KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When Noel Anaya was just a year old, he and his siblings were placed in the California foster care system. He has spent his life in foster care. He just turned 21, and in California, that's the age when young people exit the syst

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美国国家公共电台 NPR When Metal Goes Acoustic: Disturbed On Covering Simon & Garfunkel

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you're familiar with the band Disturbed, you're probably used to hearing them sound like this. (SOUNDBITE OF DISTURBED SONG, INSIDE THE FIRE) GARCIA-NAVARRO: But last year, the band softened its sound when they covere

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: White nationalists were among the first to embrace Donald Trump's candidacy, and they celebrated after his election. Since then, the so-called alt-right has splintered. As Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports, the movement

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美国国家公共电台 NPR LGBT Community Worries Extend Beyond Itself To Other, More Vulnerable People

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Since President Obama came into office, the Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage, and Congress ended the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. Well, now a very different leader is about to be sworn in, and many LGBT p

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In England, An Effort To Preserve Ancient, Epic Assyrian Poetry

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now a story about some of the oldest stories in the world and the people who tell versions of them today. The Assyrian Empire dominated the Middle East thousands of years ago. Millions of Assyrians are alive today trace their roo

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Veronica Roth's 'Carve The Mark' Is A Fantasy Inspired By Chronic Pain

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Veronica Roth wrote her first best-seller when she was 21 years old. Divergent for young adults was instantly and wildly popular. It was a best-selling trilogy and made into popular films. Veronica Roth has now written her first ne

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美国国家公共电台 NPR For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: During these first few weeks of the new year, we're meeting a series of people who are trying to pursue their American dream through the most basic part of life - food. Today, two young women who've struggled to leave their parents

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Nicotine,' A Longtime Smoker Confronts His Old Habit

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Gregor Hens does not smoke anymore. He reminds us of that fact many times in his memoir Nicotine. It's kind of like the more times he says it, the more true it becomes. Hens joined me from the BBC in Berlin. And he said he starte

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Sweater Selfies: Man Knits His Way Around The World

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Sam Barsky of Pikesville, Md., has turned sweaters into a statement. For the past 17 years, he's knit sweaters that show places that he's seen around the world, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Stonehenge and Jerusalem's Wailing W

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Trump Swing Voter Looks Ahead

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The practice of blackface is as old as entertainment itself white - actors putting black makeup on their faces and acting like buffoons. British broadcaster Sky TV has been accused of a kind of blackface by hiring a white actor t

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Sky Arts Pulls Michael Jackson Episode of 'Urban Myths＂ Featuring Joseph Fiennes

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美国国家公共电台 NPR With His Choice Of Inauguration Prayer Leaders, Trump Shows His Values

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One week from today, Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. We're going to take a look now at one group who will play a feature role during his swearing-in ceremony. The six members of the clergy will o

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Century-Old Poet Looks Back — And Fearlessly Forward — In 'Purgatory'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When did you start to write poetry? HENRY MORGENTHAU III: It's a very delayed vocation, I would say. I was in my early 90s when I started. SIMON: (Laughter). MORGENTHAU: And now I'm - I've hit the three-digit line. SIMON: Well - an

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Muslim-Americans Remain Anxious About Trump Administration

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Muslim-Americans are anxious about a Donald Trump administration. During his presidential campaign, Trump said he favored halting all Muslim immigration to the U.S. He also suggested he would support increased monitoring of Musli

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美国国家公共电台 NPR EPA Critic To Get Sharp Questions On Industry Ties As He Vies To Run Agency

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: So many Cabinet nominees, so little time. One of the nominees who has a hearing today is Scott Pruitt. He is the attorney general of Oklahoma - now President-elect Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. He f

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Things To Listen For At The Hearing With Trump's HHS Nominee

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to one of Donald Trump's most politically important Cabinet picks. Georgia Congressman Tom Price goes before the Senate Health Committee today to make the case that he should be the next secretary of Health and Human Services

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美国国家公共电台 NPR At DeVos' Senate Hearing, Questions Of Choice, Charters, 'Other Options'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Betsy DeVos has spent much of her career and her own money trying to create alternatives to public schools that aren't giving students the education they need. Donald Trump has tapped her to lead the Department of Education. And

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美国国家公共电台 NPR How A 1981 Sondheim Flop Turned Out To Be The 'Best Worst Thing'

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A director looks sideways at a musical that goes backwards. That's what happens in a new documentary about a Broadway flop that is now viewed as a classic. The film is called Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Critic

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Last Call: Send Us Your Commercials For 'Nicer Living' Project

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Today the United States Supreme Court considers just what you can trademark. Most familiar names and logos are registered trademarks, from the McDonald's golden arches to the apple on an iPhone. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In the last t

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In Battle Over Band Name, Supreme Court Considers Free Speech And Trademarks

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