All Songs Considered
Hosted by Stephen Thompson and Robin Hilton · NPR
4.4from 3,698 ratings
- 724
- Episodes
- 338
- Transcribed
- 3,698
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About All Songs Considered
Welcome to your all-in-one destination for every NPR Music podcast. We break down the best new albums to hit streaming each week on New Music Friday; we share the latest songs worthy of your playlists on All Songs Considered; there’s off-the-rails conversations (and chisme!) about Latin music on Alt.Latino. The NPR Music channel is your hub for new records, iconic artists and cult heroes, free of algorithms and full of surprises. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org (http://plus.npr.org/). You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for NPR Music.
- Publisher
- NPR
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Dec 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
338 of 724 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 6
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alt.Latino: Lighting candles on our sonic altar: Dolores Huerta and more
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The best songs we've missed this year
Inside a recent episode
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 6
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This new one, Universal Bubba, it's his sixth studio album, and it's released on his indie label Signature Sounds that he's been working with. And the thing about this record is it's 17 whole tracks long. It's like a big and full album. It's a meal. Yeah. […]
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- Willi Carlisle
- Bricknasty
- Katie Gregson-MacLeod
- Chloe Kimes
- Nastia Voynovskaya
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 3,143 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 555 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts All Songs Considered?
Stephen Thompson and Robin Hilton host the show. Published by NPR.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does All Songs Considered take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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