All Things Considered on 90.5 WKAR
Mon - Fri 4pm - 6pm
All Things Considered is the most listened-to afternoon drive-time news radio program in the country. Every weekday the show is hosted nationally by Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, and Ari Shapiro; and locally by WKAR's Sophia Saliby.
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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Visitors to the Colosseum in Rome can now walk through a tunnel that even in Roman times was exclusively reserved for emperors
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In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden.
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President Trump and the GOP are hoping that sending troops to US cities will be a winning strategy for the midterm elections.
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The switch to standard time offers sleep-deprived teenagers a rare chance to catch up on much-needed rest.
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NPR's Laura Sullivan, Frank Langfitt and Sacha Pfeiffer reflect on how writing for radio differs from their days in newspapers, and what it takes to make stories come alive through sound.
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Elon Musk's satellite network Starlink is rapidly expanding across the Global South amid a lack of industry regulation. Steven Feldstein, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explains what is at stake.
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A halt in SNAP payments has millions worried about their next meal, raising new questions about how a program born in the Great Depression still defines America's fight against hunger.
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A highly-anticipated meeting between president Trump and Xi Jinping leads to a pause - but not an end - to trade and tech competition issues.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sen. Lisa Murkowski about the possible loss of SNAP benefits due to the shutdown.
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Driving through barricades and burned banks in Douala: Cameroon's disputed election sparks a showdown with its young generation.