All Things Considered is a comprehensive source for afternoon news and information provided by various MPR hosts in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington over the decades. The program contains interviews, reports, speeches and breaking coverage.
August 10, 2010 - As part of MPR News series “Austin at a Crossroads: 25 years after the Hormel strike,” MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles Austin, 25 years after the Hormel labor strike that tore apart the town. Baier reports on the experience of Latino immigrants in Austin.
August 11, 2010 - As part of MPR News series “Austin at a Crossroads: 25 years after the Hormel strike,” MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles Austin, 25 years after the Hormel labor strike that tore apart the town. Baier examines how small-town nostalgia plays out when big, global issues and human drama come to town.
August 12, 2010 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports from the shore of Lake Superior, where the water has reached record high temperatures during the summer of 2010. Kelleher talks with officials on what is causing the warm water and its potential impact.
August 13, 2010 - MPR’s Mark Sanchez meets up with composer and Bloomington native Ryan Ingebritsen in Minnesota's White Water State Park, an area that Ingebritsen has fond memories of when hiking as a kid. With help from the American Composers Forum, he was awarded a McKnight fellowship for a project that returns him to those same woods.
August 17, 2010 - With results in from DFL primary election, MPR’s Laura Yuen reports that the Minneosota legislature will be without Hmong lawmakers for first time in 8 years. The upcoming retirements of St. Paul lawmakers Mee Moua and Cy Thao means there won't be a Hmong legislator at the Capitol next session. Yuen examines the future of Hmong politics in Minnesota.
August 23, 2010 - One of the iconic images of Lake Superior's North Shore is no more. MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that a rock bridge known as a sea arch on the shoreline in Tettegouche State Park has collapsed, leaving behind a tree-covered stone pillar isolated in the lake.
August 30, 2010 - The Minnesota State Fair is aptly considered the “Great Minnesota Eat Together,” known for its culinary novelties. 2010 is no different, with everything from pig ears to mashed-potatoes-on-a-stick on the menu. Tim Nelson takes us on a quick tour of this summer's specials…including camel on a stick.
September 16, 2010 - MPR’s Sasha Aslanian profiles Ruth Frost and Phyllis Zillhart, the first lesbian couple ordained without the blessing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On Saturday, for only the second time in the country, the Lutheran Church will officially welcome them to its roster of clergy.
September 23, 2010 - MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on flooding conditions in Owatonna and Medford, where heavy rains and flash flooding inundated streets, as residents and officials prepared for more torrential rains overnight.
November 17, 2010 - All Things Considered’s Tom Crann interviews Minnesota Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire, who has been selected as 2010 American League Manager of the Year.