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All Things Considered
Weekdays from 4pm to 6pm on Radio IQ
Hosted by Ailsa Chang
,
Mary Louise Kelly
,
Ari Shapiro
,
Juana Summers

Much has changed on All Things Considered since the program debuted on May 3, 1971. But there is one thing that remains the same: each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.

All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time news radio program in the country.

All Things Considered airs Monday - Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on RADIO IQ. On the weekends, ATC is on 5:00-6:00 pm on RADIO IQ.

  • Adrienne Young: Planting the Earth, Growing Herself
    Adrienne Young is a folk-country musician who is also a big supporter of community gardens and sustainable farming. As she tours the U.S., she invites local organic farmers to speak before her shows. Her green activism also explains the title of her new album, Room to Grow.
  • Brandi Carlile Goes Straight for the Gut
    Brandi Carlile's second album, The Story, broods with a powerful confidence and earthiness, and improves on the potential of her self-titled debut. She is not afraid to really put herself out there, even with something as naked and honest as her voice cracking.
  • Blast in Northern Iraq Claims Many Lives
    A truck bomb in a northern Iraq farming town populated by Shiite ethnic Turks claims more than 100 lives. Elsewhere, several more Americans lost their lives in separate incidents, and the Iraqi parliament continues to struggle over an oil law.
  • Court Limits Lawsuits Over Government Surveillance
    A federal appeals court ruled that only people who can demonstrate that they've been spied on have the right to sue. But the records of who has been wiretapped are top secret, making it unlikely that anyone could rightfully file a lawsuit.
  • U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) is seen in March 2007 at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
    Sen. Domenici Supports Iraq Study Group Bill
    Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) has pledged support for Senate Bill 1545, which calls for the implementation of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group.
  • Live Earth Concert Kicks Off Saturday
    The much-anticipated Live Earth global concert will span 24 hours on seven continents and will feature more than 100 musicians. Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas previews a song he wrote for the occasion.
  • Beat writer Jack Kerouac, pictured in 1965, cultivated the myth that <em>On the Road</em> came to him in a three-week rush, but the truth is he wrote, rewrote and revised again.
    Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll, 'On the Road' Again
    Did Jack Kerouac really write On the Road in a drug-fueled three-week frenzy? Yes — and no. Whether you believe the legend or not, it's 50 years since the event, and the 120-foot scroll is on tour to celebrate the anniversary.
  • In her penciled entries, Rutka describes an unbearable life under Nazi oppression.
    New Diary Offers Glimpse of Life in Nazi Grip
    Hidden for decades, the diary of a 14-year-old Polish Jewish girl who was killed at Auschwitz was recently published in English and Hebrew. Her writings offer a personal account of life in Poland during the Holocaust.
  • Nathan Englander is the author of the just-published novel <em>The Ministry of Special Cases</em> and the story collection <em>For the Relief of Unbearable Urges.</em> He currently spends his days drinking coffee at the Hungarian Pastry Shop in New York City.
    Writer Finds a Fated Friend in 'Jesus' Son'
    If you're only going to read one book this year about getting stabbed in the eye and crushing tiny, helpless bunnies, then run right out and get Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son.
  • 'Rescue Dawn': Back to the Jungle, With Stars
    All Things Considered film critic Bob Mondello reviews a Vietnam War film from Werner Herzog. Herzog had told this same story before, in a documentary. This time he cast Christian Bale as captured U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler.