On May 03, 1971, All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations. It's now the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays.
Every weekday, the two-hour show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment— all brought alive through sound. Essentially, ATC is a comprehensive look at the day's important stories with different perspectives considered.
All Things Considered on Alabama Public Radio also features:
Don Noble Book Reviews — 4: 45 p.m. every Monday. Host Don Noble reviews books written by Alabama authors.
StoryCorps — 4: 45 p.m. every Tuesday. Recordings and collections of everyday stories from everyday people. Excerpts are selected and produced by Alabama Public Radio.
Keepin' It Real — 4: 45 p.m. every Friday. Host Cam Marston brings us weekly commentaries (opinion pieces) on the world he observes as it goes on around him.
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Lawmakers in Colorado are close to passing a law restricting guns with detachable magazines. It attempts to mitigate damage during mass shootings and would be one of the strictest gun laws in the U.S.
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Last week, officials announced that a volcano 80 miles west of Anchorage is "likely" to erupt within the next few weeks or months. That could send ash into the air for hundreds of miles.
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Two months into President Trump's second term, Democrats are still struggling over how to push back. House Democrats have turned to Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin.
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The White House says the USIP's acting president and CEO George Moose was fired last week along with most of the board for failing to comply with an executive order.
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Residents of Sunita William's ancestral village and her Indian relatives celebrate her safe landing. She and another astronaut returned to Earth this week after more than nine months in space.
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Producer and screenwriter David Steven Cohen has died. He was the head writer on Cartoon Network's popular animated show Courage the Cowardly Dog.
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Amy Gerstler's 14th book of poetry, Is This My Final Form? comes out in April. One of its poems is about this change of season, welcoming spring.
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ICE agents arrested a high-profile immigrant rights activist in Denver. Jeanette Vizguerra became a symbol during the first Trump administration when she moved into a church to avoid deportation.
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Just before President Biden left office, he designated two swaths of land in California as monuments. Chuckwalla National Monument is among them but conservationists worry about its future under the new administration.
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In 2022, the Chinese government told NPR's Emily Feng she was no longer welcome in China, where she'd lived and reported from for seven years. She says she hasn't lost claim to her Chinese identity.