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Melissa Block Looks Back On More Than 12 Years Hosting 'All Things Considered'

Friday marks Melissa Block's last day anchoring All Things Considered. She shares some of her favorite interview moments over her 12 1/2 years hosting the show.

A first movie, like Disney's Sleeping Beauty, can have a big impact on little kids. It might even turn them into movie reviewers one day. Courtesy of The Kobal Collection hide caption

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Discovering Movies, And How Visions Are Seldom All They Seem

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Laura Dreyfuss plays Zoe, Connor's bereaved sister, and Ben Platt is Evan in Dear Evan Hansen. Margot Schulman/Courtesy of Arena Stage hide caption

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'Evan Hansen' Makes Music Out Of Teen Angst And Anxiety

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Dalton Javier Ramirez, a 28-year-old piñata maker from Reynosa, Mexico, works on his popular new creation — a piñata of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. John Burnett/NPR hide caption

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New Piñata Trumps Usual Party Props For Mexican Entrepreneur

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Melissa Block Looks Back On More Than 12 Years Hosting 'All Things Considered'

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