All Things Considered
Weekdays 4:00 pm
In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special -- sometimes quirky -- features.
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Humans can genetically modify plants and animals to be more resilient to climate change and disease. But the scientific community is divided about whether the tool should be put to use in nature.
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Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed.
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Fall means giant pumpkin contests in some places. At the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts, we meet the next generation of competitors and their mentors.
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The military have taken control of Madagascars government, as the President flees the country.
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Known as a perfectionist, the singer emerged in the 1990s during the neo-soul movement with his classic debut, Brown Sugar. He made just two more albums, Voodoo and Black Messiah. Both were treasured.
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Multiple airports across the U.S. are refusing to play a Department of Homeland Security video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, with some saying it violates the Hatch Act.
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Writer John T. Edge has spent much of his career telling stories about a changing American South filtered through the lens of food and culture. Now he's talking about his troubled family's history. -
A group of volunteers in West Virginia makes sure preschoolers in areas with no libraries or bookstores get books to read.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, about the road to recovery for hostages just released from captivity.
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Applied physicist Iker Zuriguel studies the movement of particles and people to optimize their flow and improve public safety.
