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.
Episodes
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Y2K: Looking back on the bug that wasn't
Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.
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Specially trained therapy dogs are helping doctors, nurses and patients in Denver
Some hospitals are allowing dogs to spend entire shifts at the hospital for the doctors and nurses. The trained dogs help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.
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Ship linked to Russia is suspected of cutting major cables between Finland and Estonia
NATO chief Mark Rutte has assured Finland and Estonia of added military support after a ship linked to Russia is suspected of severing major cables between the two countries.
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What giving 'it all up willingly' means to singer-songwriter Laura Marling
Musician Laura Marling faces her younger self as she talks about her new album -- Patterns in Repeat. It was all recorded in her living room when her daughter was an infant.
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Authorities have recovered two black boxes from Wednesday's plane crash in Kazakhstan
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash with The Ohio State University's Shawn Pruchnicki. He was trained in accident investigation at the National Transportation Safety Board.
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The latest in South Korea's presidential impeachments
South Korea's parliament voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo. This move comes less than two weeks after lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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How 'Squid Game' sucked in audiences and impacted media for Korea
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Suk-Young Kim, professor at UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television and author of the book Surviving Squid Game talks about the show's second season.
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The number of homeless people in the U.S. has jumped to another record high
The number of homeless people in the U.S. is reported in the federal government's annual count. The federal agency that does the count cites rising rents and an increase in migrants coming to the U.S.
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FDA goes after mushroom edibles following illnesses and suspected deaths
The Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at a popular category of mushrooms edibles. That comes after a rash of illnesses and even a few suspected deaths earlier this year.
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Visiting the market in the old city of Damascus, once inaccessible to many Syrians
A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.
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Now-ousted Bangladeshi PM was involved in thousands of disappearances, report says
A new report alleges ousted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was directly involved in the enforced disappearances of thousands of people.
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Breaking down this week's online fight among conservatives about legal immigration
A fight broke out about legal immigration on social media this week. Here's what it says about Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's influence and fractions in the GOP.