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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Chicago house music pioneer Charles Chambers, known as DJ Funk, has died at 54
The Chicago house music scene is mourning the loss an iconic figure. Charles "DJ Funk" Chambers died earlier this week. He was a pioneer in the unique Chicago music style Ghetto House.
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Why a Department of Education closure is concern for students with disabilities
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kristy Hedler, mother of a son with Down syndrome, about what eliminating the Department of Education would mean for kids who receive special education services.
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Dolly Parton honors late husband with new song, 'If You Hadn't Been There'
Dolly Parton's late husband, Carl Dean, died this week. He inspired some of her biggest songs, including a new one. "If You Hadn't Been There" is Parton's ode to Dean and their six decades together.
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Intensifying violence tests new Syrian government
In Syria, fighting is intensifying as clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad have left hundreds of people dead.
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House GOP releases government funding plan
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One Texan's quest to create a state-wide hiking trail
Texas isn't best seen from behind the steering wheel, but through shades, wearing hiking shoes on a walking trail. Now a Texan is making big strides on creating a walking trail called the X-Tx, stretching from the Louisiana border all the way to New Mexico, a 1,550-mile stroll that will be among the longest trails in the country. The trail will go through natural beauties from the Hill country/central Texas, Big Bend National Park and the Guadalupe mountains –highest point in the state-- surrounded by the Chihuahuan desert from west Texas. Texas Public Radio's Jack Morgan finds out how they plan to build the X-Tx. 4m piece + digital. Texas Public Radio's Jack Morgan. Target: week of 2/24. Alfredo edit.
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The political evolution of Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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Missouri faces the prospect of Medicaid cuts
The prospect of Medicaid cuts by Congress are sending a chill through Republican and Democratic-led states, where millions of people could lose medical coverage or states might have to cut other services.
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From tweets to 2 a.m. emails: What it's like to cover Elon Musk
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Singer Jason Isbell discusses his new album, 'Foxes in the Snow'
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As spring nears, lambing season is upon us
It's the time of year when new lambs are born, and for some shepherds, the process raises difficult questions.
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60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.
