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, Audie Cornish, 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.
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Fred Ramsdell was camping with his family in the Rocky Mountains when he missed the call telling him he'd won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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As Halloween approaches slasher movies draw their biggest audiences as All Things Considered host Andrew Limbong talks with NPR's Brianna Scott and Ryan Benk about what keeps the genre alive and why it still fascinates audiences.
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NPR's Andrew Limbong talks to Moshe Lavi, brother-in-law of Omri Miran, who is an Israeli hostage held in Gaza. Miran is one of twenty living hostages expected to return to Israel.
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All living Israeli hostages are expected to be released Monday under the ceasefire brokered by President Trump. Palestinian families in Gaza return home to sift through what's left.
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Diane Keaton has died at 79 — the Oscar-winning actress was known for Annie Hall and The Godfather films. New Yorker critic Michael Schulman reflects on her career and enduring influence.
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Alt.Latino host Anamaria Sayre tells the story of how Chilean puppet show 31 Minutos became an international sensation after their Tiny Desk performance.
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Cynthia Abrams with NPR Member station WPLN reports from Humphreys County, where officials say at least 18 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military explosives plant.
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Texas Public Radio's Camille Phillips reports from Uvalde, where a new school built with security upgrades opens three years after the Robb Elementary shooting.
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Author and critic Lincoln Michel talks about Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai's Nobel win and what it shows about who gets recognized in world literature.
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After surviving a dangerous sea crossing, many migrants who reach Spain's Canary Islands find themselves stranded for months, unable to work and clinging to the hope that life will be better once they reach mainland Spain.