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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The protests in Iran have been about human rights, corruption, freedom — but they were sparked by economic hardship, caused in part by U.S. sanctions. How did they play into the events in Iran?
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Correspondent Rob Schmitz discuss Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at to the Munich Security Conference.
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Lawmakers are just beginning to review unredacted versions of the Epstein files but those who have read them say the system is complicated and insufficient.
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A bipartisan effort in Congress to restrain immigration enforcement tactics is flailing. It wouldn't be the first time recently that lawmakers pledged to find consensus, only for negotiations to fail.
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NATO members have launched a new Arctic initiative after President Trump's threats to take over Greenland.
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The recent deep freeze across much of the U.S. has created the best opportunity in decades to sail ice boats across frozen bays and rivers — including Chesapeake Bay.
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At the Illinois gathering of the Future City competition, 16 middle school teams presented their concepts for cutting-edge cities.
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This week the Ghanian musician Ebo Taylor died at 90 years old. While he was not well known in the U.S. he was a star in Africa, and a defining force in highlife music.
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Iranians living in Turkey are hearing chilling stories from relatives at home — and receiving death threats themselves.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson about the FAA's temporary closure of airspace over the city, and how it was communicated to city leaders.