All Things Considered
Weekdays at 4:00pm
All Things Considered brings you the day’s biggest stories — from around the world and right here in the Piedmont and High Country. Every weekday afternoon, join host Neal Charnoff for two hours of breaking news, thoughtful conversations, and unexpected discoveries. It’s national reporting with a local heartbeat.
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Amid NIH funding delays, clawbacks and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
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This Thanksgiving, a new animated film offers teachers a resource to talk about contemporary Native Americans with their students.
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Based on Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed 2020 novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, Chloe Zhao's beautiful film Hamnet tells a story of tragedy and the healing power of art.
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The Kid Governor program is a nationwide initiative that helps teach kids about government by holding elections. Nebraska just elected 10-year-old Charlie Couch as it's first kid governor.
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States are suing the Trump administration over its plan to massively cut back long-term housing for homeless people. Advocates say the changes could push more than 100,000 residents onto the streets.
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If you lose your job in Denmark, it's not time to scream at the skies quite yet. The government has a unique set of policies called "flexicurity" designed to help get you back on your feet.
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Hackers are hoping to take advantage of the holiday season, and they're not just stealing money or data.
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If Virginia Democrats go ahead with redistricting, it would go a long way to countering the GOP and President Trump. But it would challenge the governor-elect's bipartisan image and anger Republicans.
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Pope Leo visits war-torn Lebanon but some in the country with the biggest percentage of Christians in the region are upset he's skipping the most battered part.
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The investigation continues into the shooting of National Guard members in the nation's capital as the Trump administration turns blame more broadly to immigrants in the U.S.