美国国家公共电台 NPR Poetry Of Failure Comes To Life At Chicago's 'Baudelaire In A Box'

STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: This weekend, the Lollapalooza music festival is taking over downtown Chicago. Hometown hero Chance the Rapper is the headliner tonight. He will be grabbing the spotlight. But on the city's North Side, a theater is hosting a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Behind China's VPN Crackdown, A 'Game Of Cat And Mouse' Continues

DAVID GREENE, HOST: China has constructed the world's most sophisticated system of Internet content control. It's been dubbed not the Great Wall but the great firewall. Now, savvy Internet users can tunnel under that wall using tools known as virtual

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Brief, Tumultuous Reign Of An Erstwhile Best-Seller

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now a book mystery, not a mystery book. Handbook For Mortals is actually a fantasy paranormal romance. It hit the top of the most recent New York Times young adult best seller list, which seemed odd because not many people had ev

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Disjointed' Is Like Any Workplace Sitcom — With More Pot, Sex And Language

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Chuck Lorre is television's sitcom king. But every single broadcast network turned down his latest sitcom. NPR's Neda Ulaby tells us why. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: Chuck Lorre's new show starts Friday on Netflix with a huge star, Kathy

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Closeted Teen Struggles To Maintain His Double Life In 'Beach Rats'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When the film Beach Rats won the best directing prize at Sundance in January, there was snow on the ground. The film's suntanned teenagers are more in sync with the season now. Critic Bob Mondello says one of them is still not comf

美国国家公共电台 NPR Vijay Iyer On Jazz's 'History Of Defiance,' His Influences And Playing In A Sextet

(SOUNDBITE OF VIJAY IYER SEXTET'S FAR FROM OVER) SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is the music of Vijay Iyer. He's an acclaimed jazz pianist, MacArthur winner and professor of music at Harvard. This new album, recorded with a six-person band, is called Far Fr

美国国家公共电台 NPR This Music Teacher Played His Saxophone While In Brain Surgery

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Imagine that you're a musician. (SOUNDBITE OF SAXOPHONE MUSIC) SIEGEL: And imagine that you discover you have a brain tumor right near the part of your brain that's key to playing your instrument. Well, there's a team of doctors

美国国家公共电台 NPR Government Can Search Inauguration Protest Website Records, With Safeguards

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now a court decision in a case that pits president Trump's Justice Department against a web hosting company whose services were used by anti-Trump activists. The company DreamHost challenged the U.S. government over what it saw a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is The Secret To A Healthier Microbiome Hidden In The Hadza Diet?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The phrase endangered species often refers to charismatic animals like mountain gorillas or polar bears. Well, today scientists are reporting that a whole different type of extinction is happening inside our bodies. NPR's Michaelee

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jeep: Why This American Icon Could Soon Be Part Of A Chinese Company

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are few brands more quintessentially American than Jeep. And now it seems possible that a foreign company could purchase Jeep from Fiat-Chrysler, its parent company. At the moment these are just rumors. Those rumors point to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Moshe Szyf: How Do Our Experiences Rewire Our Brains And Bodies?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today, hardwired - ideas about what determines our personalities, our traits, our behaviors and even the choices we make. And usually when we talk about the way humans are

美国国家公共电台 NPR Robert Sapolsky: How Much Agency Do We Have Over Our Behavior?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So most of us think we know ourselves pretty well, right? ROBERT SAPOLSKY: I'm sort of a hippie pacifist in terms of general persona. RAZ: That we're good people... SAPOLSKY: You know, I'm

美国国家公共电台 NPR Nadine Burke Harris: How Does Trauma Affect A Child's DNA?

GUY RAZ, HOST: So if Moshe Szyf is right, that positive experiences can rewrite DNA and improve health, what about negative experiences? Well, about 10 years ago, a pediatrician named Nadine Burke Harris was asking herself that very same question. NA

美国国家公共电台 NPR Brian Little: Are Human Personalities Hardwired?

GUY RAZ, HOST: So how would you describe your personality? BRIAN LITTLE: Oh, goodness me, my personality is, I guess, fairly complex. RAZ: This is Brian Little. LITTLE: I'm a research professor in psychology at the University of Cambridge. RAZ: And B

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'More Than A Picture' Exhibit, History Happens Now

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let me just take a minute to thank the people who were nice enough to fill in for me while I was away - Noel King, Stacey Vanek Smith and, most recently, Dwane Brown. And while he was here last week, Dwane Brown went to the Natio

美国国家公共电台 NPR Love And Cruelty Are Bound Together In 'My Absolute Darling'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Gabriel Tallent has written his first novel at the age of 30 and no less than Stephen King calls it a masterpiece to rank with To Kill A Mockingbird and Catch-22. My Absolute Darling is the story of a clever, resourceful and lonely

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Murales Rebeldes!': These Disappearing LA Murals Mirror Their Community

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to tour the threatened Chicano murals of East Los Angeles. Most of the shops have signs in Spanish. There are places selling fruit juice, wedding dresses. And in a little storefront, a bunch of women are exercising

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Prince Of Broadway' Pays Tribute To A Musical Theater Legend

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Hal Prince has won more Tony Awards than anyone. The producer and director has won 21 of them over a career spanning seven decades. Tonight, Prince Of Broadway, a musical featuring moments from Prince's hits, opens on Broadway. And

美国国家公共电台 NPR World Air Guitar Champion Is In Finland To Defend His Title

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, Ailsa, it's Friday. It's almost the weekend. I mean, I feel like we should just turn up some music. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Yes. I am so ready for this. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GREENE: Now, this song is really important because

美国国家公共电台 NPR What A Tech Leader's Corruption Conviction Means For Samsung And South Korea

AILSA CHANG, HOST: A court in South Korea has found the leader of Samsung guilty in a corruption case involving South Korea's former president. A Seoul court sentenced the billionaire, Jay Y. Lee, to five years in prison just hours ago. NPR's Elise H