AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right. He is big. He's blue. And now he's binge-able (ph). He is the Tick, a cult favorite parody superhero. Tomorrow, 10 episodes of a new Tick television series debut on Amazon. NPR's Glen Weldon says it's a familiar sort of

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美国国家公共电台 NPR France's Gender Equality Minister Wants On-The-Spot Fines For Sexual Harassers

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: France's new government now has a ministry that's devoted to gender equality. It's led by a young author and blogger known for her frank writing on sex and sexism. NPR's Joanna Kakissis met her in Paris. JOANNA KAKISSIS, BYLINE: Pa

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Sunday Puzzle: Switch It Up

A MARTINEZ, HOST: Normally, if you hear me on KPCC, I'd be giving you the latest news out of Southern California. But here on WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY, I know what shines brightest for our listeners. It's The Puzzle. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MARTINEZ: Join

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Gulliver's Gate: The Miniature World In The Middle Of New York City

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: New York's Times Square has been called the crossroads of the world. A new tourist attraction there displays much of the world under one roof. Models of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas populated by tiny model humans, moving

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'True Blood' Star Nelsan Ellis Dies At 39

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The HBO show True Blood had a lot of memorable characters - Sookie, Eric, the sheriff, Andy. And then there was Lafayette Reynolds. Lafayette was played by Nelsan Ellis, who died over the weekend. He was 39. His family said in a

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Pairing Wine And Weed: Is It A California Dream Or Nightmare?

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Northern California is famous for two intoxicants - wine and marijuana. Recreational marijuana is about to be legal here in California, so some marijuana entrepreneurs are looking to the wine industry as a model. NPR's John Burne

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美国国家公共电台 NPR NASA Spacecraft Gets Up Close With Jupiter's Great Red Spot

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A gigantic storm has captured scientists' interest for more than a century, but no one's been able to get a really close look at it until now. That's because the storm is on Jupiter. It's better known as Jupiter's Great Red S

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's some new information about heart disease in women. Some of the risk factors are well-known - smoking, poor diet and obesity. Now doctors say complications in pregnancy can put women at risk too. Anna Gorman reports from L

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Octavia Butler: Writing Herself Into The Story

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: And we're going to spend the next few minutes hearing about an African-American woman who would not let cultural norms stand in the way of her imagination. Her name is Octavia Butler, and she was a literary giant in the world of

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美国国家公共电台 NPR So What Does A Deep-Fried Grasshopper Taste Like?

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This may not be your usual breakfast, but care for some chili-fried grasshopper? Why, yes, it's a crunchy popular snack in parts of northeastern Nigeria, as NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports. OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON, BYLINE: Th

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Bestselling Author Alexandra Fuller Talks New Novel: 'Quiet Until The Thaw'

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: Over the past year, there have been a lot of big stories in the news about the rights of tribes versus the federal government, themes that have resurfaced over centuries. A new novel explores those themes and their cyclical natur

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美国国家公共电台 NPR While Corals Die Along The Great Barrier Reef, Humans Struggle To Adjust

A MARTINEZ, HOST: There are few places on Earth where the impact of climate change is more noticeable than along the Great Barrier Reef. It's the planet's largest living organism that now has become the world's largest dying organism. In the past 18

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Kids Struggling With Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Across the country, an estimated 1.3 million teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 struggle with substance use disorders. That's about 1 in every 12. For teens in Wisconsin, there is exactly one high school where students can be

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Earning A 2-Year Degree While Serving A 6-Year Sentence

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And we have one more issue in education for you. For the last year, inmates in some prisons have been able to use federal Pell Grants to take college courses and earn degrees while serving time. It's an Obama-era pilot program. N

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Nevada Voters, Divided Over Health Care, Put Moderate Republican In Tough Spot

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: When senators come back to Washington on Monday, a handful of Republicans will decide the fate of a bill that could reshape health care in America. Republicans have been promising for years to repeal and replace the Affordable Ca

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Montana Insurers Say Medicaid Cuts Would Drive Up Cost Of Private Health Plans

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Many of those who support the deep cuts to Medicaid called for in the Republican health care bills say it's simply too expensive. But some health insurers say if Medicaid shrinks, that could lead to higher costs for everyone. Eri

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Staying with health care, we turn now to a new report on Alzheimer's disease. African-Americans are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia compared to those who are white. NPR's Jon Hamilton r

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美国国家公共电台 NPR New Novel Explores 'What We Lose' When We Lose A Parent

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Who do we become when we lose a parent? That transformation is at the heart of Zinzi Clemmons' novel What We Lose. The central character, Thandi, grapples with the loss of her mother to cancer, a woman she revered but often

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe Brings Dance Education To Paris' Underserved Communities

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to Paris where audiences are enjoying the first stop of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's European tour. For almost 60 years, the company has been performing modern dance inspired by the African-American experience. (S

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In Chile, Many Regard Climate Change As The Greatest External Threat

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This summer, we are taking a deeper look at climate change and the profound effect it's having on people around the world. Today, we're going to Chile in South America. NPR's Philip Reeves visited a community whose landscap

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