美国国家公共电台 NPR I Am A Cheerleader, And Here's Why I Take A Knee

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The act of taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racism has spread beyond the National Football League. Athletes across the country are faced with the question. Do they kneel, or do they stand?

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Retweeted A Racist Group, But How Did He Find Its Videos?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, the president of the United States passed along malicious messages from a racist, ultranationalist fringe group directly to 44 million people. Those 44 million follow him on Twitter and may have now retweeted those anti-

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Drugs Could Prevent Migraine Headaches For Some People

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: People who get migraines may soon have access to a new type of drug. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on the first medications designed specifically to prevent migraine attacks. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: More than 10 percent of us get the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tylenol May Help Ease The Pain Of Hurt Feelings

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Many people reach for Tylenol to ease aches and pains. And it turns out Tylenol may do more than relieve physical pain. Studies show it may help to ease hurt feelings. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports. ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Most of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In U.S. History

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump will be in Utah today where he's expected to announce moves to dramatically shrink the size of the Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. These areas are dense with ancient artifacts, much of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kennedy Center Celebrates Latest Honorees, But Without The First Family

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors were a chance to celebrate among others a dancer, a rapper and a TV-sitcom pioneer. Here's NPR's Elizabeth Blair. ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: The Kennedy Center Honors are lifetime achievement a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Elizabeth Olsen On A 'Wind River' Oscar Campaign Without Weinstein

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The campaign season has begun for Hollywood awards. Wind River is a widely praised film that hinges on a murder mystery. But it's also a pointed and poignant story about the violence endured by many Native American women. The Weins

美国国家公共电台 NPR Newly Discovered Andy Warhol Art Up For Auction

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's some newly discovered artworks up for auction this weekend in Massachusetts. They're by Andy Warhol, who died more than three decades ago. We don't know how much the works are worth until they sell, but we do know their val

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Spurned Housewife Turns Stand-Up Comic In 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When does a comic first realize that he - or she - can make people laugh? Maybe for Miriam Maisel, it comes when she gives a toast at her own wedding. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL) RACHEL BROSNAHAN: (As Miriam M

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Disaster Artist' Is The Best Movie About A Bad Movie

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: What is the worst movie you have ever seen? Well, many people might point to Tommy Wiseau's The Room, a romantic drama so ineptly made it has been called the Citizen Kane of bad movies. The Room has inspired a cult following, a v

美国国家公共电台 NPR Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To FBI

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We start with a big development in the legal investigation into contacts between President Trump's associates and officials in Russia. The president's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has pleaded guilty to lying t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Says Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Is Still On The Job

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Flynn guilty plea, the Senate Republican tax bill, the talk of a shakeup at the State Department - those are the developments we're going to discuss now with our Friday political commentators, E.J. Dionne, columnist with The

美国国家公共电台 NPR Debut Author Channeled Her 'Darker Bits' Into A Man Booker Shortlist Novel

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fiona Mozley has already been one of the literary sensations of 2017. The part-time clerk at the Little Apple Bookshop in York was a finalist for this year's Man Booker Prize, with her first novel, Elmet, named for a hamlet in York

美国国家公共电台 NPR David Burkus: Would Work Improve If You Knew What Your Colleagues Get Paid?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So imagine you've just gotten a new job. And on your first day, you head to a conference room for the new employee orientation. (CROSSTALK) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Good morning, everyone. There'

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Foster Care System Is Flooded With Children Of The Opioid Epidemic

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. foster care system is overwhelmed in part because America's opioid crisis is overwhelming. Thousands of children have had to be taken out of the care of parents or a parent who is an addict. One of the states with the bigg

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Fascinating And Also A Little Bit Uncomfortable': Andrew Wyeth At 100

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: 2017 marked a hundred years since Andrew Wyeth was born. His Christina's World is one of the most iconic American paintings of all time, right alongside Whistler's Mother and Grant Wood's American Gothic. Karen Michel reports that

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Nutcracker' With An Alaskan Twist

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When you picture the Nutcracker ballet, what do you see? Dancing, dueling mice and wooden soldiers, the sugar plum fairy, maybe BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. What about a bald eagle and a fisherman? That's what you can

美国国家公共电台 NPR With 'Phantom Thread,' Director Paul Thomas Anderson Offers Audiences An Intimate Film

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This is a movie season where films compete to be bigger, louder and flashier. Right now you can choose to spend a couple of hours in a dark theater with jedis, monsters or singing circus impresarios. In the middle of all this comes

美国国家公共电台 NPR Heart 2 Sizes Too Small? Mr. Grinch, See Your Cardiologist

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's talk about the Grinch. He's best known for his psychological problems. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH) THURL RAVENSCROFT: (Singing) You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch. You're a nasty-wasty (ph) skunk. MARTIN:

美国国家公共电台 NPR Puerto Rican Island 'Still In Crisis Mode' 3 Months After Maria

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Hurricane Maria wiped out Puerto Rico's electrical grid in September. And as we've been reporting, getting the lights back on has been a slow and uneven process. On the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, residents face the prospect of