All Things Considered

Topics from the Most Recent Show

• She And Him's Breezy Pop Sensibility
  Despite popular film roles, actress Zooey Deschanel is increasingly known for her other pursuit: singing. She is one half of She & Him, a collaborative effort with musician M. Ward, and they've recently released a second album called 'Volume Two'.
• House Opts For Straight Vote On Health Bill
  Democratic House leaders say they've got the votes to pass a landmark health-care overhaul Sunday. And they're confident enough of getting an overhaul done that they've agreed to set aside the controversial "deem and pass" strategy. Host Guy Raz checks in with NPR's Julie Rovner on the latest maneuvering on Capitol Hill.
• How Americans Feel About Health Care Maneuvers
  As the health care issue reaches a crescendo in Washington, Sarah Varney of member station KQED looks at how the debate is playing out across the rest of the nation.
• Fallows On The News: Health Overhaul, Immigration
  News analyst James Fallows of <em>The Atlantic</em> magazine talks with host Guy Raz about the big stories of the week, including the final push for a health care overhaul and what's likely to be the next big issue for Congress: immigration.
• Three-Minute Fiction: And The Winner Is ?
  The clock on our Three-Minute Fiction contest is ticking. Stay tuned, and we'll reveal our latest winner on Sunday.
• Latin Picks From Betto Arcos Of 'Global Village'
  The host of KPFK's world music show discusses some of his favorite tracks with <em>Weekend All Things Considered</em> host Guy Raz. Among them are songs by Jorge Drexler, Omar Sosa and Lila Downs.
• Mom-And-Pop Site Busts The Web's Biggest Myths
  You'd think it would take an army to truth-squad the rapid-fire rumors of the World Wide Web. But at Snopes.com, that task falls to husband-and-wife myth debunkers David and Barbara Mikkelson.
• Lunar Rover Is Spotted For First Time In 37 Years
  Video game developer Richard Garriott bought the broken Soviet lunar rover at an auction in 1993 &mdash; this week, thanks to new photos released by NASA, he's been able to see it on the moon for the first time.
• Clinging To The Past And 'The Invisible World'
  Set in the buildup to Indonesia's 1965 civil war, Tash Aw's <em>Map of the Invisible World</em> is the story of a 16-year-old boy on a quest to find his stepfather.
• Cartoon Furor Met With Muted Response In Sweden
  Swedish artist Lars Vilks has lived with a $100,000 bounty on his head since 2007 for a drawing he made depicting the Prophet Muhammad. But unlike the angry protest that erupted in 2005 after similar cartoons were published in Denmark, Swedes have remained largely silent on the controversy.
• Haiti Quake 'Orphans' Reunited With Parents
  All of the 33 children that U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after the deadly January earthquake have been returned to their parents. But at least one mother says that she would consider giving up her children for a better life elsewhere than subject them to the desperate living conditions in Haiti.
• Week In Politics Reviewed
  President Obama and House Democrats gathered support for the health care bill that is expected to be voted upon Sunday. Meanwhile, U.S.-Israeli relations were tense this week after an Israeli announcement that it will build new homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood. David Brooks of <em>The New York Times</em> and E.J. Dionne of <em>The Washington Post</em> offer their insight.
• Swiss Gruyere Crowned Top Cheese
  The Gruyere from cheesemaker Cedric Fragniere in Kirchberg, Switzerland, was crowned best cheese at the World Championship Cheese Contest. John Jaeggi, the cheese industry and applications program coordinator for the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, discusses what makes a top cheese.
• Fess Parker's Death Sparks Nostalgia
  The death of actor Fess Parker on Thursday triggered memories and sadness in baby boomers from all over. They remembered their coonskin caps, their rifles and their imaginary adventures on the frontier.
• N.C. Schools Official Lauds Education Proposal
  The Obama administration announced a plan earlier this week to overhaul the No Child Left Behind education policy. Peter Gorman, the superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools in North Carolina, says he's happy the president is rewriting the rules.