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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Sometimes we get a story that doesn't need much of an introduction. This one is about an unexpected gift. Here's reporter Erika Lantz. ERIKA LANTZ, BYLINE: Nate Kramer was a tall, quiet college swimmer when he was diagnosed with le

美国国家公共电台 NPR Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This Sunday is Father's Day, and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans has been thinking about how he learned to be a father from the dads he saw on TV. ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: My father isn't with us anymore, and I loved him a lot. But he and

美国国家公共电台 NPR FACT CHECK: Is Left-Wing Violence Rising?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Far-right pundits are seizing on this week's shooting at a congressional baseball practice as an example of what they say is a rise in the left-wing violence in the U.S. Experts who monitor domestic terrorism had been warning about

美国国家公共电台 NPR In This Alaska Family, Life Lessons Are Passed Down On The Water

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: In southeast Alaska, the commercial king salmon fishing season was temporarily shut down this spring. That's because the numbers of wild salmon returning to spawn are at an all-time low, and that's worrisome news for those who ma

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Some Students, Getting An Education Means Crossing The Border

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The land border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Ysidro, Calif., is the busiest in the world. As Jonathan Levinson reports, among the crowd are students whose families live in Tijuana and who commute each morning to brin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Our Love Of 'All Natural' Is Causing A Vanilla Shortage

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK, this is big news, big news, if you eat ice cream. There is a global shortage of natural vanilla. Prices for vanilla beans are sky-high. NPR's Dan Charles reports. DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: Gerry Newman buys vanilla by the gallon.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Atop Ancient Ruins, A Rock Opera About Emperor Nero Leaves Some Romans Unimpressed

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Well, it's been 2,000 years since he ruled Rome, but a notorious emperor is causing outrage again. A massive stage has been built amid the ruins of the Roman Forum for a rock opera about Nero. Archaeologists and art historians are

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Adopts Harder Line On Cuba

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump is ordering new restrictions on Americans traveling or doing business in Cuba. That's a reversal from his predecessor Barack Obama who tried to promote more engagement with the island after decades of diplomatic iso

美国国家公共电台 NPR '1984' Comes To Broadway And 'It's Not An Easy Evening'

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Since the presidential election, George Orwell's 1984 has become a bestseller again. The dystopian novel in which the main character works at the Ministry of Truth creating fake news for a totalitarian regime has been adapted for

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Otto Warmbier's Release, Will U.S. Ban Travel To North Korea?

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Trump administration is looking into ways to stop Americans from going to North Korea. This comes after the dramatic news this week that an American student detained for more than a year in North Korea returned home in a coma

美国国家公共电台 NPR Amid Growing Threats, Donkey Rescuers Protect The Misunderstood Beasts Of Burden

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Let us now consider the donkey. They have been beasts of burden for 5,000 years, and they haven't gained much respect over the millennia. In the wild, burro herds are a nuisance. In captivity, they can be mistreated. But no

美国国家公共电台 NPR Capitol Hill To Undergo Changing Of The Guard With New Poet Laureate

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a changing of the guard on Capitol Hill coming this summer. And no, we are not talking about a new senator or congressperson. We are talking about the new poet laureate of the United States. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Yoko Ono Joins John Lennon With Credit Line For Writing 'Imagine'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And here's one more item for your gender politics file. For nearly 50 years, credit for this song - Imagine - has gone to one writer - John Lennon. That changed this week. The National Music Publishers Association announced that

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Sit, Walk, Don't Talk': An Author Finds Comfort At A Silent Meditation Retreat

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When we have a problem, we're often encouraged to talk about it with a friend, a family member or a professional, like a therapist. But what if the answer is silence? In the new book Sit, Walk, Don't Talk, Jennifer Howd tak

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'From The Ashes' Documents Rise And Fall Of Coal In America

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When President Trump promised to step out of the Paris climate accord earlier this month, dozens of mayors and a handful of governors promised to step in. Officials like the mayor of Los Angeles and the governor of New York pledg

美国国家公共电台 NPR Republicans' Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Rural Patients Hard

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Those watching today as Senate Republicans unveil a health plan include people who depend on rural hospitals. These small facilities are sometimes the only hospitals for miles. Many serve the red parts of your political map, which

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rural South Korean County Prepares For Role As 2018 Winter Olympics Host

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Next February, South Korea is going to be hosting the Winter Olympics. It is being held in a county called PyeongChang which really does not like to be confused with North Korea's capital Pyongyang, so much so that it altered the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Before Her Teacher's Murder, This 'Keepers' Witness Was Already Living A Nightmare

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Who killed Sister Cathy? That is the central question of the Netflix documentary series The Keepers. Baltimore nun and schoolteacher Cathy Cesnik was murdered in 1969, but the case was never solved. Now some of her former student

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Epicurious' Editor Goes Inside The Home To Find Greatest Chefs

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Stanley Tucci, Rachael Ray and Patti LaBelle - what do these people have in common? They're among the 100 greatest home cooks of all time according to Epicurious. The idea for the list came from editor David Tamarkin. And while s

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Can't Stop, Won't Stop': Bad Boy Records Was A Generation's Soundtrack

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So a lot of what we take for granted in today's culture of glamour and bling can be traced back to Bad Boy Records and its founder Sean Puff Daddy Combs. A new documentary that opens tomorrow tells the label's story around a conce