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All Things Considered (ATC) is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets.All Things Considered and Morning Edition were the highest rated public radio programs in the United States of America in 2002 and 2005.
ATC programming combines news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features broadcast live daily from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (20:00 to 22:00 UTC), and is re-fed with updates until 10 p.m. ET (02:00 UTC). Broadcasts run about 105 minutes with local content interspersed in between to complete two hours. In 2005, ATC aired on over 560 radio stations and reached an audience of approximately 12 million listeners each weekday, making it the third most listened to radio program in the United States after The Rush Limbaugh Show and Morning Edition. In September 2010, All Things Considered had an average quarter-hour audience of 1.8 million.ATC is co-hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block.
"all things" is the 17th episode of the seventh season of American science fiction television series The X-Files. It was written and directed by lead actress Gillian Anderson. The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on April 9, 2000 on the Fox Network, and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky1. "The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "all things" earned a Nielsen household rating of 7.5, being watched by 12.18 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mixed critical reception but was well received by fans.
The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In this episode, Scully is led by coincidences to a married man with whom she had an affair during medical school, and a look at the life she did not choose, forcing her to make choices about her future.
"all things" marked the first time series star Gillian Anderson had written an episode of The X-Files. Originally, Anderson's draft was fifteen pages too long and did not feature a fourth act, but after working with series creator Chris Carter and executive producer Frank Spotnitz, the script was finalized. The episode also marked the directing debut for Anderson. The cast and crew helped Anderson adjust to directing and were happy with the finished product. Anderson's directing style was later described as "right on the money". Furthermore, the episode has been analyzed for its themes of pragmatism and feminist philosophy.
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success. At the age of nineteen she received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Criminal" from that album in 1998.
After Tidal, Apple released the critically acclaimed, though less commercially successful albums, When the Pawn... (1999) and Extraordinary Machine (2005). A perceived shelving of Extraordinary Machine was met with vocal protests from her fans, who campaigned against her record label in 2005. Apple's musical style contains elements of jazz and alternative rock.
Born in New York City, Apple is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. Her older sister, Amber, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart. Her half brother Spencer is a director and directed the video for her single "Parting Gift." Her half brother Garett Maggart starred in the TV series The Sentinel. In addition, her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White's Scandals, a series of 1920s musical revues similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra. Apple was raped at the age of twelve, a trauma she would later allude to in songs such as "Sullen Girl."