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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Just try getting that phone out of a typical teenager's hand. They are texting, posting or watching video clips at all hours. I mean, not that we adults are much different. Still, the stars who reach teens often reach them through

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Good Time' Filmmakers Wanted To Make A Movie That 'Actually Feels Dangerous'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The new movie Good Time is not an easygoing popcorn flick. It fits into a genre that you could describe as movies about a very bad night. The actor Robert Pattinson plays a small-time criminal trying to get his intellectually disab

美国国家公共电台 NPR 82nd Airborne Division Celebrates 100 Years

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The 82nd Airborne Division is turning 100 years old this week. Its soldiers gained fame in major battles of the World Wars, and they've become the nation's go-to troops for rapid deployment. Jay Price of member station WUNC travel

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Donald Trump Likes To Surround Himself With Generals

AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Trump goes back and forth on using the U.S. military. He used to advocate pulling out of Afghanistan, for instance, and now he's committing additional forces there. But he's clearly a big fan of using men with military ex

美国国家公共电台 NPR Unlikely Allies Join Fight To Protect Free Speech On The Internet

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Silicon Valley tech firms are pushing back on hate groups, deleting them from search results, refusing to host their websites and choking off their ability to raise money online. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that some on the far righ

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration Unveils Sanctions To Curb North Korea's Weapons Program

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, even as the Trump administration is trying to soothe tensions in the Middle East, as we just heard, they've also unveiled new sanctions against China and Russia over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. These sanctions

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'What Carter Lost' Tells The True Story Of 'Friday Night Lights' Football Rivals

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美国国家公共电台 NPR From Rolls-Royce To Grey Poupon, A Look At Brand Mentions In Chart-Topping Songs

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Product placement is everywhere these days, including in our music. Pop culture reporter Kim Bhasin at Bloomberg recently took a deep dive. KIM BHASIN: I was listening to Bad And Boujee by Migos, and there's a bunch of brand name d

美国国家公共电台 NPR Harvesting Salt By Hand Is Making A Comeback In France

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Sea salt has been harvested for more than a thousand years on the Atlantic coast of France. The industry declined in the mid-20th century. But with foodies looking for ever-fancier ingredients, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Civil Rights Activist Argues To Keep Confederate Monuments

AILSA CHANG, HOST: In cities across the U.S., calls to take down Confederate monuments are growing louder ever since the deadly events in Charlottesville. One of the most dramatic monuments to the Confederacy is called Stone Mountain. It's in Georgia

美国国家公共电台 NPR He's Big, He's Blue, And Now, He's Bingeable: 'The Tick' Returns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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