All Things Considered
Weekdays 4pm-7pm & Weekends 4pm-5pm
Every weekday on 89.5-1, join the hosts as they present two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special -- sometimes quirky -- features. On the weekends, listen in as Michel Martin hosts the show that keeps listeners informed on breaking news and business updates by intelligently combining hard news and cultural commentary from across America and around the world.
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Blue bubbles versus green bubbles. In texting it's the difference between iPhone owners and Android phone users. Green bubble people can be made to feel like unwelcome party crashers.
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It's Opening Day for major league baseball! We talk with baseball reporter Chelsea Janes to get her take on most exciting teams and players.
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38-year-old Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval came to the U.S. to make something of himself and to help his family in Honduras. He was one the workers on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed.
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Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a cargo ship and collapsed early Tuesday. Questions continue about what's ahead.
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Biosolids (a byproduct of wastewater treatment) are often used as fertilizer. But toxic "forever chemicals", or PFAS, could be contaminating that fertilizer, along with millions of acres of farmland.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant about what to expect in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA's Division 1 women's basketball tournament.
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Democrats are celebrating after flipping a Republican state House seat in northern Alabama. Marilyn Lands rode to victory on abortion rights and access to IVF.
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The Biden administration is announcing guidelines for how federal agencies can and can't use AI, and ways the government will be transparent in using it — but there are still lingering questions.
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32-year-old former cryptocurrency golden boy, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Blomberg's Zeke Faux was in court today as Bankman-Fried was sentenced.
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D.C.'s pro basketball and hockey teams will stay in their arena in downtown Washington, a reversal of earlier news that they'd move to a brand new arena across the Potomac in Alexandria, Virginia.