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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Friends and neighbors, a new movie is making its way to your town from The Rock - Dwayne Johnson, former pro wrestler, current action movie superstar. It's called Skyscraper. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, SKYSCRAPER) DWAYNE JOHNSON: (As

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actress Marsha Hunt, 100, Has Matters Of Principle

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Here's something pretty wonderful. Meet actress Marsha Hunt. Now 100 years old, she was part of the golden age of Hollywood and then the golden age of live television. Off screen, she lived through the McCarthy era and survive

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Phone Call Changes Everything In Ann Tyler's 'Clock Dance'

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Anne Tyler's latest novel is about a woman in her 60s who married young, had two children and then is widowed young. She remarries and finds her life truly changed by a phone call that was probably made in error. But, of cours

美国国家公共电台 NPR The 'Nanette' Phenomenon

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Have you seen Nanette? That is the question I kept hearing in the hallways, reading all over social media. And then when I saw Nanette, I couldn't stop asking that question myself. Nanette is Hannah Gadsby's stand-up comedy special

美国国家公共电台 NPR Get To Know Andrew Wheeler, Ex-Coal Lobbyist With Inside Track To Lead EPA

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Environmental Protection Agency gets a new leader next week. Andrew Wheeler will take over as acting administrator. Of course this is because Scott Pruitt resigned yesterday amid many allegations of ethical violations. We'll ge

美国国家公共电台 NPR Figure Out How To Cheaply Fix Algae Blooms And Win $10 Million

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Summertime brings algae blooms to many parts of the country - those mats of bright green organisms that can blanket waterways. In places like Florida's Lake Okeechobee, the blooms hurt tourism. They kill fish. They threaten w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Family Caregivers Exchange Tips, Share Stories To Ease Alzheimer's Losses

NOEL KING, HOST: People who are living with Alzheimer's disease need caregivers. And often, that job falls to a family member or a close friend. It is a difficult role. And now some caregivers are getting some extra support. Blake Farmer reports from

美国国家公共电台 NPR Gillian Flynn's 'Sharp Objects' Is A Whodunit ... And A Who Is She?

NOEL KING, HOST: With the success of Gone Girl, the novelist Gillian Flynn helped spawn a bunch of best-selling mystery novels featuring deeply flawed women as the main character. Flynn's first novel Sharp Objects was turned down by many publishers w

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Student Remembers Her School's 'Lunch Man,' Philando Castile

NOEL KING, HOST: And it's time now for a StoryCorps. Today marks two years since the death of Philando Castile. He was a black man killed by a police officer after being pulled over in Minnesota. To students at J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School, Cas

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Boys In The Band opened off-Broadway 50 years ago. Since then, the play has been lionized as a groundbreaking portrayal of gay life in the 1960s. But it's also been criticized for depicting attitudes that run counter to the cur

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Success Of Society Run Amok: What Does 'The Purge' Say About Us?

AILSA CHANG, HOST: In a not-so-distant dystopian future, people are pitted against their neighbors one night a year. And on that night, all crime, including murder, is legal. That is the premise of an incredibly successful horror movie franchise. The

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Democrats, Pragmatists Are Still Trumping Progressives Where It Counts

NOEL KING, HOST: Democrats are having an identity crisis. Last week, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat New York Democrat Joe Crowley in a major upset. Ocasio-Cortez ran on a bold, progressive platform. And so now there is a lot of talk about

美国国家公共电台 NPR Northwest Ranchers Have Beef With Trump's Trade Wars, But Still Support Him

NOEL KING, HOST: Ranchers are bracing to lose money as tariffs hit beef exports in the U.S. this week. Many of them still support President Trump. Anna King reports for the Northwest News Network. ANNA KING, BYLINE: When it comes to the trade wars, J

美国国家公共电台 NPR A 63-Year-Old Lifeguard

A 63-Year-Old Lifeguard LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This year's summer weather is broiling. And if you're off to the beach or pool to cool off, you might notice a different type of lifeguard on watch - seniors. And we're not talking about the high sch

美国国家公共电台 NPR Vieques Still Finding Its Footing After Hurricane Destruction

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: The Island of Vieques is part of Puerto Rico, but it is set apart, too, a short distance off the big island's eastern coast. Vieques is an isolated place known for its remote beaches and for the decades during which the U.S. N

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Find New Tricks For Old Drugs

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Most drugs have side effects, but sometimes it's actually good news. For example, what if the side effects of a cheap and common drug would actually help you fight off the flu? This is not as far-fetched as it might seem, as NPR sc

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Push For A Gender-Neutral Siri

AILSA CHANG, HOST: I'm Ailsa Chang with All Tech Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS' NOTHING HAPPENS IN JUNE) CHANG: Have you ever noticed something that most virtual assistants have in common? Just take a listen. SIRI: My name is Siri. CORTAN

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Tries To Derail WHO Resolution Endorsing Breastfeeding

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A resolution on breastfeeding was expected to easily be approved by government delegates who had gathered in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. The resolution said mother's milk is the healthiest for c

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trade War With China Heats Up, But Tariff Effects Are Already Rippling Across U.S.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many American companies are anxious about the trade war with China. It escalated last week when the two economic superpowers imposed tariffs on each other's imports. But trade battles have been going on since the start of the year

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Repel Ticks, Try Spraying Your Clothes With A Pesticide That Mimics Mums

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have been reporting on the rise of some really nasty diseases caused by tick bites - everything from Lyme disease to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Well, now a new study is shedding light on an old technique to repel ticks that