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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NPR's Ari Shapiro and longtime newscaster Jack Speer chat about his early years covering business for the network, his retirement, and what he'll miss about covering the daily news.
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Renowned social psychologist James Maas was on a mission to get Americans to take sleep more seriously. The longtime Cornell professor credited with coining the term "power nap" died last week at 86.
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Antonina Khyzhniak, who appeared in stock footage included in a White House Instagram video for the Trump administration's tax bill, responded with a humorous video — and a serious message. -
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is a key ally of President Trump's, helping get his domestic policy bill passed by the Senate. It is a dramatic reversal from their days as virtual political enemies.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler, a republican, about the Senate's tax and spending bill – and whether he thinks the House has enough votes to send it to the president's desk.
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A fan at a Green Day concert was invited onstage to play along with the band — only to start playing someone else's music.
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As Dalai Lama turns 90, he says he will not be the last spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists — there will be a successor.
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President Trump's sweeping budget bill just passed the Senate. It would cut trillions in taxes. It also would make the biggest cuts to the social safety net in decades – to things like food aid.
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An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his experience seeking food from a site run by private American contractors, facing Israeli military fire, crowds fighting for rations, and masked thieves.
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Wildlife trafficking is one of the world's biggest illegal trades, and the U.S. creates much of the demand for pet primates. Now there's a proposed ban on privately owning and breeding these animals.
