Consider This (podcast)

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Consider This
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Presentation
Hosted by Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Ari Shapiro, Juana Summers (weekdays); various correspondents (Sundays)
Genre News analysis
LanguageAmerican English
UpdatesMonday-Saturday
Length10–15 minutes
Publication
Original releaseJune 29, 2020
Provider NPR
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Website www.npr.org/podcasts/510355/considerthis

Consider This is a daily afternoon news podcast by the American media organization NPR, which typically releases new episodes Sunday through Friday around 5 p.m. ET.

Contents

Background

Consider This originated as a continuation of NPR's Coronavirus Daily podcast. [1] [2] , published since March 2020. By June 29 of that year, the podcast adopted its current name and broadened its scope to cover a variety of national news topics, with its focus on facets of a single story in each episode. The podcast is also a complement to NPR's flagship afternoon news program All Things Considered , with which it shares hosts including Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Ari Shapiro, and Juana Summers. [3] Early episodes were also hosted by Embedded host Kelly McEvers and then-ATC co-host Audie Cornish. The podcast expanded on January 8, 2022, to a weekend edition. [4] It was published on Saturdays with Michel Martin as the primary host until April 29, 2023, and has been published on Sundays since May 7, 2023, [5] with hosting from various NPR correspondents.

By September 2020, NPR began augmenting its national content for Consider This with contributions from NPR member stations in ten selected markets. [6] As of June 2022, local stories are currently produced by member stations in Boston (WBUR and WGBH); Chicago (WBEZ); Dallas/Fort Worth (KERA); Los Angeles (KPCC and KCRW); Minneapolis/St. Paul (MPR); New York (WNYC); Philadelphia (WHYY); Portland, Oregon (OPB); San Francisco (KQED); and Washington, DC (WAMU). [7] [8] The ten regions are intended as a pilot group, which NPR plans to expand in the future. [9]

Arun Rath from GBH and Paris Alston from WBUR host the local news in Boston. [10] [11] Rebeca Ibarra was the producer and host of the New York edition of the show in 2020. [12] Janae Pierre is the producer and host of the New York edition of the show. [13] [14] [15] NPR partnered with AdsWizz to provide local reporting the same way localized advertising is done and uses designated market areas provided by Nielsen Media Research. [16] [17]

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