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Consider This from NPR, page 16
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Young Conservatives Are Asking What's Next For the Movement Charlie Kirk StartedThe episode covers the death of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, and what his young conservative movement may do next.11 Sep 2025 · 8 min · 4 chapters
The 9/11 terrorism case is in limbo. So are the victim families.Elizabeth Miller and Brett Eagleson discuss the stalled 9/11 terrorism case against five alleged planners, why it’s still not gone to trial, and whether canceled plea deals should be reinstated or…10 Sep 2025 · 12 min · 3 chapters
What Jeffrey Epstein's bank knewNPR “Consider This” examines a 2003 Jeffrey Epstein birthday book and a New York Times investigation into how JPMorgan Chase handled Epstein’s accounts while he ran a sex-trafficking operation.9 Sep 2025 · 9 min · 3 chapters
Hackers are after your water. How this town defends against them.A tour of a small Vermont wastewater treatment plant and how it’s defending against cyber attacks that could disrupt or shut off water.8 Sep 2025 · 7 min · 3 chapters
What happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory?The episode examines what happens when democratic leaders threaten or carry out military occupation of their own country’s cities, focusing on recent rhetoric about deploying federal troops in…7 Sep 2025 · 9 min · 4 chapters
Trump wants to change education. What's that mean for kids?How President Trump’s K-12 education agenda could affect students, focusing on federal involvement in culture-war disputes, civil-rights enforcement, and funding threats.5 Sep 2025 · 11 min · 4 chapters
A vaccine skeptic is leading public health in the US. Today, RFK Jr. faced questionsA tense Senate hearing where US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, faced questions about vaccine policy and federal public health leadership; the episode also covers backlash…4 Sep 2025 · 10 min · 5 chapters
Here are your COVID vaccine questions answeredConfusion over new COVID-19 vaccine guidance and access, including who qualifies for the updated shot, pharmacy rules, and how to get vaccinated as recommendations change.3 Sep 2025 · 11 min · 5 chapters
Corporate America ditched DEI. What happened to the employees?After George Floyd’s 2020 murder, corporate America expanded DEI hiring (over 20,000 DEI-focused workers by early 2023).2 Sep 2025 · 8 min · 5 chapters
Cumberbatch and Colman team up to play a couple at warThe episode is an interview about the NPR film Consider This segment on The Roses, a dark comedy reimagining the 1989 divorce classic The War of the Roses.1 Sep 2025 · 9 min · 4 chapters
The lasting impact of the administration’s changes to health scienceThe episode argues that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership at HHS has destabilized U.S.31 Aug 2025 · 9 min · 4 chapters
Covering Katrina: navigating New Orleans in the days after the stormNPR’s “Consider This” revisits Hurricane Katrina’s first days in New Orleans, using archives from Aug.30 Aug 2025 · 9 min · 5 chapters
President Trump, entertainer-in-chiefHow President Trump’s second-term power is reshaping American culture, focusing on the Kennedy Center and other arts/media institutions.29 Aug 2025 · 9 min · 3 chapters
Gazans are starving. How did it get this bad?The episode explains how famine was declared in Gaza nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, arguing the recurring failure was delivering sufficient humanitarian aid. It says the U.S.28 Aug 2025 · 11 min · 6 chapters
Should the government be in the business of business?Whether the U.S. government should take equity stakes and gain control rights in private companies, focusing on the Trump administration’s Intel deal and other “golden share” style interventions.27 Aug 2025 · 9 min · 3 chapters
Can Trump call the National Guard into Chicago too?Whether President Trump can legally expand National Guard deployments beyond Washington, D.C. to cities like Chicago, and whether doing so for “crime emergencies” is constitutional and lawful.26 Aug 2025 · 11 min · 4 chapters
What a day in immigration court is like nowA day inside New York City’s immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza, showing how hearings have become high-risk “traps” under the Trump administration’s faster deportation strategy, including…25 Aug 2025 · 12 min · 5 chapters
Bubbling questions about the limits of the AI revolutionDoubts about whether AI progress is hitting a ceiling after years of hype, with focus on stalled model improvements, workplace failures, and economic/environmental tradeoffs.24 Aug 2025 · 11 min · 5 chapters
High stakes diplomacy and canceled Halibut Olympia, insights from the Alaska SummitNPR’s “Consider This” reporter’s notebook on the last-minute, chaotic Alaska summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and what the lack of planning may signal about…23 Aug 2025 · 13 min · 5 chapters
Famine is declared in Gaza. Will anything change?NPR reports that the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) has officially declared famine in Gaza City, asking whether anything will change and what conditions must shift for aid and…22 Aug 2025 · 8 min · 5 chapters
It's not your imagination. Hurricanes are getting more severe.How hurricane science and forecasting improved after Hurricane Katrina, why climate change is making hurricanes more severe, and whether recent funding cuts could stall progress.21 Aug 2025 · 7 min · 5 chapters
What's Trump doing in DC?A debate about President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C.20 Aug 2025 · 10 min · 3 chapters
How hundreds of babies and children ended up in a mass grave in IrelandAnna Corrigan and other families recount Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes, where unwed pregnant women were forced to give birth and then lose babies; forensics are now uncovering mass graves,…19 Aug 2025 · 13 min · 8 chapters
Trump and Zelenskyy meet againNPR’s Consider This covers President Trump’s renewed effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war by meeting separately with Vladimir Putin (Alaska summit) and Volodymyr Zelensky (White House), alongside…18 Aug 2025 · 13 min · 2 chapters