美国国家公共电台 NPR A 'Wine Lover's Daughter' Savors Her Dad's Vintage Story

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Anne Fadiman's father was the very model of the modern, cultivated man. He quoted Shakespeare and Shaw, recited Homer and Sophocles, made clever wisecracks and pointed puns. He was a longtime judge of the Book of the Month Club, th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dan Rather, An Unlikely Essayist, On 'What Unites Us'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Dan Rather's career has entered a new phase. At age 86, he's speaking to millions of people every day not at CBS where he anchored the Evening News for more than 20 years. Instead, Facebook has given him a new audience where he wri

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Property Brothers Flip A Page On Their TV Triumphs

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Messy Protagonist In 'Bonfire'

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Mad Men' Creator Says Writing A Novel Is Nothing Like TV Writing

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Binge-watching your favorite TV show is sometimes compared to reading a really good novel in one sitting. You tell yourself you'll watch just one more episode. Before you know it, you've watched three, just like you keep moving t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jenifer Lewis Of 'Black-ish' Reflects On Her Role As Black Hollywood's Mother

NOEL KING, HOST: Some artists are larger than life, and some are even bigger still. Actress, singer and comedian Jennifer Lewis stars in the hit ABC show, Blackish, as the irascible and hilarious grandmother, Ruby Johnson. Jennifer's career spans dec

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Virginia, Both Parties Use Trump To Turn Out The Base

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's no such thing as an off year for voters in Virginia from politics. The state holds a gubernatorial election Tuesday. The race looks tight. The state's often seen as a political bellwether, and the stakes feel especially hig

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Big Stories Behind Small Seeds: This Man Wants To Save Them All

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: All this farm-to-table stuff in restaurants these days has renewed interest in heirloom fruits and vegetables. But long before the most recent enthusiasm, there's been a Tennessee gardener who's been on a mission to preserve rare h

美国国家公共电台 NPR Facing Discrimination In Public Life, Latinos Stay Positive About Government

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Grocery Prices Have Been Falling. Did You Notice?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: You may have noticed over the past year or so that food prices at supermarkets have been lower than they used to be. That's been great for shoppers, not so great if you are a grocer or a farmer. NPR's Alina Selyukh reports on the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Houston Methadone Clinics Reopen After Harvey's Flooding

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are closely tracking a record-breaking Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storm ever recorded. And we're still learning about the impact from Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. The health care system has certainly bee

美国国家公共电台 NPR Microsoft President To Trump: To Deport A DREAMer, You'll Have To Go Through Us

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we're listening this morning to reaction to President Trump's decision to phase out DACA. That is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to stay and work h

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Some Latino Voters, DACA Is Just The Latest Blow From Trump

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In conservative-leaning Nevada, Latino voters showed their power last year by helping deliver the state to Hillary Clinton. If President Trump sticks with his decision to end DACA on top of pardoning Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio an

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Army, The Inventor And The Surprising Uses Of A Batman Machine

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: NPR's Joe Palca thinks a lot about thinking - specifically how people come up with the big ideas that change our lives. And as you'll hear in this next story, sometimes the inventor himself doesn't even recognize all the possible

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: More than eight months into the Trump administration, many federal agencies are still missing key personnel. As those positions slowly get filled, one lower-level pick at the Department of Agriculture is stirring up controversy. Am

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Texas, Concerns About Damage To Flooded Toxic Waste Sites

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Officials in Texas are still trying to confirm whether floodwater has spread contamination from decades-old toxic waste sites. Thirteen so-called Superfund sites were flooded last week. NPR's Rebecca Hersher visited six of them and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Labor Movement Faces Challenges Amid Growing Public Support For Unions

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Unions in this country face big challenges. There's a tougher environment for organizing and a White House that has been anything but labor-friendly so far. That's despite promises to bring back manufacturing jobs. NPR's Don Gonyea

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fall Movie Preview: 'Tried And True' To 'Really Out There'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: You may have heard that Hollywood's been having a sad summer. Even though Wonder Woman smashed records, so many other films fizzled that the box office totals are down nearly a billion dollars compared to last summer. In our fall m

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'A Legacy Of Spies,' John Le Carré Goes Back Out In 'The Cold'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Smiley is back. George Smiley, that is, the spy at the center of some of John le Carre his most popular books. For the first time in 25 years, le Carre has written a novel featuring Smiley. It's called A Legacy Of Spies, and it's

美国国家公共电台 NPR Acclaimed Poet John Ashbery Dies At 90

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One of the most acclaimed poets of the 20th century has died. John Ashbery won every major prize, including a Pulitzer and a National Book Award, along with a so-called MacArthur genius grant for more than 20 volumes of poetry. He