美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Strangers Tend To Tell Me Things,' An Advice Columnist Comes Home

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Amy Dickinson says she grew up in a town of leavers and stayers - Freeville, N.Y. - but she may be the only person to leave then return. The author of the Ask Amy advice column that appears in newspapers across the country and regu

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Will People Who Are Already Sick Be Treated Under A New Health Law?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's ask Julie Rovner about the federal health law. Proposed changes to that law will be even more up for the public debate this week, as we learn just how much a Republican plan to replace Obamacare may cost. Julie's a longtime

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kentucky Community Hopes Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Fix Water System

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's talk about another issue that has been on President Trump's agenda. He's been promising to invest in infrastructure. And many hope that includes pipes for drinking water. A group of civil engineers last week gave the cou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases On The Rise In U.S.

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: Ticks are known to carry Lyme disease. You probably already know that. But there are about a dozen other diseases carried by ticks that are cropping up and spreading across this country. It's part of a trend around the world. Ove

美国国家公共电台 NPR Cheech Marin On How His Famed Comic Collaboration Was Like Chicano Art

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And it's David here with an invite. Come with me up a winding hill in LA to a house high above where the ocean meets the mountains. A woman is standing outside the gate. It's publicist Yvette Shearer. And she's with the man we are

美国国家公共电台 NPR Illinois Congressman On Why He Supports The Republican Health Care Plan

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: We want to turn now to Congressman Rodney Davis. He is a Republican speaking to us from Decatur, Ill., and he is in favor of the bill being advanced by House Republicans. Congressman Davis, thanks so much for joining us. RODNEY D

美国国家公共电台 NPR Falling Stars: Negative Yelp Reviews Target Trump Restaurants, Hotels

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: NPR has done a lot of reporting on links between Donald Trump's presidency and his business interests, how serving in the White House may be enriching Trump and his family. But in one way at least, Trump's political career might be

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Adviser's Warning About Food Supply Takeover Met With Skepticism

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The White House's top trade adviser is offering a bleak and suspicious view of global trade. The head of the president's National Trade Council says foreign firms buying U.S. companies pose a threat to national security. As NPR's C

美国国家公共电台 NPR Patton Oswalt Explains How Pop Culture Gets Grieving All Wrong

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The comedian Patton Oswalt has starred in TV and movies like the sitcom The King of Queens and the animated film Ratatouille. He got his start in standup comedy. And he told me he always thinks of that work as issues of a magazine.

美国国家公共电台 NPR What's Inside 'The Hearts Of Men'? A New Novel Forages For Answers

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In his second novel, The Hearts Of Men, writer Nickolas Butler explores what it means to be a good man in a changing America. The story begins with an unlikely friendship struck at a Boy Scouts camp and unfolds over three generat

美国国家公共电台 NPR What's Next For South Korea After Ousting Its President

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There are celebrations in the streets of Seoul the day after the decision to remove South Korea's president, Park Geun-hye, from office over a corruption scandal. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing in Korean). SIMO

美国国家公共电台 NPR 14-Year-Old Who Fled South Sudan: 'They're Killing Women, Children'

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: South Sudan is in the midst of a brutal civil war. Thousands of people have died. Millions have been displaced. Most of the people fleeing to refugee camps in neighboring Uganda are women and children. Some of them spoke with NPR

美国国家公共电台 NPR In A Crucial Election Year, Worries Grow In Germany About Fake News

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a lot of talk right now about so-called fake news, which, to be clear, is when fabricated stories are packaged as legitimate journalism. It's a problem other democracies are dealing with as well - in Germany, for example,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Engineers Say Tax Increase Needed To Save Failing U.S. Infrastructure

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: President Trump often talks about the poor condition of the nation's roads, bridges, tunnels and airports. Well, today, the nation's civil engineers joined him in telling us just how bad it is. The American Society of Civil Engin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Closer To Creating A Fully Synthetic Yeast Genome

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Scientists have taken a big step towards making synthetic life. In other words, they figured out how to create a living thing with DNA that was written in a lab. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein has the details. ROB STEIN, BYLI

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Arizona, Program To Recruit Police To Help ICE Agents Gets Mixed Reviews

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An Arizona county is taking a long second look at its cooperation with the federal government. Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, was overseen for years by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He promoted himself as the country's toughest s

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Fast-Tracks Missile Defense System To South Korea, Drawing China's Ire

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: North Korea's missile tests and the United States' response have stirred debate among North Korea's neighbors. The latest missile shots into the sea were seen as a provocation. And a day later, the United States said it had start

美国国家公共电台 NPR Treat Gun Violence Like A Public Health Crisis, One Program Says

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: As shootings and homicides continue to devastate some Chicago neighborhoods, advocates are advising people to treat it as a public health crisis. Other cities like New York have embraced this model and say it's helped reduce gun vi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Author Unravels Her Spy Dad's Life, One Secret Mission At A Time

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Keggie Carew's father, Tom Carew, was known as Lawrence of Burma and The Mad Irishman. In her new book Dadland, we find out why. It's a memoir that combines espionage and war stories with reflections on parent-child relationships.

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Boost Trump Wiretap Claims, White House Leans On Unlikely Source

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Congress is seeking evidence to support President Trump's claims that the Obama administration tapped his phones during his campaign. Trump has offered no such proof. His aides have pointed to news articles, including an apparent s