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All Things Considered

Weekdays, 4pm - 7pm; Weekends, 5pm - 6pm

All Things Considered is a NPR radio newsmagazine that delivers in-depth reporting and transforms the way listeners understand current events and view the world. The program presents breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special -- sometimes quirky -- features.

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A Year After War Wound, American Wins Paralympics

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Lt. Brad Snyder mounts the starting blocks while training on his starting technique. Snyder was permanently blinded last year by an IED in Afghanistan, and is now competing in the Paralympics in London.

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Following the explosion, Snyder became permanently blind.

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A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Snyder was captain of the swim team at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he graduated in 2006. Here, he walks with his coach at his training center in Baltimore.

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Navy Lt. Brad Snyder talks with his coach, Brian Loeffler, during a training session at the North Baltimore Swim Club in Maryland on July 29. Last year the lieutenant was working on a bomb-disposal squad in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device took his vision.

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A new generation of wounded war veterans from the U.S. and U.K. has taken their particularly competitive spirit to the Paralympic Games.

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Snyder's times in the 400-meter freestyle have improved so drastically in the past year that he set a world record for blind athletes.

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Snyder uses the lane dividers to position himself in the pool and stay on the fastest course possible.

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Organizers of the Paralympics say new vets raise the caliber of the competition, while veterans say the games provide inspiration and therapy for young catastrophically injured soldiers.

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Synder and Loeffler head to the showers after training.

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Snyder went to London for the Paralympics ranked No. 1 in several events, including the 100-meter freestyle, where he took gold on Aug. 31.

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Bradley Snyder celebrates after winning gold in the 400-meter freestyle at the Paralympics in London on Friday. The Navy lieutenant won the event exactly one year after losing his sight in an explosion in Afghanistan.

By Quil Lawrence

Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 10:06 pm

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The first thing you need to know about Navy Lt. Brad Snyder is that he's a bit intense.

If you go to the U.S. Naval Academy, swim competitively, and make the cut for the Navy's elite bomb-disposal squad, you're probably going to be the competitive type.

"Crossfit, surfing, biking, running, swimming, you name it I'm into it. Rock climbing," says Snyder.

The second thing you should know is that Snyder plans to continue doing all these things — even though he's now blind.

2:04 pm

Fri September 7, 2012

Safe Landing For 'Stag's Leap'?

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Sharon Olds explores her divorce in poetry.

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Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 6:18 pm

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What do you do when, after 30 years, your husband tells you he is leaving you for someone else? If you're poet Sharon Olds, you grab your spiral-bound notebook and write about it. And though the marriage ended in 1997, she has waited 15 years to tell us about it — half as long as her marriage lasted.

7:09 pm

Thu September 6, 2012

Students Say They've Been Denied The Right To Read

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Michelle Johnson and her family talk about conditions within Detroit's Highland Park schools, in July.

By Sarah Hulett

Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 8:08 pm

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Eight Detroit-area public school students returning to classes this week are plaintiffs against a school system they say has failed them.

Their families and the American Civil Liberties Union say that the Highland Park school system has denied the students the right to learn to read, and that the state has a responsibility to fix that.

Michelle Johnson has five children in Highland Park schools. Her daughter is heading into the 12th grade, but can read at only about the fourth-grade level.

5:33 pm

Thu September 6, 2012

Syrian Refugees Move Into Lebanon's Crowded Camps

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The Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are overcrowded and run down. But Syrian refugees are moving in as they flee the fighting in their homeland.

By Kelly McEvers

Originally published on Sun September 9, 2012 8:34 am

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The conflict in Syria is sending a staggering number of refugees into neighboring countries. Turkey, Jordan and even Iraq are building tent cities.

But Lebanon has yet to build such camps. The country is already home to more than a dozen teeming, squalid camps for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled the war after Israel's creation in 1948, as well as their descendants.

4:49 pm

Thu September 6, 2012

NFL And DNC Compete For Prime Time Viewers

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Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 7:09 pm

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

People in Charlotte are watching the convention by the thousands, but people who are watching on television are doing so by the millions. Last night, the convention had some serious TV competition. NBC went with the NFL season opener, the Cowboys-Giants game, instead of Bill Clinton's speech.

How many people are watching the conventions? We turn now to Eric Deggans, who is TV and media critic for the Tampa Bay Times. Hi, Eric.

ERIC DEGGANS: How are you doing?

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