All Things Considered : NPR

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Sir Patrick Stewart about his recent memoir and why he sees his time playing Captain Picard as a kind of spiritual calling.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1203404503/patrick-stewart-on-his-new-memoir-and-playing-captain-picard

A case now before the Supreme Court could dramatically weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The challenge was brought by payday lenders.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1203404501/consumer-advocates-warn-about-consequences-of-weakening-the-cfpb

After 148 days, television and movie writers are headed back to work. Many say they're happy the strike has ended for the Writers Guild of America.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1203416490/after-148-days-of-striking-hollywood-writers-are-going-back-to-work

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Tedros, says he used to "dream of the day when we would have a ... vaccine against malaria. Now, we have two."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/03/1203306031/a-dream-come-true-now-there-are-2-vaccines-to-slash-the-frightful-toll-of-malari

Too Good To Go works with businesses to sell leftovers at a reduced price. This helps prevent food waste from ending up in landfills, where it decomposes and produces a potent planet-warming gas.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1202278468/climate-change-food-waste-too-good-to-go

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Monday started the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as Housespeaker.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203162087/rep-matt-gaetz-attempts-to-oust-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with now-retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley about the U.S. military's departure from Afghanistan.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097401/gen-mark-milley-looks-back-at-the-war-in-afghanistan-during-exit-interview

Hurricane Idalia brought some Flamingos from Mexico to the eastern United States. Now some hope the birds will stay and breed there.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097422/hurricane-idalia-pushed-flamingos-up-the-east-coast-some-people-hope-theyll-stay

California's governor appointed Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY's List, to fill a senate seat previously occupied by the late Dianne Feinstein. That decision could affect who wins that seat n...

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097408/labor-leader-and-political-strategist-laphonza-butler-will-take-over-for-feinste

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar went missing from Howard University decades ago. Howard celebrated McDaniel's legacy Sunday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences replaced the missing plaque.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097415/howard-university-receives-a-replacement-for-hattie-mcdaniels-missing-oscar

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Red Sox reporter Ian Browne about the life of Major League Baseball player Tim Wakefield, who was known for throwing a knuckleball.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097241/remembering-boston-red-sox-pitcher-tim-wakefield

Former President Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on the first day of his $250 million fraud trial. AG Letitia James claims he and his executive team engaged in fraudulent business practi...

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097394/trumps-civil-fraud-trial-begins-in-new-york

As bipartisan support in the U.S. wanes, Ukraine hosts foreign ministers from the European Union, which continues to view Russia's war on Ukraine as an existential threat.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097239/eu-foreign-ministers-meet-in-kyiv-as-bipartisan-u-s-support-for-ukraine-wavers

Tarantulas are looking for love in southeastern Colorado. The city of La Junta capitalizes on the spiders' annual season of romance by hosting a tarantula festival.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097240/celebrate-the-romance-of-tarantulas-mating-season-at-this-colorado-festival

NPR's David Gura speaks with Zeke Faux of Bloomberg News about the upcoming trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1203097238/what-to-know-about-sam-bankman-fried-and-ftx-before-his-crypto-financial-fraud-t