All Things Considered
Commonly referred to as "ATC" and a staple for afternoon commutes, NPR's nationally syndicated afternoon news magazine brings you closer to home with the presence of WAMU's local host.
Since May 3, 1971 All Things Considered has been produced every day from NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Featuring a mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features, "ATC" produces 2 hours of fresh content every day for hundreds of public radio stations around the United States.
Pat Brogan
Local Host, All Things Considered
Pat Brogan joined the WAMU 88.5 news team in 2007 after four years as a managing editor at WMAL-AM,and a brief stint at WTOP-FM, both in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Brogan served nine years as a news anchor and reporter at WLW-AM in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has received multiple AP awards, and has covered local sports, including the Redskins, Nationals, and Wizards.
Art Beat With Lauren Landau, October 7
You can explore one calligrapher's modern take on Korean handwriting, or see two shows that require a little help from the audience.
Fairfax Schools Pull All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints
Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.
No End In Sight: Shutdown Showdown Enters Week Two
Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees will go back to work on Monday, but many government operations remain suspended.Wanted: A New Generation of High-Tech Aviation Workers
Millions of U.S. factory jobs have been lost in the past decade. Now, in North Carolina, high school students are being encouraged to think about taking manufacturing jobs. But this isn't the furniture-making or textile labor of generations past — it's a new kind of highly technical work in aviation.-
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Yesterday's Dropouts
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Navy Yard Shootings
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Coming Of Age?
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Cornstock Acoustic Music Fest
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Virginia Governor's Race
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Affected By Sequestration?
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Deals For Developers
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Memories Of 1963 DC March
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Beating The Odds
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Aging and Abuse
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