美国国家公共电台 NPR What Really Happened At That Robotics Competition You've Heard So Much About

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, a highly anticipated robotics competition for 15 to 18 year olds from 157 nations ended in controversy - the way it began. On Wednesday, six members of the team from the East African country of Burundi vanished. The team

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Log Trucks And Fishing Boats Leave, Gold Beach Tries To Remake Its Identity

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This summer, NPR reporters are going home, back to the communities where they grew up, to see how their hometowns may have changed. The rural Pacific coast town of Gold Beach, Ore. is where Jeff Brady lived until 1985. On his trip

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Largest U.S. Latino Advocacy Group Changes Its Name, Sparking Debate

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: One of the country's biggest Latino advocacy groups has a new name. This month, the National Council of La Raza became UnidosUS. As NPR's Jessica Diaz-Hurtado reports, the group hopes to appeal to a new generation. JESSICA DIAZ-H

美国国家公共电台 NPR 3 Top Ballet Companies Convene For The Golden Anniversary Of 'Jewels'

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There's a very important meeting tonight in New York City involving Russian, American and French ballet dancers. They have gathered in a bit of cultural diplomacy at Lincoln Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Bala

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Last Chance U': Netflix Docuseries Follows Troubled Community College Football Stars

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The second season of Last Chance U begins tomorrow. It's a documentary series on Netflix that follows the football team at East Mississippi Community College. It's one of the most successful junior college programs in the nation.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Yes, Some Comics Are For Kids — And They're Big Business

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Comic books have long engaged young and old. But these days, there is a new batch of graphic novels that is especially aimed at children. NPR Books editor Petra Mayer went to San Diego Comic-Con to check them out. PETRA MAYER, BYLI

美国国家公共电台 NPR More Money, More Problems For Amazon

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So when it comes to shopping online, Americans have a clear favorite. It is Amazon. One of every two dollars spent online is spent there. Thursday, the company announced a phenomenal quarter. But as the online shopping giant bran

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Germany, A Comedy Renaissance

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There's a stereotype that Germans aren't funny. One reason for that is the World War II era. That's when the Nazis sent Jewish entertainers to the death camps. And many non-Jewish German comedians refused to perform under the Thi

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Mexico, Comedian Breaks New Ground And Gender Barrier

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We're going to meet one of Mexico's most popular standuperos (ph), stand-up comedians. Sofia Nino de Rivera is among those in the country giving comedy a new voice. Comedians in Mexico have long been controlled by the leading tel

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety's Sake

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Self-driving cars have reached the point where they can predict what cars or bikes or pedestrians are going to do. And they lack the worst of human impulses. But until all cars are fully autonomous, sharing the road is still goin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Defense Attorney For Police In 'Algiers Motel Shooting': 'Am I A Soulless Person?'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now for another reflection on the 50th anniversary of the Detroit riots. Yesterday, we spoke with Kathryn Bigelow, the Oscar-winning director whose latest film Detroit examines one of the most notorious incidents from the '67 upr

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Going There': 3 Prominent Detroit Natives Reflect On The 1967 Riot

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin coming to you from WDET in Detroit, Mich. We've been here all week checking out the city, the people, the places, the issues, what people here call Old Detroit and Ne

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Veteran TV News Anchor Pens A Prescient Novel In 'Amanda Wakes Up'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A young upstart reporter at a national news network, a political newcomer fresh from Hollywood, his opponent - a female senator firmly rooted in the establishment, a ratings-obsessed media mogul - does any of this sound fam

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kathryn Bigelow's 'Detroit' Revisits An American Tragedy: The Algiers Motel Incident

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm on Woodward Avenue in Detroit on the site of what used to be the Algiers Motel. It's gone now. It's a park. But this was the scene of a notorious incident from a week that saw too many of them. A group of white police officer

美国国家公共电台 NPR As The Climate Changes, Kenyan Herders Find Centuries-Old Way Of Life In Danger

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Kenya's Rift Valley has played a fundamental role in the evolution of humanity. For centuries, nomadic herders have relied on the vast expanses of grass in order to survive. But recently, all that grass has died. As part of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sentencing Approaches for New England's 'Codfather'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A fishing mogul known as the Codfather could be sentenced to prison this week for tax evasion and smuggling. Carlos Rafael built a small empire in New Bedford, Mass., and the confiscation of his boats would deliver a harsh

美国国家公共电台 NPR When A Historically Black University's Neighborhood Turns White

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The real estate market here in the nation's capital appears as strong as ever. And high demand for housing means neighborhoods are changing. People with money are moving into low-income areas. And predominantly African-American a

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Memoir Unpacks The Life And Tragic Death Of 'The Hot One'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When Carolyn Murnick met her childhood best friend Ashley, it was like love at first sight. They were in elementary school. Ashley just moved into the area. And they became inseparable, sharing all their secrets and dreams.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Offers A Look At Up-And-Coming Talent

NOEL KING, HOST: This week, comedian Jerry Seinfeld performed to a packed stadium in Montreal. He was in Canada as part of the annual comedy festival called Just For Laughs. Now, at the same time at the same festival about 10 minutes away, a group of

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Game Of Thrones' Producers Venture Down More Controversial Path With 'Confederate'

NOEL KING, HOST: Imagine this - a TV show that sparks intense controversy, dozens of opinion pieces and tweets and radio segments without ever having aired, without even a single episode being written yet. That's what happened when HBO announced Game