美国国家公共电台 NPR Thousands Of Fire Evacuees To Spend The Holiday Without Homes

Thousands Of Fire Evacuees To Spend The Holiday Without Homes STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Many people in Northern California are away from home this holiday week because their homes were destroyed by the Camp Fire. NPR's Elise Hu reports on how some are spe

美国国家公共电台 NPR Migrant Kids Survive Hardship To Reunite With Parents. Then What?

Migrant Kids Survive Hardship To Reunite With Parents. Then What? SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We've heard a good deal lately about migrant families being separated at the southern border, but most migrant children coming to the U.S. from Central America in re

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: Amazon Deal In New York Creates Some Unlikely Allies

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In these days of polarized politics, there was a small sign of a coalition this week. Voices that range - and it's quite a range - on the left, from the newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a democrati

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Authenticity Is My Rebellion': Viola Davis On 'Widows,' Steve McQueen And Legacy

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, WIDOWS) VIOLA DAVIS: (As Veronica) My husband left me the plans for his next job. All I need is a crew to pull it off. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Here's the premise of Widows, the action-packed heist thriller from director Steve McQueen

美国国家公共电台 NPR Behind 'The Kominsky Method,' A Sitcom King (He Prefers 'Court Jester')

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The sitcom king is back with a series in which both the sit and the com may be unexpected. Chuck Lorre, the mind behind huge hits that include Two And A Half Men, Mike Molly and The Big Bang Theory, has created a series for Netflix

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Green Book: Celebrating 'The Bible of Black Travel'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Green Book is a new movie that chronicles a prominent black musician and his white driver's tour through the Deep South in 1962. The title comes from a popular and essential guide that told African-American travelers where they cou

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Rise Of The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Glory Edim loves to read, and she loves to talk, so she started a book club. And then she started inviting authors to come and discuss their books. She set up an Instagram account and began publishing a newsletter. Soon, she'd crea

美国国家公共电台 NPR Firearms And Dementia: How Do You Convince A Loved One To Give Up Their Guns?

LINDSEY SMITH, HOST: Hey, it's Lindsey. Everything in this series will make a lot more sense if you start with Episode 1. Also, a warning, we're going to talk about sexual assault in explicit terms. And there's some swearing. KATE WELLS, HOST: Dr. Su

美国国家公共电台 NPR Say Au Revoir To That Hunk Of Metal In France That Has Defined The Kilogram

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So every time you weigh something, whether it's coffee or bananas - I'm not sure what you're weighing - you might be doing it in pounds - well, whatever you're doing, you're unknowingly relying on a global system of measurement th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Maryland Says Matthew Whitaker Appointment As Acting Attorney General Is Unlawful

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump's choice of Matthew Whitaker to be the acting attorney general is running into a whole lot of opposition - and not just from Democrats. Two former attorneys general from the George W. Bush administration are quest

美国国家公共电台 NPR Childbirth In The Age Of Addiction: New Mom Worries About Maintaining Her Sobriety

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's common to use opioids during childbirth. They're administered in epidurals and during C-sections. Women are often sent home with a bottle of pills. For most women, it doesn't become a problem. But for mothers recovering from a

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Decrease Bird Kills, Cat Lovers Team Up With Bird Lovers In D.C. Cat Count

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Herding cats - difficult. So how about counting cats? Researchers in Washington, D.C., have just begun work on a three-year, $1.5 million cat census to get a definitive count of how many cats there are in the city. But why

美国国家公共电台 NPR 100 Years Ago, A U.S. Pilot Saw An 'End To The Sorrow' On Armistice Day

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: On this day 100 years ago, Allies of World War I and Germany laid down their arms. In this audio recording from 1975 of Army Air Corps pilot Fenton Caldwell, he remembers the exact moment. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

美国国家公共电台 NPR Reporting On Mass Shootings: A Familiar Heartbreaking Script

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wednesday, 12 people were killed in a Western-themed bar before the shooter is believed to have turned the gun on himself. It has become an all-too-common scene. According to Gun Violence Archive, an ind

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mysterious Suitcase Helps Connecticut Man Discover His Grandfather's WWII Service

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now we have a story about a young African-American boy who grew up with two mysteries. One was his grandmother's old suitcase. It was full of stuff she shared with no one. The other mystery was about the boy's grandfather, who

美国国家公共电台 NPR Retailers Plan To Clear Deadly Paint Removers From Shelves, As EPA Delays Ban

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Families across the United States are fighting with the federal government over a deadly chemical. Dozens of people have died from inhaling methylene chloride. This is an ingredient in common paint removers. NPR's Rebecca Hersher

美国国家公共电台 NPR Clinics That Provide Abortions Anxious After An Uptick In Threats Of Violence

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'd like to get an update now on a story from some years ago, a story that has abortion providers around the country on edge. A woman convicted decades ago of attempting to murder a doctor who performed abortions was released fr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Activist Shaun King On Why He's Reviving Frederick Douglass' 'North Star' Paper

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to continue our conversation about the media with someone who's looking to the future by reviving a newspaper from the past. One hundred and seventy years ago, Frederick Douglass published one of the most influential

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'It's Lovely Being Mean': Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Into Character As The Grinch

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sometimes, it seems like there's no role Benedict Cumberbatch can't play. He's been the iconic British detective... (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, SHERLOCK) BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH: (As Sherlock Holmes) She's got a West Highland terri

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Big Little Lies' Author Places 'Perfect Strangers' In A High-End Health Resort

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Nine perfect strangers gather at a high-end wellness retreat looking for transformation. They end up getting a lot more than they bargained for in Liane Moriarty's new novel. She is the author of Big Little Lies, among many