美国国家公共电台 NPR Earning A 2-Year Degree While Serving A 6-Year Sentence

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And we have one more issue in education for you. For the last year, inmates in some prisons have been able to use federal Pell Grants to take college courses and earn degrees while serving time. It's an Obama-era pilot program. N

美国国家公共电台 NPR Nevada Voters, Divided Over Health Care, Put Moderate Republican In Tough Spot

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: When senators come back to Washington on Monday, a handful of Republicans will decide the fate of a bill that could reshape health care in America. Republicans have been promising for years to repeal and replace the Affordable Ca

美国国家公共电台 NPR Montana Insurers Say Medicaid Cuts Would Drive Up Cost Of Private Health Plans

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Many of those who support the deep cuts to Medicaid called for in the Republican health care bills say it's simply too expensive. But some health insurers say if Medicaid shrinks, that could lead to higher costs for everyone. Eri

美国国家公共电台 NPR Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Staying with health care, we turn now to a new report on Alzheimer's disease. African-Americans are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia compared to those who are white. NPR's Jon Hamilton r

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Novel Explores 'What We Lose' When We Lose A Parent

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Who do we become when we lose a parent? That transformation is at the heart of Zinzi Clemmons' novel What We Lose. The central character, Thandi, grapples with the loss of her mother to cancer, a woman she revered but often

美国国家公共电台 NPR Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe Brings Dance Education To Paris' Underserved Communities

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to Paris where audiences are enjoying the first stop of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's European tour. For almost 60 years, the company has been performing modern dance inspired by the African-American experience. (S

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Chile, Many Regard Climate Change As The Greatest External Threat

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This summer, we are taking a deeper look at climate change and the profound effect it's having on people around the world. Today, we're going to Chile in South America. NPR's Philip Reeves visited a community whose landscap

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Dirt Is Good': Why Kids Need Exposure To Germs

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's summertime. And if you have a young kid, chances are they're covered in a film of sweat and dirt. It can be kind of gross. We went to New York Avenue Park in Washington, D.C., and asked parents how comfortable they are

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Challenges Hawaii Judge's Expansion of Relatives Exempt From Travel Ban

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A federal judge in Hawaii says grandparents should be exempt from President Trump's travel ban. An order issued late Thursday greatly expands the list of family relationships that allow visa applicants from six mostly Muslim countr

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Jersey Museum Holds A Stash Of 221-Year-Old Madeira Wine

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Happy Friday. Time for a drink. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Bill Schroh has a bottle that he may or may not open for happy hour. BILL SCHROH: It has a very clear label. It says Lenox Madeira, Robert Lenox of Philadelphia. And it has a dat

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Lady Macbeth' Turns Sound And Fury Into Victorian Noir

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The new movie Lady Macbeth doesn't deal with royalty or take place in medieval Scotland. It's not even based on Shakespeare. But our critic Bob Mondello says the leading lady still lives up to the title. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: We

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lawrence Osborne Doesn't Care If You Like His Characters In 'Beautiful Animals'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Lawrence Osborne is a writer whose life and work are deeply connected to places. He has set books in Morocco, Cambodia and France, and he has lived in half a dozen countries all over the world. He joined me from a studio in Bangkok

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Planet Of The Apes,' Caesar Embodies A Flawed But Fearless Leader

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The third and final movie in the Planet Of The Apes trilogy opens today. In this retelling of the original movies, the apes are in an epic battle for their survival. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES) ANDY SERKIS

美国国家公共电台 NPR At This Summer Camp, Horn Players Of All Ages Find Community

(SOUNDBITE OF CRICKETS) SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's summer. You can pack the car, slather on some sunscreen and head to camp. And this summer, we're visiting a few of the most unusual camps around the country. There is a retreat in New Hampshire where ho

美国国家公共电台 NPR Computer Scientists Demonstrate The Potential For Faking Video

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have an update now from the wild, Wild West of fake news technology. This is a little scary. A team of computer scientists figured out how to make words come out of the mouth of former President Barack Obama on video by using a

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'You're Never Too Old To Screw Up': Keegan-Michael Key On 'Friends From College'

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There's this great recurring sketch from the Comedy Central show Key And Peele where Jordan Peele plays President Obama and Keegan-Michael Key plays his alter ego, the guy who's actually allowed to say what Obama thinks. He's cal

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Saturday Night Live' And 'Westworld' Scoop Up Most Emmy Nominations

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Our TV critic Eric Deggans often says there is so much good TV out there these days the Emmys are a way to help us know what's good and what we should pay attention to. So now that the Emmy nominations are out, let's talk about t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Natural Gas Building Boom Fuels Climate Worries, Enrages Landowners

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Pretty soon, the United States might be producing more natural gas than it needs. And yet, there is a pipeline construction boom in the Northeast. Critics say this may be less about providing gas and more about profit. StateImpact

美国国家公共电台 NPR Artist Louie Gong Brings Authentic Native American Art To Mainstream Business

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's head to the other side of the country now. In Washington state, a member of the Nooksack Indian Tribe wants to change how you think about Native American art. Louie Gong is an artist and entrepreneur, and he wants to move p

美国国家公共电台 NPR HBO Summer: 'Game Of Thrones' And More Return

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's July, but if you're an HBO subscriber and a fan of intense explicit television, winter is here. (SOUNDBITE OF RAMIN DJAWADI'S MAIN TITLE) MARTIN: Tonight, HBO will begin airing the penultimate season of its hit drama Game Of