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美国国家公共电台 NPR Taking A Crack At A New 'Nutcracker': This One's Set At The World's Fair

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Imagine a home whose residents include retired opera singers, jazz musicians and movie and Broadway stars. This is the Lillian Booth Home just outside of New York City. John Kalish visited The Lillian Booth Home and caught up with

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Kirk Douglas Turns 100

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Kirk Douglas turned 100 years old yesterday. He was born with a name that would have been a little harder to fit on a marquee - Issur Danielovitch. He changed his name, but he kept that cleft in his chin. Kirk Douglas became one of

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Showbiz Dreams Collide With Reality In 'La La Land'

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Writer and director Damien Chazelle's new movie La La Land is very different from his first one, Whiplash. That was about a jazz drummer's struggles with his abusive mentor. Now, La La Land is also about struggle and jazz. But in

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美国国家公共电台 NPR After A Year On The Job, Stephen Colbert Finds His Voice On 'The Late Show'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert made headlines earlier this week. Vice President Joe Biden sat for his first TV interview after the election. It was a bright spot for a show that once struggled to find its voice. NPR TV critic

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Untangle These Geographic Features

AILSA CHANG, HOST: December is in full swing. Snow, ice and freezing wind hit a lot of cities across the U.S. this week. And if you live somewhere cold, you may be wondering - is there really any reason to go outside at all? Heck no. Stay inside and

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Defusing The Lure Of Militant Islam In France, Despite Death Threats

DAVID GREENE, HOST: In January of 2015, radical Islamist gunmen attacked the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Paris kosher supermarket, killing 17 people. And that was the moment when the destructive threat of radicalizat

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Things You Should Know About The Electoral College

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is the day when electors from all 50 states, the Electoral College, will cast their votes for president. Donald Trump is assured of a victory unless there is some massive and unexpected defection. NPR's Brian Naylor looks at

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美国国家公共电台 NPR This Mostly White City Wants To Leave Its Mostly Black School District

DAVID GREENE, HOST: For more than 60 years now, since Brown v. Board of Education, federal courts have kept an eye on specific school districts across this country with a history of segregation. One of those is the Jefferson County School District ju

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Obama Warns Trump Against Relying On Executive Power

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Obama is going through a presidential transition unlike any other. Granted, his transition to power was dramatic during economic crisis. Now, he hands off to a president-elect who pledged to reverse much of his legacy. S

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Doctors Say Parenting And Pot Smoking Don't Mix

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Most states have now legalized medical marijuana, and eight of them allow recreational use for those 21 and older. But researchers say that adult users need to be mindful because secondhand marijuana smoke can have a serious effe

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Zsa Zsa Gabor, An Icon Of Camp, Glitz And Glam, Dies At 99

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Taking a moment to say goodbye to Zsa Zsa Gabor, who died yesterday in Los Angeles of heart failure, reportedly at the age of 99. Here's NPR's Neda Ulaby. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: I know exactly what you're thinking. The cop slapper?

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 2016 Book Recommendations, Tailored For Your Gifting Needs

AILSA CHANG, HOST: If you are still looking for gifts for your family and friends, how about a book? Remember those? I have asked WEEKEND EDITION books editor Barrie Hardymon to think about her favorite books from the past year that will make great g

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美国国家公共电台 NPR For Iraqi Families With ISIS Links, Agonizing Choices — And Consequences

AILSA CHANG, HOST: When the Iraqi army liberated her village from ISIS, Hamda Mahmoud made an agonizing choice. She handed over to Iraqi security forces her own son, who had joined ISIS. She fears her teenager's been executed. And now, as NPR's Jane

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美国国家公共电台 NPR The 84-Year-Old Grandmother Who Fronts D.C.'s Coolest House Band

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Despite Partisan Rancor, Democrats And Republicans Can Agree On Dogs

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美国国家公共电台 NPR On A 'Eugenics Registry,' A Record Of California's Thousands Of Sterilizations

AILSA CHANG, HOST: There's a grim chapter in American history that involves forced sterilization. And for much of the last century, California had one of the most active sterilization programs in the country. A state law from 1909 authorized the surg

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Meet H.E.R., A Rising Voice Whose Face Remains A Mystery

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we'd like to talk with a breakout artist. She's won accolades from big names such as Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean. Her debut EP H.E.R. Volume 1 shot to number one on the iTunes RB chart. But here's the twist, nobody knows who

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Transgender Americans Race To Finish Paperwork Before Trump Administration

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And switching gears now, parents of children who identify as transgender are rushing to change how their kids identify their gender on government documents before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. That's because some in

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