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All Things Considered hosts Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Juana Summers and Scott Detrow present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features 7 days a week.

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All Things Considered hosts Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Juana Summers and Scott Detrow present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features 7 days a week.

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English


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Musk and Altman to face off over the future of OpenAI in trial

4/28/2026
In Oakland, a case is getting underway in which Elon Musk and Sam Altman will face off over the future of OpenAI, one of the world's most influential AI companies.

Duration:00:04:06

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As school choice expands in Iowa, one district is in a crisis from losing students

4/28/2026
With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

Duration:00:08:19

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Illinois governor weighs in on Operation Midway Blitz hearings

4/28/2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker regarding the public hearings of the Illinois Accountability Commission investigating federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.

Duration:00:08:15

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Shoes launch sub-two hour marathon times

4/28/2026
Two marathoners clocked in under two hours in London. We talk to one researcher about the role of shoes in making the impossible possible.

Duration:00:04:31

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Can the famous Rocky statue punch through political disagreements?

4/28/2026
Philadelphia's Rocky statue gets as many visitors as the Statue of Liberty. Now the Philadelphia Museum of Art is trying to use it to create dialogue between people who disagree.

Duration:00:04:11

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FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel's first lady joke

4/28/2026
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney's ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns amid backlash over Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump.

Duration:00:04:02

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How the city with the most to lose in the Colorado River crisis is trying to adapt

4/28/2026
Record low winter snows mean insufficient water in the Colorado River. Here's how a city that's first in line to be cut off is handling it.

Duration:00:03:34

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Colombia's election takes a tense turn with wave of pre-election violence

4/28/2026
Colombia's presidential race unfolds amid weekend bomb attacks and rising fears of political violence ahead of May's vote. The left-wing frontrunner is trailed by a fragmented right-wing opposition.

Duration:00:03:54

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Mali's Russian-backed troops retreat as militant offensive spreads

4/28/2026
Mali's worsening crisis sees jihadist and separatist advances, deepening instability and increasing fears of wider Sahel regional collapse.

Duration:00:03:54

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King Charles urges 'reconciliation' in address to U.S. Congress amid Trump tensions

4/28/2026
In an address to the U.S. Congress, King Charles told lawmakers that "time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together," and called for "reconciliation and renewal."

Duration:00:05:24

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In her new memoir, Mary Cain explains why she left pro running

4/28/2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with the runner Mary Cain about her book This Is Not About Running, which deals with the harassment and abuse she says she experienced as a young runner.

Duration:00:08:00

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On eve of Supreme Court arguments, seniors advocate for their immigrant caregivers

4/28/2026
Senior citizens are advocating to protect Temporary Protected Status for Haitians a day before the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Trump's administration improperly canceled TPS.

Duration:00:03:28

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Grand jury indicts former FBI director James Comey for a second time

4/28/2026
The case revolves around a photo the former FBI director posted online last year of seashells on a beach arranged to say "8647."

Duration:00:03:49

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Trump's 'American flag blue' reflecting pool project gets a mixed reaction in D.C.

4/28/2026
The pool is being resurfaced in a shade more akin to that of a swimming pool. It's one of many physical changes Trump is planning for the nation's capital.

Duration:00:03:06

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The United Arab Emirates is quitting OPEC oil cartel after nearly 60 years

4/28/2026
The Arab oil producer has long expressed frustration with the quotas it has to follow as part of OPEC, the cartel of major state-owned oil producers.

Duration:00:04:16

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Stuck in limbo: millions of professionals risk losing legal status under Trump pause

4/28/2026
Their experiences — of sudden financial insecurity, months of unemployment, and crippling anxiety — come as the administration seeks to restrict legal migration and boost mass deportation.

Duration:00:05:56

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Prison guards and inmates say New York's correctional system is broken

4/27/2026
Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.

Duration:00:04:36

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Why the Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington is buying up farmland

4/27/2026
The Stillaguamish Tribe north of Seattle is returning farmland to the sea to save salmon and help floodproof a community that's struggled with rising tides due to climate change.

Duration:00:04:10

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This week in space news: Artemis II next steps and a mysterious interstellar visitor

4/27/2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Regina Barber and Nell Greenfieldboyce about the Artemis moon missions, the "seismic quiet" during a solar eclipse, and the origins of a mysterious interstellar visitor.

Duration:00:08:11

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A driver lifted a teen's spirits at a stoplight

4/27/2026
Forty years ago, a 19-year-old woman sat behind the wheel of her car, sobbing and feeling like her life had fallen apart. A stranger pulled up beside her at a stoplight and lifted her spirits.

Duration:00:02:59