Consider Our Knowledge

This week we're considering the gun control debate that has been reignited in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting. We'll also consider what things you'll want to take with you in your travel medical kit in our Consider Your Health series.

This week we’re taking a break from our usual fake news and satire for a look at what happens when we screw up. Consider yet another extended blooper reel of some more hilarious outtakes from the best looking news team in public radio. Explicit Content Warning.

This week we're considering how Hillary Clinton can get Bernie Sanders' supporters to rally around her now that she's the presumptive nominee. We'll also consider the life and legacy of boxer Muhammad Ali with Rick Van Patten and Cecil the Pontificator from ESPN's Sports Yell.

This week we're considering how the Supreme Court has been functioning with only eight members. We'll also consider the dangers posed by a new antibiotic resistant germ in our Consider Your Health series.

This week we're considering how the fight for LGBT rights is evolving after developments in Texas and North Carolina. We'll also consider a crossover segment with Kelly McEvers and her new NPR podcast Embedded.

This week we're considering who Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump might choose as their running mates in our Consider the Vote 2016 coverage. We'll also consider the problems facing Brazil ahead of the Summer Olympics in Rio with the guys from ESPN's Sports Yell.

This week we're considering what the Republican Party is doing now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee. We're also considering a summer movie preview with entertainment reporter, Fritz Hicks.

This week we're considering why highly educated people are more socially and politically liberal. We'll also consider the science behind what made Queen frontman Freddie Mercury so great in our Consider the Sound series.

This week we're considering how millennials are using support groups based upon a new book to help them cope with difficulties in their lives. We'll also consider some of your questions in a special Ask Alex edition of Consider Your Health.

This week we're considering Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders' battle over the Democratic Super Delegates. We're also considering new words and phrases with Leslie and Constance Kincaid in our Consider the Source series.