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 Audie Cornish, Kelly McEvers, Ari Shapiro, and Robert Siegel. Saturday and Sunday editions are hosted by Michel Martin.
Since its debut on May 3, 1971, All Things Considered has delivered the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound. 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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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning after a break with President Trump made a primary fight inevitable, says Georgia Public Broadcasting reporter Sarah Kallis.
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Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels.
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This week a CDC website briefly suggested a vaccine–autism link, prompting experts to urge the public to rely on credible medical guidance.
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The New York mayor-elect's unexpected victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
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Education reporter Holly Korbey and writer Elizabeth Matthew explore why some schools are scaling back homework and whether it helps or hurts students
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Bionic and the Wires is a band that makes music by turning the electrical activity of fungi into playable sounds.
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NPR's Jonaki Mehta and Matt Ozug talk about what producers actually do on the radio and how they shape the news listeners hear every day.
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Brett Eagleson, whose father died on 9/11, discusses how families of the victims reacted to the Saudi crown prince's visit to the United States.
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Ukraine is under increasing pressure to agree to a peace deal American and Russian negotiators developed.
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Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.
