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 The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday.

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  • When old oil wells become 'orphans,' that's a problem

    When old oil wells become 'orphans,' that's a problem
    Jul 11 2025
    All across the U.S., there are aging oil and natural gas wells no longer in use.

    A lot of them don't have anyone on the hook to seal them up. Some estimate over a million such "orphan wells" still exist.

    Because they haven't been plugged, they're still leaking greenhouse gases and other chemicals into the atmosphere and into the land around them.

    What would it take to plug them — or even just one of them?

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    8 mins
  • A harrowing journey to find food in Gaza

    A harrowing journey to find food in Gaza
    Jul 10 2025
    Israel bans international journalists from independent access to Gaza. But NPR's Anas Baba is from Gaza, and in the 21 months he has been reporting on the war, he's also been living it. Over the course of the war, he has lost a third of his body weight, and until his food supplies ran out several weeks ago, he was getting by on just one small meal a day.

    Israel still tightly restricts the entry of food into Gaza. The food it does allow in is mostly distributed through new sites run by private American contractors with a group called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. GHF operates under protection from the Israeli military, and the U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said this new system "is killing people."

    According to health officials and international medical teams in Gaza, hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli troops as they approach these food sites. U.S. officials have accused American media of spreading Hamas misinformation.

    In this episode, Anas Baba takes us on the perilous journey he made to one of these new GHF distribution sites, in an attempt to secure food.

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    11 mins
  • After devastating floods a Central Texas community comes together

    After devastating floods a Central Texas community comes together
    Jul 10 2025
    It's been nearly a week since devastating flooding tore through Kerr County, Texas killing more than a hundred people.

    Now, after unimaginable tragedy, residents are coming together to help each other move forward.

    NPR's Juana Summers and producers Erika Ryan and Tyler Bartlam visited the City West Church, which has transformed from a house of worship into a pop up food distribution site serving thousands of meals to the community and first responders.

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    11 mins

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