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Monday through Friday, 3pm - 7pm; Saturday and Sunday, 4pm - 5pm

Melissa Block, Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish

Since its debut in 1971, All Things Considered has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday afternoon, hosts Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, and Audie Cornish bring listeners breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features. WNIJ airs a one-hour edition of the program at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

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Dog-Gone Genetics: A Few Genes Control Fido's Looks

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The difference between these two dogs is not as great as you think. New research shows almost all physical traits in dogs are controlled by just a few genes.

By NPR Staff

Humans are complicated genetic jigsaw puzzles. Hundreds of genes are involved in determining something as basic as height.

But man's best friend is a different story. New research shows that almost every physical trait in dogs — from a dachshund's stumpy legs to a shar-pei's wrinkles — is controlled by just a few genes.

2:00 pm

Sun January 22, 2012

Gingrich's Win, Romney's Taxes And What They Mean

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Originally published on Sun January 22, 2012 4:43 pm

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GUY RAZ, HOST:

Let's turn now to the other big story we're following today, and that is, of course, the fallout from last night's primary triumph for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. As you know by now, he crushed his opponents, taking 40 percent of the vote, 12 points above his closest rival, the man hitherto known as the front-runner, Mitt Romney.

1:59 pm

Sun January 22, 2012

'The Bark Side' Tells Of Super Bowl Ads To Come

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The dogs starring in "The Bark Side" were shot individually, then pasted together, says Mark Hunter, Chief Creative Officer at Deutsch LA.

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To produce a teaser for Volkswagen's Super Bowl ad campaign, trainers edited barking dogs into a performance of "The Imperial March" from Star Wars.

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1:48 pm

Sun January 22, 2012

Actor Ralph Fiennes On Taking Risks With "Coriolanus"

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Caius In Charge: Ralph Fiennes directs co-star Vanessa Redgrave in his big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.

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Bad To The Bone? No stranger to characters with autocratic tendencies, Fiennes played the evil wizard Voldemort in the Harry Potter films.

By NPR Staff

For his directorial debut, actor Ralph Fiennes brings William Shakespeare's work to the big screen with a modern adaptation of Coriolanus. Fiennes also stars as the eponymous Roman general, a role he played on the stage 11 years ago.

The original play, Fiennes tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz, is complex.

"I had this feeling that if you were to clear away a lot of the denser passages, and shorten it and edit it, you are left actually with a very visceral, sinewy political thriller," Fiennes says.

2:00 pm

Sat January 21, 2012

Week In News: The Salvo Against SOPA

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GUY RAZ, HOST:

It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.

JAY CARNEY: We need to do something about online piracy by foreign websites.

UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Stop SOPA. Pass on PIPA.

REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER: It's pretty clear to many of us that there's a lack of consensus at this point.

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Sun January 22, 2012