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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Iran remains defiant against U.S., but stands to rake in billions if a peace deal can be reached.
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France beat Morocco to advance to the World Cup semifinals. The match drew crowds to Paris' streets to watch on big screens. In a country with a large Moroccan diaspora, many hearts were divided.
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The world's two most populous countries — India and China — are missing from the expanded 48-team men's World Cup, highlighting corruption, bureaucratic rot and youth sports culture.
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Michigan reports 1,250 cases of cyclospora and CDC surveillance shows cases in 17 states. The CDC has initiated a traceback investigation, as the source is not yet known.
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Fiction provides it's own kind of travel — right from your couch. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish writer Tana French about her books and others' writing that immerse readers in Ireland.
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Pilot Wally Funk has died at 87. Denied the chance to become a NASA astronaut, she finally reached space at age 82 aboard a Blue Origin flight.
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Poor counties in the South are bracing for steep cuts in administering food aid as President Trump's tax and spending bill brings new requirements.
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Terry Tempest Williams writes about what is easy to overlook – she calls it "the holy ordinary." She spoke with Wild Card's Rachel Martin about being present and her new book, The Glorians.
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A weeklong hearing to establish whether the accused killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk can be taken to full trial ended today. There has been dramatic testimony.
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President Trump has removed the remaining three members of the bipartisan U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Here's what it means.