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Terry Ward

On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.

In the 40 years since, almost everything about the program has changed, from the hosts, producers, editors and reporters to the length of the program, the equipment used and even the audience.

However there is one thing that remains the same: each show consists of 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.

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 Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, currently hosted by Guy Raz.

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, including Sports Commentator Stefen Fastis, Poet Andrei Codrescu and Political Columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne,

All Things Considered has earned many of journalism's highest honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Overseas Press Club Award.

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Remembrances
2:12 pm
Sat August 25, 2012

Neil Armstrong: An 'Exemplary Life'

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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 5:16 pm

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LAURA SULLIVAN, HOST:

James Fallows of The Atlantic joins us as he does most Saturdays. Jim, let me get your thoughts on the passing of Neil Armstrong.

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Presidential Race
2:12 pm
Sat August 25, 2012

Tampa Gears Up For RNC And A Possible Storm

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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 5:16 pm

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LAURA SULLIVAN, HOST:

While some 70,000 visitors are expected for the Republican National Convention, it's not the only big event heading towards Tampa. On Tuesday, another important visitor could be on the way, though perhaps not directly through Tampa - Tropical Storm Isaac. As of now, Isaac is still in the Caribbean. But as NPR's Greg Allen reports from Tampa, it's likely to be a hurricane when it passes near the city later in the week.

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Music Interviews
9:03 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Chilly Gonzales: Pianist, Rapper, Provocateur

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Chilly Gonzales' latest album is Solo Piano II.
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Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 5:16 pm

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Law
4:47 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Jury Sides With Apple In Patent Infringment Case

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Jurors have sided with Apple in a patent infringement case between it and Samsung. Melissa Block speaks with Wendy Kaufman, who's covering the lawsuit.

Election 2012
2:06 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

In Akin's Wake, Ryan Defends Anti-Abortion Record

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Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan speaks at a campaign event in Fayetteville, N.C., on Thursday.
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As congressional colleagues, Rep. Todd Akin (right) and Rep. Paul Ryan have co-sponsored anti-abortion legislation. They're seen here before a press conference on Ryan's budget proposal on Apr. 5, 2011.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 5:27 pm

Since Republican Rep. Todd Akin first said the words "legitimate rape" Sunday, just about everyone in the Republican Party has condemned those comments.

The Missouri Senate candidate later apologized, but his remarks continue to drive the political debate. They've also raised questions about the anti-abortion record of the Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

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Music Reviews
1:20 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Blackberry Smoke: Life In A Small Town

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Like Lynyrd Skynyrd before it, Blackberry Smoke turns Southern music forms into radio-ready singalongs.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 4:47 pm

The Georgia-based rock band Blackberry Smoke has been together for more than a decade, slowly building an audience the old-fashioned way by relentless touring — around 250 shows a year.

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Megafires: The New Normal In The Southwest
12:37 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Is It Too Late To Defuse The Danger Of Megafires?

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Timmons and Springer work in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, which were burned during last year's Wallow Fire. The largest fire in Arizona history, Wallow barreled through a half-million acres of forest.
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Kralicek logs data on plants and wildflowers that have grown back in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests since the Wallow Fire.
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Ecologists use tape measures to track regrowth following last year's Wallow Fire.
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A team of students from Northern Arizona University walks through a clearing on the way to a remote location they are studying in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
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Northern Arizona University researchers are trying to study the effects of fire on treated and untreated forest areas in Apache-Sitgreaves.
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Northern Arizona University students Zac Timmons (left) and Karen Kralicek (center) work with plant ecologist Judy Springer in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in east-central Arizona. They are studying the effects of forest restoration treatments following the Wallow Fire of 2011.
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A researcher holds a horned lizard found in a study site, a positive sign of life returning after the Wallow Fire
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A year after the Wallow Fire, students chart every square inch of an open meadow in an area where the fire raged.
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Madison Daniels, a student at Northern Arizona University, takes a short break from gathering data in a meadow in Apache-Sitgreaves. Both students and faculty live in the forest for weeks while they conduct their ecological research.
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Wally Covington is director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He helped create the 4FRI project, whose goal is to restore the natural Ponderosa pine forest.
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A worker walks by a feller buncher, a heavy machine used to clear timber, in a section of Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Covington's group is trimming the forest to make it more fire-resistant.
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Bill Armstrong, fire manager for the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico, is a firm believer in thinning forests and returning them to a natural burn cycle to avoid megafires.
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The Forest Service is thinning and treating the forest around the Sierra de los Pinos neighborhood in the Jemez Mountains, west of Los Alamos, N.M. The goal is to reduce the threat posed by future megafires.
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The Forest Service is also trying to get people who live in the Jemez Mountains area to thin and maintain the forests around their homes.
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Contract foresters work on a thinning operation in Los Griegos Peak, on U.S. Forest Service land in the Jemez Mountains.
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A forest-thinning operation in Los Griegos Peak.
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A thinned and treated forest in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, near the Santa Fe watershed. To effectively protect against wildfire threats, the Forest Service needs to burn tree litter and other detritus that remain on the forest floor.
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Bill Armstrong of the U.S. Forest Service opens the security gate at the Santa Fe watershed, in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains.
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Armstrong stands in front of a Ponderosa pine, locally known as a yellow belly pine.
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A view of a private home in the Jemez Mountains.
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A view of the Valles Caldera. The valley served as a high-mountain pasture for ranchers for years. In the distance you can see the Santa Fe National Forest, which burned during the 2011 Las Conchas fire.
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William Armstrong, fire manager for the Santa Fe National Forest service, says lush forests can be a "plague."
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Last year's Wallow Fire, the largest in Arizona history, barreled through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, in the east-central part of the state. The forests are now being thinned to reduce the threat posed by future wildfires.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 4:47 pm

Fourth in a five-part series

Forests in the Southwest have become a fuel stockpile. A century of U.S. Forest Service policy of quashing all fires has allowed forests to become overgrown, and now a warming climate is making the problem worse.

Scientists are trying to defuse these green time bombs. Is it too late?

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The Two-Way
12:29 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Anti-Doping Chief: Armstrong Knows Truth, Sticking To 'Baseless Soundbites'

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United States Anti-Doping Agency Chief Executive Officer Travis Tygart, right, during a subcommittee hearing on drug use in sports in 2008.
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The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency says Lance Armstrong knows the truth and he has decided that instead of airing every piece of evidence publicly and in front of an impartial court, the dethroned seven-time Tour de France winner has decided to "hold on to baseless soundbites."

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The Two-Way
9:22 am
Fri August 24, 2012

At Penn State, New Students Weigh Stigma Of Scandal

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Signs on display around town are designed to show support for Penn State's football team as a new season begins.
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Penn State freshman Samuel Russ, of Germantown, Md., and his mother, Rina Russ, moving his things into the dorm.
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A freshman class is arriving at Penn State this week. But a child sexual abuse scandal that rocked the school last fall is casting a shadow over the school's "Welcome Week."

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NPR News Investigations
7:03 am
Fri August 24, 2012

Before Reaching War Zones, Troops Risk Concussions

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Staff Sgt. Ronald Sherwood practices a maneuver on Sgt. 1st Class Darwin Scriber at the U.S. Army Combatives School at Fort Benning, Ga. The school trains instructors who will teach recruits hand-to-hand combat. Most of the student instructors have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Student instructors watch combat movements before a sparring exercise at the U.S. Army Combatives school. The Army has been conducting a study to see how many soldiers sustain concussions during the training.

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Sgt. 1st Class Isaac Cunningham (left) and Staff Sgt. Robert Terry practice maneuvers.
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U.S. Army combatives instructor Sgt. Teddra Rodriguez (center) demonstrates a move to two students.

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Students practice moves during a sparring session. Early findings in a research study suggest that, on average, one soldier is suffering a concussion every other day in combat classes.
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Maj. Christopher Carpenter takes a series of kicks and punches from a sparring partner. The soldiers take turns holding pads and practicing kicking and punching combos that will help them in close combat situations.
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Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Rice, a master trainer at the U.S. Army Combatives School, drives back his partner with a high kick during a sparring session.
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Instructors go through the gym watching the exercises.

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Student instructors take turns practicing maneuvers during a sparring session at the U.S. Army Combatives school at Fort Benning.
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