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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Two big TV news outlets, CBS and CNN, will now be controlled by Trump allies. Some journalists are worried about pressure on their coverage.
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From the National Archives to the state dinner, President Trump and Xi Jinping looked comfortable together in Washington. Two former NPR China correspondents on what the visit did and didn't deliver.
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A typewriter Maya Angelou used for decades is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, near the original Star-Spangled Banner. A curator explains why it belongs there.
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Four months in, Congo's Ebola outbreak is one of the largest ever recorded. Officials and outside experts can't agree on whether it's finally slowing down.
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Singer songwriter Angela Autumn's music starts with her Appalachian roots and then takes some surprising turns. She talks about the experiences that inspired the songs on her new album, 'Believer'.
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NPR's Scott Neuman went to Virginia and Maryland to report on data centers. In this reporter's notebook, he shares why opposition to new ones is bringing together people who rarely agree on politics.
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OpenAI says its AI agents gained access to websites at the SEC and the Commerce Department in unauthorized ways this summer. The agencies say no private data was exposed.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition. -
The Supreme Court rejects a Republican attempt to redistrict the congressional seats in Missouri.
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Several Republicans in competitive races broke with President Trump on key agenda issues this week as voters continue to express concern about the economy and the war with Iran.
