All Things Considered for November 24, 2015 Hear the All Things Considered program for November 24, 2015

All Things Considered

Though it's considered a classic Midwestern dish, Green Bean Casserole was actually born in a Campbell's test kitchen in New Jersey 60 years ago. Love it or loathe it, the dish has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Bill Hogan/TNS /Landov hide caption

toggle caption
Bill Hogan/TNS /Landov

The Salt

Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe

The classic Midwestern casserole, which turns 60 this year, has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Even those who grew up with it but can't abide it admit: It tastes like home.

A Russian warplane taxies at Hemeimeem airbase in Syria. Advocates say a no-fly zone would keep Syrian aircraft from attacking anti-government rebels and endangering civilians, which might allow Syrians to feel safe enough to stay put. Vladimir Isachenkov/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Vladimir Isachenkov/AP

Downed Russian Military Jet Heightens Debate Over Syria No-Fly Zone

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/457275456/457278012" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Beijing's chronic high pollution has forced residents to adjust to living with the haze. China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, but until recently, the government treated air pollution and climate change as separate issues, saying climate change was a Western problem. Andy Wong/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Andy Wong/AP

China's Greenhouse Gases Don't Seem To Trouble Most Of Its Citizens

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/456777290/457278018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Some health workers in Liberia had stopped using the protective gear that was part of the Ebola routine. The photo above is from 2014, when the epidemic was at its peak. David P. Gilkey/NPR hide caption

toggle caption
David P. Gilkey/NPR

Puzzling Ebola Death Shows How Little We Know About The Virus

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/457277942/457277943" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Though it's considered a classic Midwestern dish, Green Bean Casserole was actually born in a Campbell's test kitchen in New Jersey 60 years ago. Love it or loathe it, the dish has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Bill Hogan/TNS /Landov hide caption

toggle caption
Bill Hogan/TNS /Landov

Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/456237098/457278024" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Adele's new album, 25, is out now. Alasdair McLellan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption
Alasdair McLellan/Courtesy of the artist

'You Can't Prepare Yourself': A Conversation With Adele

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/457252109/457278030" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, is swept away by a raging river in the Pixar film The Good Dinosaur Pixar hide caption

toggle caption
Pixar

Rapid Learners: How Pixar Animators Created A Very Scary River

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/457220191/457278036" 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