MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Should Congressman Steve King's comments to The New York Times be called racist? As a reminder, last week, King, who is a Republican from Iowa, was quoted by a Times reporter as asking rhetorically white nationalist, white su

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The medical profession is one that mandates hands-on training. Doctors and nurses need to experience everything from cradle to grave while they're in school. But deathbed education often gets short shrift. As Blake Farmer of member

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美国国家公共电台 NPR As More Migrants Are Denied Asylum, An Abuse Survivor Is Turned Away

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, the government shutdown began with President Trump vowing to stop Central American migrants with a wall along the southern border. And almost a month later, there is still no agreement on that wall. But another effort to stop

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Food Assistance Payments Came Early But Have To Last Until March

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: People who get grocery money through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are getting their benefits for next month now. The federal program that used to be called food stamps, now called SNAP, has issued its last paymen

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美国国家公共电台 NPR There's No Rest For Anyone In 'The Dreamers'

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: In a quiet college town, the fictional town of Santa Lora in Southern California, one by one, students fall victim to a bizarre contagious disease. They fall into a deep sleep and don't wake up. In fact, some will never wake up.

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Before Black Lung, The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster Killed Hundreds

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Shutdown Makes Government Websites More Vulnerable To Hackers, Experts Say

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Hackers love to try to breach U.S. computer systems. This now may be easier than ever before. With so many IT and cybersecurity workers furloughed by the shutdown, security professionals say government websites are more vul

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Welcome To The World's Largest Gathering Of Humans

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The biggest gathering of human beings anywhere in the world has kicked off in India. It's the Kumbh Mela, an ancient Hindu pilgrimage to dip in the waters of the Ganges River. Up to 120 million people are expected to do so

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Native American Leader: 'A Wall Is Not The Answer'

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美国国家公共电台 NPR For Many With Disabilities, 'Let It Go' Is An Anthem Of Acceptance

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today for our American Anthem series, a song that's been heard over and over and over again in many households where the kids dictate the soundtrack. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, LET IT GO) IDINA MENZEL: (Singing) Let it go, let it go, ca

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Broadway Star And Director On 'Rent: Live'

SAM SANDERS, HOST: What - this is about two weeks until show day? BRANDON VICTOR DIXON AND MICHAEL GREIF: Yes. SANDERS: Is the rehearsal schedule just epically crazy? DIXON AND GREIF: Yes (laughter). (SOUNDBITE OF FLEVANS' FLICKER) SANDERS: From NPR,

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美国国家公共电台 NPR With Amazon's Arrival, A New York Community Pushes To Be Included

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of Amazon's shiny new headquarters will be located in a part of New York City that has long struggled. It'll be just a few blocks away from Queensbridge Houses, which is the name of the largest public housing complex in North

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美国国家公共电台 NPR You Don't Have To Go No-Carb: Instead, Think Slow Carb

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: Some people who watch what they eat may be overlooking the most important things. Counting calories is a bit too simple. Cutting carbs is a bit too hard. So what can you do? NPR's Allison Aubrey has a different strategy. ALLISO

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美国国家公共电台 NPR He Was 460 Pounds. What Confronting His Weight Taught Him About Obesity In America

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Field Guide To The North American Teenager' Taps Into The Raw Anxiety Of Adolescence

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A new novel, The Field Guide To The North American Teenager, taps into all the raw anxiety of adolescence. Author Ben Philippe is able to take readers right to the heart of the matter. BEN PHILIPPE: When you're a teenager, that's

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Tasting Food For The Führer At 'The Wolf's Table'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The novel At The Wolf's Table begins with what sounds like a fine meal - string beans doused with melted butter, roasted peppers, rice and peas, apple strudel for dessert. Opulent cuisine, really, for 1943 Germany, and Rosa Sauer i

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Lula Wiles Flips Notions About American Folk On Its Head

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The all-female trio Lula Wiles is giving folk music a new reputation through the band's sophomore album What Will We Do. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, SHAKING AS IT TURNS) LULA WILES: (Singing) Is this land yours? Is this land mine?

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美国国家公共电台 NPR How Teenage Sisters Pushed Bali To Say 'Bye-Bye' To Plastic Bags

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've talked a lot on this program about plastic in the oceans. China is the biggest culprit when it comes to marine plastic, but Indonesia is second. Two young women on Bali are on a mission to change that beginning with plastic

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Fear Of Deportation Or Green Card Denial Deters Some Parents From Getting Kids Care

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fear is leading many immigrant families to cut their ties with health care and other critical government programs. Researchers in Texas say that's one reason why there are more children going without health insurance. Ashley Lopez

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Slimy Discovery: New Fossil Found Of Jawless, Backless Hagfish

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You might want to set aside your cornflakes for a moment now. Ed Yong writes in The Atlantic about a substance he says, quote, looks revolting but is also one of nature's more wondrous substances, unlike anything else that's been c

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