
All Things Considered
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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.

Some federal employees fired under anti-DEI orders weren't doing DEI work
by Andrea Hsu
Some of the first people fired by the Trump administration are fighting back, including those targeted for work they'd done promoting diversity, equity and inclusion under the Biden administration.
Emo music is having a moment at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
by Sarah Handel
Emo music has largely flown under the radar, but with a new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame focusing on one of its founding labels, it's time for another look.
Presidential campaigns converge on Michigan
The presidential campaigns are projecting confidence in Michigan. But the fact that candidates from both major parties are in the state on the same day shows how close the race is in this key state.
Now in her 50s, Kylie Minogue says she feels liberated
by Brittany Luse
NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, talks with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. Her new album Tension II is a follow-up to last year’s Tension.
The challenges of vaccinating 590,000 kids against polio in the war zone of Gaza
by Ari Daniel
Public health officials are hoping to reach the more than half a million Gaza children who received their first dose a few weeks back. But a shifting battlefield is making everything more challenging.
Soon, when a user sues X, the case will go to Texas where a judge is a Tesla investor
by Bobby Allyn
Elon Musk's X seems to be trying get its cases litigated in the court of one particular Texas judge -- who appears to be a Tesla shareholder.
North Gaza is starving as humanitarian aid declines
by Tinbete Ermyas
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Antoine Renard, the World Food Programme Country director for Gaza, about how people in north Gaza are starving and aid shipments reached their lowest level in September.
A proposed abortion rights amendment in Missouri is gaining support
An referendum to legalize abortion in Missouri is gaining supporters in part as a reaction to the state's current strict ban.
Kids ask a NASA scientist about the mission to Jupiter's moon Europa
NASA has just launched a mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. A NASA scientist answers kid's questions about the mission and its goals.
Lake Michigan's mysterious sinkholes
by Scott Detrow
Two years ago, scientists surveyed the floor of Lake Michigan looking for shipwrecks. They found something mysterious and unexpected — a cluster of sinkholes on the lakebed.