Editing All Things Considered (section)

{{Short description|American news program on National Public Radio (NPR)}}
{{About|the NPR news program}}
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{{Infobox radio show
| show_name = All Things Considered
| image = All things considered logo.svg
| imagesize = 144px
| format = [[News]]: analysis, commentary, features, interviews, specials
| runtime = 135 minutes weekdays;<br />50 minutes weekends approx.
| presenter = [[Mary Louise Kelly]]<br />[[Ari Shapiro]]<br />[[Ailsa Chang]]<br />[[Juana Summers]]
| home_station = [[NPR]]
| country = United States
| first_aired = {{Start date|1971|05|03|}}
| last_aired = present
| website = {{URL|https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered|npr.org/all-things-considered}}
| podcast = [https://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=2 Podcast]
}}
'''''All Things Considered''''' ('''''ATC''''') is the flagship news program on the American network [[National Public Radio]] (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the [[United States]], and worldwide through several different outlets, formerly including the NPR [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]] station in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/worldwide |title=NPR Worldwide |website=[[National Public Radio]] |access-date=2007-03-06}}</ref> ''All Things Considered'' and ''[[Morning Edition]]'' were the [[List of most-listened-to radio programs|highest rated public radio programs in the United States]] in 2002 and 2005.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |first=Samuel G. |last= Freedman |title={{-'}}Listener Supported' and 'NPR': All Things Considered |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/books/review/17FREEDMA.html?scp=1&sq=%22all%20things%20considered%22&st=cse |department=Books |type=Book review |quote=National Public Radio alone reaches more than 20 million listeners, and its daily newsmagazine shows, ''All Things Considered'' and ''Morning Edition,'' attract a larger audience than any program except Rush Limbaugh's. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 July 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=NPR Programs Attract Record-Breaking Audiences Public Radio Listenership at All-Time High |url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/020319.recordbreak.html|work=[[National Public Radio]] |date=19 March 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224022041/http://www.npr.org/about/press/020319.recordbreak.html |archive-date=2008-12-24 }}</ref> The show combines news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features, and its segments vary in length and style. ''ATC'' airs weekdays from 4:00&nbsp;p.m. to 6:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time (live) or Pacific Time (recorded with some updates; in [[Hawaii]] it airs as a fully recorded program) or from 3:00&nbsp;p.m. to 5:00&nbsp;p.m. Central Time. ''ATC's'' weekend counterpart, [[Weekend Edition|''Weekend Edition'']], airs on Saturdays and Sundays.