All Things Considered for September 23, 2014 Hear the All Things Considered program for September 23, 2014

All Things Considered

In the markets of San Salvador, El Salvador, you can have your palm read, you can buy plumbing tools ... and you can purchase abortion pills. John Poole/NPR hide caption

toggle caption
John Poole/NPR

Goats and Soda

Even When Abortion Is Illegal, The Market May Sell Abortion Pills

An ulcer drug is dramatically changing the face of back-alley abortions in developing countries and cutting the rate of maternal deaths. Misoprostol is widely available even where abortion is banned.

In the markets of San Salvador, El Salvador, you can have your palm read, you can buy plumbing tools ... and you can purchase abortion pills. John Poole/NPR hide caption

toggle caption
John Poole/NPR

Even When Abortion Is Illegal, The Market May Sell Pills For Abortion

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/349325962/350946970" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

David Combs, an insurance broker in Kentucky, wound up benefiting from the Affordable Care Act, even though early on he had figured the law would put brokers out of business. Jenny Gold/Kaiser Health News hide caption

toggle caption
Jenny Gold/Kaiser Health News

Insurance Brokers Key To Kentucky's Obamacare Success

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/348713580/350946982" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

A World Health Organization worker trains nurses how to use Ebola protective gear in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Michael Duff/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Michael Duff/AP

Dire Predictions On Ebola's Spread From Top Health Organizations

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/350937467/350946988" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

The parents of Cyrilla Boyer (left) and Paternilla Pratt spoke pawpaw French fluently, but the sisters never learned the language. Teachers in the 1920s and 1930s would discipline kids for speaking French. Jacob McCleland/KRCU hide caption

toggle caption
Jacob McCleland/KRCU

Saving A French Dialect That Once Echoed In The Ozarks

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/349853440/350946994" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Anheuser-Busch's 2014 Super Bowl commercial was titled "Puppy Love." The company is one of several big sponsors that have expressed concern with the NFL. AP hide caption

toggle caption
AP

Big Sponsors May Find It Hard To Break Up With The NFL

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/350885700/350947000" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Richard D. James, known as Aphex Twin since his distinctive three-armed logo began showing up in record bins two decades ago, released Syro this week after a prolonged break from recording. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption
Courtesy of the artist

A Call From The Weird Fringes: Aphex Twin's 'Syro'

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/350882007/350947006" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Searching for a song you heard between stories? We've retired music buttons on these pages. Learn more here.

All Things Considered