On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.
In the more than four decades 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 Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, and Ari Shapiro. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, which is hosted by Michel Martin.
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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We check in on one state public broadcasting network a year after President Trump signed a law ending federal funding of public media.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Israel's U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, about a proposed U.S.-Saudi civilian nuclear deal, the Iran war and Israel's evolving relationship with the U.S.
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Scientists are starting to reintroduce a 20-legged predator to kelp beds off Washington state after an underwater pandemic nearly wiped it out.
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In some states, farmers must adjust to changes in the Farm Bill that closed a loophole they used to grow hemp for use in THC products.
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Some lawmakers are questioning conditions at immigration detention centers for people with a disability, after one man's ordeal in Georgia went public.
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NPR has confirmed a deal that would allow the U.S. to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and allow the country to begin enriching uranium for civilian use.
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Plas Johnson, the saxophonist behind "The Pink Panther Theme," has died at 94. We remember the Hollywood session legend whose playing shaped decades of music.
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An independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Wells was inconclusive as to the cause of death of the 18-year old who was left on a Mississippi island by friends on July 4th.
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President Trump says Iran is desperate to negotiate — but experts warn the conflict may be drifting further from diplomacy.
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The ICE officer who shot and killed a man in Maine had a history of domestic abuse and mental health issues. Policing experts say these red flags should have come up in the hiring process.