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Consider This from NPR

Consider This from NPR


Consider This from NPR

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The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday.Support NPR and get your news sponsor-free with Consider This+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/considerthis
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With the end of apartheid South Africa became an emblem of democracy. Is it still?

Three decades ago, South Africa held its first democratic election, closing the door on...

12 minutes
Apr 28, 2024

This Former NIH Chief Went Public With His Prostate Cancer To Help Others

During the early days of the pandemic, former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins became a...

12 minutes
Apr 26, 2024

How DeSantis' immigration laws may be backfiring

Last year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a strict immigration law making it hard...

9 minutes
Apr 25, 2024

Trump is arguing for immunity in his criminal case. Will the Supreme Court agree?

One of Richard Nixon's most famous quotes...right up there with "I am not a crook"... h...

10 minutes
Apr 24, 2024

How voters from different economic sectors see the 2024 election

Americans often rank the economy as a number one voting issue. As part of NPR's "We the...

12 minutes
Apr 23, 2024

Breaking down the legal case at the center of the political universe

The broad outlines of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case have been known fo...

9 minutes
Apr 22, 2024

The push to deliver high-speed rail to Texas

For the last 60 years a transportation revolution has largely passed America by. Bullet...

10 minutes
Apr 21, 2024

Is this fictitious civil war closer to reality than we think?

Civil War, the new A24 film from British director Alex Garland, imagines a scenario tha...

11 minutes
Apr 19, 2024

Trump's anti-abortion stance helped him win in 2016. Will it hurt him in 2024?

Back in 1999 when Donald Trump was flirting with a presidential run, he was pro-abortio...

10 minutes
Apr 18, 2024

What happened when the threat of danger became Salman Rushdie's reality?

Salman Rushdie is probably most closely associated with his 1988 novel The Satanic Vers...

12 minutes
Apr 17, 2024