美国国家公共电台 NPR Summer Potluck Dishes To Withstand The Heat And Please Crowds

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Here's a summer challenge. You're going to a cookout or a barbecue or a family reunion. You need to bring a dish to share. And it has to do two things. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Number one, withstand hours outside in the heat. And numbe

美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Museum Dares To Showcase Stuntman Evel Knievel

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A half a century ago, a daredevil from Butte, Mont., rocketed into national prominence on a motorbike. Frank Morris of member station KCUR tells us about a new museum celebrating all that is Evel - Evel Knievel, that is. FRANK MOR

美国国家公共电台 NPR JAY-Z Bares His Soul On '4:44'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Jay-Z, the hip-hop goliath, has had a productive summer so far. His collaboration with Beyonce yielded two releases - their twins. And just this morning, he released a new solo album called 4:44 - you know, like the time, four hou

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Opioid Overdoses Bleed City's Budget, Councilman Proposes Stopping Treatment

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The fire department in Middletown, Ohio, is overwhelmed by emergency calls for people who have overdosed on opioids. A councilman there is worried that the city's budget can't keep up. He's suggesting a three strikes rule - overdos

美国国家公共电台 NPR As ISIS Gets Squeezed In Syria And Iraq, It's Using Music As A Weapon

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: About four years ago, the so-called Islamic State declared that it would become just that - a state, or more specifically, a caliphate that stretched from Iraq to Syria. Today, that physical caliphate is dissolving. The group is

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Trump Meeting With South Korean Leader, A Chance To Reaffirm 'Ironclad' Ties

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: South Korea's new president visits President Trump today. They share a common problem - South Korea's neighbor, North Korea. Here's NPR's Elise Hu. ELISE HU, BYLINE: Listen closely to what U.S. leaders say about America's 60-plus

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Want The Pages To Turn': Librarian Nancy Pearl's Summer Reading List

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Librarian Nancy Pearl is with us once again in our studios. Hi, Nancy. NANCY PEARL, BYLINE: Hi, Steve. INSKEEP: She comes by. She brings reading recommendations. She sends or brings us stacks of books to talk about. And she's bro

美国国家公共电台 NPR Michael Bond, Creator Of Paddington Bear Books, Dies At 91

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The story goes that Michael Bond saw a teddy bear around Christmas in a British department store. It was 1956, and he bought it for his wife. They would name him Paddington. A couple of years later, Bond turned him into a childre

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Understand How Religion Shapes America, Look To Its Early Days

To Understand How Religion Shapes America, Look To Its Early Days ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Religion has always played a large role in the history and politics of this country. But in many ways, it has been an untold story. Well, the Smithsonian Museum of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sickened Russian Opposition Leader Blames Poison Ordered By Russian Special Services

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And we begin this hour with the story of Russia, a Kremlin critic and maybe poison. This is the story of Vladimir Kara-Murza. VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA: This time it began about 4:30 in the morning. So I woke up because my heart wa

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Middle-Aged Coming Of Age In 'All Grown Up'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Is it possible to write a coming-of-age novel for a main character who is 39 years old? If so, Jami Attenberg may have written it. It's called All Grown Up, and the central character is likeable even when she's not. She is ju

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Time: The Kalief Browder Story' Depicts Issues With Solitary Confinement

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, in recent years, we've heard a number of stories about the ways the criminal justice system has failed someone or some people. It's always painful, and it's always troubling. But it's particularly troubling when th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Gary Lucas Uses Film Music 'To Shed Light On Obscure Corners Of Culture'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now let's hear about the man The New Yorker magazine calls, quote, the thinking man's guitar hero, unquote. Gary Lucas has played just about everywhere with just about everyone from Captain Beefheart to DJ Spooky to John Sebastia

美国国家公共电台 NPR Indonesia Wakes Up And Smells Its Own Coffee — Then Drinks It

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Making your morning cup of java about now? Then this one's for you. Indonesia's most populous island shares its name with that piping hot beverage. And as NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Jakarta, big changes have been brewing

美国国家公共电台 NPR After 'Green Room' and 'Blue Ruin,' The Brothers Blair Keep Film Music In The Family

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Netflix film I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore mixes the gruesome and the goofy. How do you score a movie like that? For help, the directors turned to two of his oldest associates, his brothers. Tim Greiving has the st

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Logan,' Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Shines His Badge One Last Time

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In the last 17 years, Hugh Jackman has clawed his way through nine X-Men movies as Wolverine. Now in the film Logan, his mutant character is finally being allowed a change in style. Bob Mondello says Logan plays less like a super

美国国家公共电台 NPR How A Contract Clause Led To A Fight Between Musicians And Austin's Biggest Event

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What at first seemed like a standard bit of legalese has now created a controversy. The language appears in the contracts given to artists performing at this year's South by Southwest music festival. Musicians accuse the festival o

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Competitive Sports, Puerto Ricans Gain A Sense Of Independence

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, Puerto Ricans mark the centennial of Congress granting U.S. citizenship to those born on the island. In the years since, many Puerto Ricans have had to navigate a complicated dual identity. But one area in which they are

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Green Beret Sits For A Portrait By His Former Commander In Chief

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President George W. Bush's book of portraits of more than 60 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who served in wars under his watch was published this week - Portraits Of Courage: A Commander In Chief's Tribute to America's Warri

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Charleston, Cannonball Discoveries Are Constant Reminders Of Past Wars

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So in Charleston, S.C., people are being reminded of wars that were fought long before they were born. Cannonballs from the Civil War, even the Revolutionary War are washing up on beaches or being unearthed during construction pro