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Celebrating All Songs Considered's 16th Birthday With Bob Boilen

Sylvan Esso is one of the bands that has shaped the 16 years of <em>All Songs Considered</em>.
Brittany Salerno
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Sylvan Esso is one of the bands that has shaped the 16 years of All Songs Considered.

All Songs Considered, the NPR podcast and radio show hosted by Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton, has been fostering public-radio listeners' musical discovery for 16 years. To celebrate, the two picked their favorite song from each of those 16 years to spotlight in a recent episode of the show.

Here, Boilen joins World Cafe to play five of those picks and discuss the evolution of the show, which began when he received a great response to the music he'd chosen between the stories as director of NPR's All Things Considered.

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