All Things Considered

Weekday afternoons from 4-6 and 6:30-7. Weekend afternoons from 4-5.

This NPR newsmagazine offers a balanced perspective on the events of the day.

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Author Interviews
3:11 pm
Sun December 25, 2011

Bill Cosby Enlists Santa's Staff For A Silent Night

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It Was A Good Year For...
1:16 pm
Sun December 25, 2011

Instagram's Winning Recipe: Images And Social Media

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Two iPhone screengrabs shows Instagram's filter mode, left, and a shared photo on the app, right.

There are a lot of photo apps out there for the iPhone. With most of them, you take a picture, put a filter on it and maybe add some lens blur. But many of them don't have a built-in way for you to share the photo.

"When we combined those two key ingredients, we came up with something that became Instagram," says Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, who is also one if its founders.

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Business
4:14 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

Rapture Or Not, Promise To Care For Pets Stands

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Back in May, followers of Harold Camping were preparing for the coming rapture. For some, that preparation included someone to look after their pets.

At the time, animal lover Bart Centre, the creator of Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, had 259 clients whose pets he promised to look after in the event that they were raptured in the next 10 years. Those clients paid $135 for the first pet and $20 for each additional pet.

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Author Interviews
2:14 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

A Jewish Perspective On The New Testament

The New Testament is constantly being re-interpreted from a variety of perspectives. From feminists, to socialists, to traditionalists; there's even a version as seen through the prism of Star Wars.

Well now, you can add to the collection The Jewish Annotated New Testament by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler.

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Asia
2:00 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

Stain Of Disaster Remains In Some Areas Of Japan

Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz speaks with Lucy Craft, a reporter based in Japan, to get an update on the status of the country 10 months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Craft says Tokyo appears mostly normal, but northern Japan still has a long way to go.

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