All Things Considered
Hear KUOW and NPR award-winning hosts and reporters from around the globe present some of the nation's best reporting of the day's events, interviews, analysis and reviews.
Sponsored
Episodes
-
How scientists have reshaped the Big Bang theory
Scientists have long been interested in the early history of the universe. Famed physicist Stephen Hawking helped popularize that the Big Bang was a singular point in time -- but that's not how many cosmologists think of the Big Bang today.
-
Vermont allows out of state patients to end their lives with medical supervision
Vermont allows terminally ill people from out-of-state to end their lives in Vermont with medical supervision. But doctors who provide the service say they're struggling to serve everyone.
-
Far-right wins in two German states
Voters in two German states deliver a boost to the country's far-right party, the Alternativ für Deutschland.
-
Edwidge Danticat's new collection of essays says 'We're Alone'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Edwidge Dandicat about her new essay collection, We're Alone.
-
Thousands attend funeral of Israeli-American hostage killed by Hamas
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the six hostages killed by Hamas this week, was laid to rest in Israel today. Israeli's packed his funeral in a show of support to the hostages still held in Gaza, to the family, and to express anger at the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu at not doing more to secure their release.
-
The new movie 'Ezra' stars an actor with autism playing an autistic character
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ezra producer Alex Plank and screenwriter Tony Spiridakis -- who said the story comes from his own life with his son -- about portraying autistic people in their film.
-
Deadline for school districts to assist homeless students approaches
School districts could lose out on more than 300 million dollars in federal funds to assist homeless students if they don’t use the money by the end of September.
-
Brazil's Supreme Court bans X
Brazil's Supreme Court unanimously upholds the decision to ban social media platform X nationwide.
-
A massive polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Hamid Jafari, director of Polio Eradication for the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean region, about the effort to administer some 600,000 vaccines in Gaza.
-
The rise of endless vacation
Over the last decade, more companies have adopted endless leave policies that allow employees to take as much vacation time as they want.
-
Discovery and decay revealed in latest Titanic research dive
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with researcher James Penca about two new discoveries in the wreck of the Titanic: a statue experts thought lost, and the collapse of an iconic part of the ship.
-
Drug makers including Pfizer are starting to sell drugs directly to consumers
In a move that might allow them to sell drugs directly to patients, some drugmakers are getting into the telehealth business.