On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.
In the more than four decades since, almost everything about the program has changed, from the hosts, producers, editors and reporters to the length of the program, the equipment used and even the audience.
However there is one thing that remains the same: each 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.
All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, which is hosted by Michel Martin.
During each broadcast, stories and reports come to listeners from NPR reporters and correspondents based throughout the United States and the world. The hosts interview newsmakers and contribute their own reporting. Rounding out the mix are the disparate voices of a variety of commentators.
All Things Considered has earned many of journalism's highest honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Overseas Press Club Award.
>> Visit the program's website for episode information.
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U.S. Catholic bishops gathered in Baltimore, where they elected new leaders, responded to Pope Leo's call to speak on immigration and issued new directives on transgender care for Catholic hospitals.
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Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.
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Now that the government shutdown is over, federal number crunchers are back at work. It could take time, though, to make up for the jobs reports and inflation scorecards we missed in the last 6 weeks.
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Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave discuss new findings about the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus, the secrets behind chameleons' eye movements and the energy use behind AI computing.
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Harvard University officials have recently raised the alarm on grade inflation. More than 60% of grades awarded to students have been A's. That's up 25% from two decades ago.
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"Thriller" shoots up the chart, making this the sixth consecutive decade in which Jackson has scored at least one top 10 hit.
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A Sudanese journalist recounts the violence and mass displacement in her hometown of el-Fasher, North Darfur, after the Rapid Support Forces seized control.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+. -
Lawyers for James Comey and Letitia James argued in court about why the Justice Department's top prosecutor in Virginia was illegally appointed and shouldn't have brought charges against them.
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The American comedy Jay Kelly and the Scandinavian drama Sentimental Value are funhouse mirror versions of the same story about celebrities and their daughters.
