RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. I'm going to fess up. I am not a cat person. But NPR's Susan Stamberg is, which is why she leapt at the opportunity to check out a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery of Asian art. The exhibition is cal

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Slow-Moving Disaster Of Immodesty: Cameron's 'Titanic,' 20 Years Later

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Twenty years ago today, the film Titanic opened in theaters. Titanic the ship sank in 1912. Titanic the movie was a huge success. NPR's pop culture critic Linda Holmes takes us back to 1997. LINDA HOLMES, BYLINE: Titanic eventually

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美国国家公共电台 NPR More Civilians Than ISIS Fighters Are Believed Killed In Mosul Battle

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: There's been an important unanswered question about the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul even five months after it ended. How many civilians were killed as U.S. and Iraqi forces launched their intensive air and ground assault agai

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Single Vote Has Flipped Control Of Virginia's House Of Delegates

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Around election time you often hear that every vote counts, but it's rare that turns out to be literally true. However, Republicans have lost control of Virginia's statehouse after a recount in a race where the winning Democrat go

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 3 Trump Judicial Nominees Withdraw, Raising Some Questions About Vetting

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: This week, a man picked by President Trump for a judgeship withdrew his name amid controversy. It's the third time in ten days that's happened. That said, Trump's record on filling judicial vacancies has far outdistanced his predece

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Illinois Holocaust Museum Preserves Survivors' Stories — As Holograms

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, Holocaust survivors have told their stories to students and museum visitors in person and in videos. The Holocaust ended more than 70 years ago, and so every year, fewer survivors are alive to tell their stories. The I

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Don't Know Where It's From': Former UFO Program Head On Navy Jet Footage

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now let's meet a man who has spent years trying to learn about UFOs. Luis Elizondo ran a Pentagon office that investigated sightings by the United States military. It had millions of dollars in funding up until 2012. Though the f

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美国国家公共电台 NPR How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants

DAVID GREENE, HOST: African-American women are more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than women of any other race or ethnicity. Doctors and researchers have been trying to understand what makes black infants so vulnerable, and now they

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Feel In Danger On A Date? These Apps Could Help You Stay Safe

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, much of modern dating takes place online, often using smartphone apps. While the Internet may make getting a date easier, it is still sometimes not so simple to leave a date you don't want to be on. NPR's Allison Aubrey

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Teens Find The End Of The World So Appealing

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Here's a sample of some of the titles on the New York Times best-sellers list for young adults - The Book of Dust, Renegades, War Cross. If you can't tell from the names, these books are all dystopian fiction. Elissa Nadworny of th

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, across the U.S., states are pouring resources into fighting the opioid epidemic. A handful of them have even declared public health emergencies. And Arizona did just that earlier this year. But some advocates say that until s

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美国国家公共电台 NPR As Temperatures Fall, No Halt To Evictions Across Most Of The Country

DAVID GREENE, HOST: An estimated 2.7 million renters in the United States face eviction every year, according to the real estate website Redfin. And many of those evictions take place in wintertime, when temperatures fall below freezing. Now, some co

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Older Adults' Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As people get older, they're less likely to get a good night's sleep and also less likely to remember things. Now scientists think they know why. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Sleep is when we turn short-term

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美国国家公共电台 NPR What's 'Casablanca' Without Nazis? After WWII, German Audiences Found Out

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: The classic World War II film Casablanca premiered 75 years ago. It's a story of romance, intrigue and sacrifice. It's also a passionately anti-Nazi movie. But in Germany, Casablanca was edited to create a very different film. Repor

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美国国家公共电台 NPR From 'This Is Us' To 'Master Of None,' The Year's Groundbreaking TV Shows

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: We're going to take a moment now to talk about some of the year's groundbreaking moments in television - well, groundbreaking according to our very own TV critic Eric Deggans. And a warning - this conversation may contain some spoil

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美国国家公共电台 NPR South Africa's ANC To Choose President Zuma's Replacement On 2019 Ballot

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The African National Congress - this is the liberation movement that fought the apartheid government and eventually won control of South Africa in democratic elections - they are selecting a new leader today. And Peter Granitz has

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Cemeteries Turn To Swamps As Alaska's Permafrost Melts

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Most native villages in the western part of Alaska are built on permafrost. That's a thick layer of frozen soil. And with climate change, the permafrost has started to thaw. In one town, this means their cemetery is melting. People

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Holiday Parties Gone Wrong: Careful Where You Hang The Mistletoe

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Office holiday parties have the potential to go very, very wrong. Your boss, colleagues, booze - often not a great mix. This year, NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports sensitivity is running particularly high in the age of #metoo. YU

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Play About Politics For (But Not About) The Age Of Trump

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: We're going to hear now about a new play by Tracy Letts. He won the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 2008 for his Broadway hit August: Osage County. His new work, The Minutes, is at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. It's about politi

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration Reportedly Instructs CDC On Its Own Version Of 7 Dirty Words

Trump Administration Reportedly Instructs CDC On Its Own Version Of 7 Dirty Words RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Fetus, Transgender, science-based - these are just three of the seven words and phrases the Trump administration has reportedly banned the Centers for

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