
All Things Considered
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In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.

100 years after evolution went on trial, the Scopes case still reverberates
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history, over the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa dies at the age of 89
by Mandalit del Barco
Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most celebrated writers in Latin America and the first Peruvian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at 89. The author died on Sunday surrounded by his family.
Veteran diplomats react to the Trump administration gutting the lead U.S. aid agency
by Michele Kelemen
Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally.
OK Go reflects on 20 years in the churn of video virality
by Noah Caldwell
Damian Kulash of OK Go reflects on the band's decades of creating elaborate one-take viral music videos.
Xi Jinping visits Southeast Asia
by Adam Hancock
China's leader, Xi Jinping, embarks on a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour, amid the trade war with the U.S.
A vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized'
by Courtney Dorning
Ousted FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks talks about the current administration's policy on vaccines and how that is impacting its response to the ongoing measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S.
The biggest plot twist in a viral 'true crime' story? None of it was real
by Ashley Brown
A viral "true crime" story was actually made up, generated by A.I. Reporter Henry Larson explores the ethical questions raised by this new frontier of content.
More than a decade later, OK Go is back with a new album
by Noah Caldwell
The new album from OK Go, called And The Adjacent Possible, is the band's first in more than a decade.
Move over Paleo diet, it's Dinosaur Time, a TikTok trend all about devouring veggies
by Sarah Boden
Dinosaur time is a viral TikTok trend helping some people eat more vegetables. Nutritionists have other tips for getting enough veggies into the daily diet.
Venezuelan baseball players are defecting to Europe amid economic crisis
by John Otis
Venezuela's economic malaise and political paralysis under the country's increasingly authoritarian government is impacting its most beloved national pastime - baseball.
European regulations on chicken processing hamper U.S. exports
by Will Stone
As the U.S trade war heats up, President Trump has called for European countries to start buying our chicken and eggs. But food safety regulations put in place many years ago prohibit that from happening. Will Stone, reporter. Gisele Grayson, editor.