美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Ready Player One' Is Full Of '80s Nostalgia And 'Easter Eggs'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The young adult bestseller Ready Player One is about the search for an Easter egg - not the kind that kids will search for this weekend, Easter egg in the sense of an unexpected bonus feature, the kind found in video games. Filmmak

美国国家公共电台 NPR Time's Running Out For Many Frail, Older People In Puerto Rico

NOEL KING, HOST: Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico more than six months ago, and for people living on tight budgets, the storm's economic aftermath has been an enormous challenge. Reporter Sarah Varney went to the suburb of San Juan and she met a retir

美国国家公共电台 NPR Christian Colleges Are Tangled In Their Own LGBT Policies

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have reported here before on a conflict between Christian conservatives and supporters of LGBT rights. Religious colleges can be a battleground in that struggle. Many of those schools hold to a belief that marriage is only for

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dept. Of Education Fail: Teachers Lose Grants, Forced To Repay Thousands In Loans

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have some exclusive reporting from NPR to bring you this morning. For years, the U.S. government has tried to entice promising college students to become teachers in schools that serve lots of low-income families. They've done

美国国家公共电台 NPR Frustrated Supreme Court Looks For A Solution To Partisan Gerrymandering

NOEL KING, HOST: The curtain rises today on Act 2 of extreme partisan gerrymandering, a play in three acts currently onstage at the U.S. Supreme Court. NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg updates the plotline of the biggest legal controv

美国国家公共电台 NPR Solo Karaoke Booths Open In China

NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm Noel King. There are certain things that are really fun as long as you're really good at them. Karaoke - if you've got a beautiful voice, you probably love it. If you're tone-deaf like me, singing in public is a nig

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Americana Hymnal For The Doomsday Cult Of 'Far Cry 5'

(SOUNDBITE OF DAN ROMER'S NOW THAT THIS OLD WORLD IS ENDING) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The award-winning composer Dan Romer is best known for scoring TV shows and films like Beasts Of The Southern Wild. Recently his career took a turn from movies to video g

美国国家公共电台 NPR Salvation Army Opens Its First-Ever Supermarket, In Baltimore

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: City leaders in Baltimore estimate that nearly a quarter of people there lack access to healthy food. Many go to mini-marts for groceries where prices can be high and fresh produce scarce. Now the Salvation Army is trying to fill t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Do Women Candidates Have An Advantage In 2018?

NOEL KING, HOST: Voters in the U.S. have not always seen women and men as equals in politics. Research has shown that women running for office have to work extra hard to be seen as likable and to prove their qualifications. But in a year when women a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Under Oath: Sometimes Combative, Often Boastful, Usually Lacking Details

NOEL KING, HOST: President Trump has said that he wants to testify in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. He may also have to testify in two pending lawsuits. Trump has a long history of suing and being sued. And as a result, he's

美国国家公共电台 NPR TV Series 'Trust' Revisits 1973 Kidnapping Of Oil Tycoon J. Paul Getty's Grandson

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The 1973 kidnapping of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's grandson in Italy was the subject of the recent movie All The Money In The World. Now it's the center of a new TV series called Trust. It debuted yesterday on FX. NPR TV critic Eric

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Naomi Alderman's Podcast, Listeners Walk Into The Story

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This next story takes us inside a dystopian thriller called The Walk. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SHAPIRO: It's a tale of mistaken identity, terrorism and a life or death mission to walk across Scotland. The format is unusual. The Walk is

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kim Jong Un Talks Nukes On Secret Trip To China

DAVID GREENE, HOST: North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, is not known to have left his country on an overseas trip until this week. He went where North Korean leaders normally go for their first foreign visits, neighboring China. And he did it in

美国国家公共电台 NPR Birth Control Apps Find A Big Market In 'Contraception Deserts'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: You know, there seems to be a smartphone app for everything. You need a taxi, you use a ride-sharing app. You want food, you have delivery apps that are a dime a dozen. Well, now access to birth control is a few clicks away. Onlin

美国国家公共电台 NPR CIA Recruiting: The Rare Topic The Spy Agency Likes To Talk About

NOEL KING, HOST: The CIA does not often speak publicly, which makes sense. It's the CIA. But when it comes to recruiting, the agency can't seem to stop talking. NPR's Greg Myre went to CIA headquarters and brought back this story. GREG MYRE, BYLINE:

美国国家公共电台 NPR Judd Apatow Mines The Mystery Of His Mentor: Garry Shandling

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Judd Apatow was just a kid when he saw the comedian who would change his life. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, THE TONIGHT SHOW) JOHNNY CARSON: Would you welcome Garry Shandling? GREENE: He was watching The Tonight Show. (SOUNDBITE OF TV S

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Morning Star' Opera Sheds New Light On Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Of 1911

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Today marks the anniversary of the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City history. In 1911, 146 garment workers - most of them immigrants - lost their lives in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The fire devastat

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill, Averting A Government Shutdown

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump has signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill, but he made a point of saying he wasn't happy about it. And that signature only came after the president set up a reality television-style cliffhanger. NPR White House cor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Washington, D.C., Residents House Students Coming In For Gun Control March

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The student-led anti-gun violence rally March For Our Lives takes place in Washington this weekend. Since D.C. hotels are expensive, a number of area residents are opening up their homes free of charge to the students and familie

美国国家公共电台 NPR Illinois Town Tries Hard To Wean Off Steel

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Workers in traditional steel towns across the country are rejoicing over President Trump's steep tariffs on imported steel that go into effect tomorrow. Already, U.S. Steel is calling back 500 laid-off workers to restart one of its