美国国家公共电台 NPR Retailers Scrambling To Adjust To Changing Consumer Habits

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There's something happening in the retail industry. So far this year, nine U.S. chains have filed for bankruptcy, and over the last five months, 89,000 workers have lost their jobs. And the surprising thing is that this is going

美国国家公共电台 NPR With National Monuments Under Review, Bears Ears Is Focus Of Fierce Debate

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The new interior secretary is keeping a promise to travel to the rural West and talk to people who are concerned about large national monuments that protect federal public land. Ryan Zinke's first stop is the new Bears Ears Natio

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Coal Jobs Decline, Solar Sector Shines

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For decades men without much education could make a very good living by mining coal. The loss of those jobs has stung as the coal industry has declined. Renewable power, especially solar power, is now where jobs are. So we wondered

美国国家公共电台 NPR Emmanuel Macron's Unconventional Candidacy Stems From An Unconventional Life

DAVID GREENE, HOST: French voters are going to pick their next president on Sunday. They are choosing between far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and a centrist newcomer, Emmanuel Macron. He's a former economy minister. He's seen as pro-business. He sa

美国国家公共电台 NPR Grooving To That 70s Beat, 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Return In Volume 2

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 opens in theaters this weekend. The film is on track for a $150 million opening, so reviews are probably irrelevant. But NPR's Bob Mondello has one anyway. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAX

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Every Culture Has A Norman': Richard Gere On Playing A Fixer And Wandering Jew

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Norman is a man in a nice camel coat who always pops up on the streets of Manhattan, dropping names, handing out cards, promising to connect you. But why? What's his angle? Who is he really? Norman stops a runner in Central Park to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Liev Schreiber On The 'Unsafe' Obsession With Celebrity And The Story Of 'Chuck'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today... (SOUNDBITE OF BILL CONTI'S GONNA FLY NOW) MARTIN: If you are a fan of boxing or blockbusters or both, then I don't need to tell you that that is the theme song to the 1976 film Rocky, which won several Oscars including B

美国国家公共电台 NPR Penelope Lively Ponders Pompeii — And Other Stories — In 'The Purple Swamp Hen'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One of the world's most lauded novelists has produced her first collection of short stories in decades. The Purple Swamp Hen And Other Stories is by Penelope Lively, the Man Booker Prize winner for Moon Tiger and the best-selling H

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Fantasy Short 'Forever Tree,' A Black Heroine Learns To Stop Playing Small

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For a third year, an Arkansas town is host to a Hollywood-style film festival started by Gina Davis, the Oscar-winning actress. The Bentonville Film Festival aims to headline creative works by women and filmmakers of color. Opening

美国国家公共电台 NPR Secretive Nonprofits Back Governors Around The Country

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: More secret money is finding its way into politics, this time at the state level. Perhaps even B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music, has made a contribution. Nonprofit groups have popped up around the country affiliated with

美国国家公共电台 NPR In North Korea's Capital, More Abundance Than Expected In Everyday Life

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Consumers in North Korea can now buy a local version of Spam, not to mention Oreo-like cookies from Vietnam. And in the capital Pyongyang at least, everyone's looking down at their cell phones. These are things that journalist Je

美国国家公共电台 NPR 3 Men, One Skyscraper And A Conflict-Of-Interest Concern In Foreign Policy

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Now, here's a story about two countries, three men and a skyscraper. NPR's Peter Overby looks at questions of how the Trump Tower in Manila might affect ties between the United States and the Philippines. PETER OVERBY, BYLINE: One

美国国家公共电台 NPR Businesses Push Back On Paid-Sick-Leave Laws

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: About three-quarters of private sector workers get paid sick leave, but there is no federal law requiring employers to pay for sick time. In recent years, dozens of states and local governments have passed their own laws, bills tha

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Places,' Please: Lea Michele Turns Back To Broadway

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Lea Michele is truly a Broadway baby. She was 8 years old when she was cast as young Cosette in Les Miz. Then came Ragtime, Fiddler On The Roof, Spring Awakening before she became Rachel Berry on the hit TV series Glee which had so

美国国家公共电台 NPR NPR's Bees (Moderate, Middle Of The Road Bees) Up And Left

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A swarm of potential stingers were unleashed on Washington, D.C., this week. This is not a political statement. A swarm of bees from one of the two hives atop NPR headquarters buzzed over the streets as they followed their queen ou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Writers Guild Of America Reaches A Tentative Deal With Studios

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The biggest drama here in Hollywood right now is whether the Writers Guild of America will go on strike. The union represents about 13,000 film and TV writers. And they voted to strike if no contract settlement is reached by midn

美国国家公共电台 NPR In His Post-Fed Life, Bernanke Talks Taxes, Trump And Partisan Perceptions

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ben Bernanke had to guard his public comments closely during the eight years he served as the world's most powerful central banker. His words could move global markets. He hasn't had to be quite as circumspect since leaving the F

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hacker Leaks 'Orange Is The New Black,' Threatens To Release Other Shows

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: This week, two stories about Hollywood and tech. First we start with a big hack. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, YOU'VE GOT TIME) REGINA SPEKTOR: (Singing) The animals, the animals trapped, trapped, trapped till the cage is full. ROBERT SIEG

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'American Gods,' Even Deities Have The Immigrant Experience

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The book American Gods by Neil Gaiman was written in 2001. And it is many things. It's a road novel. It's a collection of mythologies. It's a story about immigration. And now it's a TV show. It premiered last night on the cable n

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fox News Co-President Bill Shine Resigns

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Fox News co-president Bill Shine is out of a job today. He's the latest casualty in a sexual harassment scandal that has shaken the nation's top-rated cable news network. Shine was named to replace his longtime boss, Roger Ailes.