美国国家公共电台 NPR Nearing 93, Robert Mugabe Shows No Sign Of Stepping Down

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe turns 93 tomorrow. He's the world's oldest leader. Exactly two years and two months older than runner up Queen Elizabeth. Mugabe has led Zimbabwe since independence from Britain 37 years ago, and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Behind This Exuberant Dance Number? Planning, Precision And Practice

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The news here in California happens to be the Oscars, Rachel. They are Sunday. The film to beat is Hollywood's love letter to itself, La La Land, which has 14 nominations. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Yeah, it is a musical for the 21st ce

美国国家公共电台 NPR Facebook Wants Great Power, But What About Responsibility?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It is the era of social media, when we distill our innermost thoughts and feelings into short pithy updates and tweets. Which is why it was striking when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently wrote a nearly 6,000-word essay about

美国国家公共电台 NPR 特朗普说瑞典出大事了 瑞典人民懵了:出什么事了?

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: During his campaign rally in Florida on Saturday, President Trump seemed to reference a major incident in Sweden, but there was no such event. The internet found the comment confusing and amusing. Swedes are simply baffled. NPR's

美国国家公共电台 NPR China Monitors Assassination Probe Of North Korean Kim Jong Nam

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia said today that a man killed at the Kuala Lumpur Airport last week was not the half brother of North Korea's dictator. North Korea's neighbor, China, is one of many countries trying to figure

美国国家公共电台 NPR Alison Krauss And Buddy Cannon On The Working Relationship Behind 'Windy City'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Making music can be an intimate process, so it helps when the people making it have a certain rapport. BUDDY CANNON: What are we doing? ALISON KRAUSS: I'm like - well, I was trying to open my... CANNON: No, I mean, what are we do

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mattress No Longer Delegated To Bottom Of Shopping List

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's President's Day. But have you ever wondered why at some point along the way, this holiday became synonymous with more than just our past commanders in chief? Somehow mattress sales got worked into the equation. (SOUNDBITE OF

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah's Witnesses

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Of all major U.S. religious groups, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest rate of formal education - that according to a Pew study. And as Luke Vander Ploeg reports, that can have a real impact on people who choose t

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Get Out,' Jordan Peele Tackles The 'Human Horror' Of Racial Fear

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you're a fan of sketch comedy, then you very likely know the name Jordan Peele, along with his partner Keegan-Michael Key. He wrote and performed in the show Key And Peele that ran for five seasons on Comedy Central and earned

Got Back Pain? Try Yoga Or Massage Before Reaching For The Pills

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lower back pain - yeah, you know who you are. You're not alone, though. Most of us will suffer from lower back pain sometime in our lives. And when it happens, many of us will reach for pain medication. But new guidelines from th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Omar Abdel-Rahman, Radical Cleric Connected To 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, Dies

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The extremist Muslim cleric known as The Blind Sheikh has died in a U.S. prison. NPR's Cory Turner reports on the man who was convicted two decades ago of conspiring to wage a war of urban terrorism against the United St

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Mile High Promise, And Risk, Of School Choice

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We don't yet know about specific plans from the new education secretary, Betsy DeVos. We do know DeVos has long championed a variety of school choice options, from vouchers for private schools to charter schools, which are public

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lead Ammunition Poisons Wildlife But Too Expensive To Change, Hunters Say

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It is the era of social media, when we distill our innermost thoughts and feelings into short pithy updates and tweets. Which is why it was striking when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently wrote a nearly 6,000-word essay about

美国国家公共电台 NPR Can Poetry Keep You Young? Science Is Still Out, But The Heart Says Yes

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've all heard that old advice to writers - that you're supposed to write what you know. Well, by the time people are in their 70s, 80s or even 90s, they know a whole lot, and they're often eager to express it, either in writing

美国国家公共电台 NPR Song Exploder: 'Moonlight' Composer Describes Process

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday. And along with best picture and best actor and actress, there's an award for best original score. One of the nominees this year is the movie Moonlight. (SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, SONG EXP

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Captured,' Democratic Senator Decries Money's Role In Politics

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: During the Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton had the same litmus test for any Supreme Court nominee - overturning Citizens United. That Supreme Court ruling allowed more corporate money in campaign

美国国家公共电台 NPR After 21 Nominations, Will Sound Mixer Kevin O'Connell Finally Win His Oscar?

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to a story about the longest losing streak in Oscar history. A sound rerecording mixer named Kevin O'Connell earned an incredible 20 Academy Award nominations and zero wins. This year, he could break the curse. H

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Things We Lost,' Argentina's Haunted History Gets A Supernatural Twist

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Argentina can be beguiling. But its grand, European architecture and lively coffee culture obscure a dark and sometimes macabre history. Under the country's dictatorship, thousands of people were tortured and killed. Chi

美国国家公共电台 NPR New York Republican Rep. Tom Reed Faces Angry Crowds, Deep In Trump Country

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Garden City, Kan., which doesn't fit the stereotype of a small, Midwestern city. It is isolated and rural. But it's also economically thriving and culturally diverse. Decades ago, Garden City embraced the meatpack

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Thriving Rural Town's Winning Formula Faces New Threats Under Trump Administration

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Garden City, Kan., which doesn't fit the stereotype of a small, Midwestern city. It is isolated and rural. But it's also economically thriving and culturally diverse. Decades ago, Garden City embraced the meatpack