro. During each broadcast, stories and reports come to listeners from NPR reporters and correspondents based throughout the United States and the world. The hosts interview newsmakers and contribute their own reporting. Rounding out the mix are the disparate voices of a variety of commentators.
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The Makah tribe in Washington state will be able to resume their longstanding tradition of whaling, after NOAA Fisheries decided Thursday to give them a waiver for a hunt.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kristen Waggoner, CEO and general counsel of the Alliance Defending Freedom, about Supreme Court preserved access to Mifepristone.
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South Florida is being pummeled by heavy rain that's caused flooding in communities from Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. The rain, expected to continue through Friday, temporarily forced the closure of Interstate 95.
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For the first time, the United States is hosting the Cricket T20 World Cup. And the U.S. squad is doing well with a critical match set for Friday against Ireland. The success has buoyed interest in the U.S.
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Akira Endo, the Japanese scientist whose research led to statin drugs, has died. Tens of millions of people in the U.S. take statins to reduce their cholesterol.
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Biden faces waning support with voters under age 30, but his performance with older Americans is stronger. The generational split comes amid increased criticism for his response to the war in Gaza.
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In Rome, a group of thieves managed to steal nearly $540,000 in jewelry from the Bulgari store before escaping through the sewers.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Bommer, a man dying of colon cancer who created an AI avatar of himself for his wife, Anett, to interact with after he dies.
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President Biden recently issued executive actions that severely restrict asylum for immigrants. But in a remote area of California, asylum seekers continue to pour in.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave about colorful and invasive Joro spiders, a cicada fungus, and lessons about how the human body responds to life in outer space.