美国国家公共电台 NPR Rwanda's Kagame Has Ushered In Peace And Progress, And Crushed Dissent

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There is an election in Rwanda today but little ambiguity over who will win. Paul Kagame has ruled that country for the past 17 years, winning election after election. We're joined now by NPR's East Africa correspondent Eyder Per

美国国家公共电台 NPR Take A Pilgrimage To America's Sport Sanctuaries In 'The Arena'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The places in which sports fans watch their favorite teams often become as familiar to them as great churches, mosques or synagogues. Who are we kidding? Maybe even more familiar. Rafi Kohan has written a book about some of those h

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Stories All Start The Same Way In 'The First Line'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I saw a magazine in the rack of City Lights bookstore in San Francisco that showed a single sheet in a typewriter with a sentence that began, the plan suddenly made sense. Eight stories followed all beginning with those words. The

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'New People' Author Danzy Senna Loves The Troublesome Characters

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: New People is a novel where infatuation gnaws at what looks like happiness. Maria lives in Brooklyn with Khalil, her fiance. They met at Stanford. And they love each other, the light skin color they share and the life they begin in

美国国家公共电台 NPR 2 Towns Locked In Trademark Battle Over Pierogi Festival Name

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now a federal case over pierogi and who can lay claim to Pierogi Fest. (SOUNDBITE OF FESTIVAL MUSIC) UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: It's a Polish dumpling. And they're filled with either different meats, cheeses. A lot of them have fruits. Y

美国国家公共电台 NPR Grocery Stores Draw Millennials With In-Store Restaurants

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Imagine going to the grocery store for dinner, not just to pick up a bag of corn chips and cheese dip for dinner and eat it at home, but actually eating in the supermarket. Many markets are adding sit-down restaurants. Kristofor Hu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chopin In The Shadows: The Supernatural Adventures Of Byron Janis

(SOUNDBITE OF BYRON JANIS PERFORMANCE OF CHOPIN'S WALTZ, OP. 70: NO. 1 IN G-FLAT MAJOR) SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is the Waltz In G-Flat Major by Chopin. It was unknown to the world in this version until it was discovered at a chateau in France in 1967

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Rumble' Celebrates Rock 'N' Roll's Native American Roots

(SOUNDBITE OF LINK WRAY'S RUMBLE) LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This is the riff that is known as rumble. Instantly recognizable, it was named rumble because of its use of distortion and bass to create a sound that, in 1958, seemed dangerous and transgr

美国国家公共电台 NPR DOJ Announces Crackdown On Leaks As Intelligence Agencies' Calls For Probes Triple

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: At the Justice Department today, authorities announced a crackdown on leaks of classified information. The attorney general and the director of national intelligence promised to stop the flow of national security secrets, and the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Drought Threatens Crops, Wildlife Along Spain's Guadalquivir River Delta

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This summer, we'll be bringing you stories on the effects of climate change on people around the world. We begin in Spain and Portugal, where an early summer heat wave has ignited devastating forest fires. More than 60 peop

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'One Of A Kind' Collection Of Animal Eyeballs Aids Research On Vision Problems

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In a little room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there's a scientific collection like no other, a room full of animal eyeballs. Want to see an eyeball from a duck-billed platypus - and who doesn't? Let's face it - o

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Thunder Thighs': The Summer Anthem That Celebrates Every Woman

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now for a cool summer jam. SHANTHONY EXUM: Hi. My name is Shanthony Exum. I'm a multimedia artist based out of Brooklyn, N.Y. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THUNDER THIGHS) MISS EAVES: (Singing) Chub rub. The day is just heating u

美国国家公共电台 NPR The First State To Offer Free Community College To Nearly Every Adult

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In Tennessee, community college is already free for graduating high school students, something many other states have done or are looking at as a model. But recently, Tennessee became first in the country to offer community

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chesapeake Bay Dead Zones Are Fading, But Proposed EPA Cuts Threaten Success

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Summer on the Chesapeake Bay is in full swing. (SOUNDBITE OF BOAT ENGINE IGNITION) SHAPIRO: We're in Maryland. We came here to find out what decades of work and hundreds of millions of dollars have done to clean up this body of wat

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Healing Children': A Surgeon's Take On What Kids Need

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The thought of their child being seriously sick can stop the heart of a parent. If that happens, it's good to know there are doctors like Kurt Newman. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Good morning. KURT NEWMAN: Hey, how are you? SIMON: He's pre

美国国家公共电台 NPR Will My High Premiums Go Down? More Q&A About The GOP Health Plan

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Senate Republican leaders have said that today would be the day they'd have their health care bill rewritten, but most senators have already left Washington for the July Fourth recess. A tweet from President Trump this morning comp

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Baby Driver' Follows Criminal Who Wants Out Of The Game

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Baby Driver is a heist movie told from the point of view of the getaway driver named Baby. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BABY DRIVER) ANSEL ELGORT: (As Baby) I'm the driver. SHAPIRO: But it's the music that really drives the movie. Chase sce

美国国家公共电台 NPR Unseasonable Winter Weather Takes A Bite Out Of Georgia's Peach Crop

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Summer's here, of course, that means fresh peaches. When it comes to peaches, lots of people think of Georgia. But Georgia peaches are having a tough year. The state is missing something like 85 percent of its usual crop. Georgia P

美国国家公共电台 NPR Appalachian Wrestling's Greatest Villain: 'The Progressive Liberal'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: You know, when I was a kid, I watched pro wrestling on TV. The matches often featured a good guy, like Hulk Hogan, against a bad guy, a bad guy like the Iron Sheik, a cartoonish Middle Eastern evil dude. Pro wrestling played off

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Small Town Papers Have Kept Community Trust

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's been a lot of talk lately about restoring trust in American journalism. Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters reports that mainstream media could maybe learn from small-town newspapers about being authentic and winning trust. CL