美国国家公共电台 NPR Terrance Hayes Speaks To American Racism In Latest Collection Of Poetry

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The poet Terrance Hayes first arrived on the scene in 1999 with a book called Muscular Music. Since then, he's won a huge number of literary prizes, including a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. He now has a new book out called Amer

美国国家公共电台 NPR 3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Google is giving millions of people access to 3D scans of ancient sites before they disappear. What happens to those scans is controversial. We take a look in this week's All Tech Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS' NOTHING

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Warns Summit With North Korea May Not Happen On Schedule

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is meeting today at the White House with South Korea's president Moon Jae-in. The two men are partners in an effort to strip North Korea of its nuclear weapons. But at times this has really been an uneasy partnersh

美国国家公共电台 NPR Congress Rolls Back Part Of Dodd-Frank, Easing Rules For Midsize, Smaller Banks

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The House passed a rollback of banking regulations yesterday. These are some of the Dodd-Frank rules meant to prevent a repeat of some of the worst abuses of the financial crisis. The White House says President Trump is expected

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Get Something That No One Else Has Gotten', Says Photographer Mark Seliger

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, Americans have seen celebrities through the gaze of Mark Seliger. He's a photographer whose work has appeared in magazines like Vanity Fair, GQ and Rolling Stone. Now a new coffee table book collects some of his best i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trying Physical Therapy First For Low Back Pain May Curb Use Of Opioids

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A new study finds that when people with low back pain get physical therapy early on, they end up saving money on health care. They're also less likely to use addictive painkillers. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports. PATTI NEIGHMOND, BY

美国国家公共电台 NPR Under Trump, Family Planning Funds Could Go To Groups That Oppose Contraception

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This week, the Trump administration moved to block organizations like Planned Parenthood from receiving federal family planning funds, and that announcement grew a lot of - drew a lot of headlines. What has gotten less attention i

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Troubled Kids, Some Schools Take Time Out For Group Therapy

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Resilience, grit, emotional intelligence - they've been hot topics in parenting and education circles for years. And research backs up the idea that students need social and emotional skills to succeed. Schools around the country a

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Voice Behind The 'Laurel' Or 'Yanny' Recording: Actor Jay Aubrey Jones

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you spent any time on the Internet this past week, you've probably heard, and then argued and argued, over this. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JAY AUBREY JONES: Laurel. Laurel. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Some say he's saying la

美国国家公共电台 NPR This Tiny Desk Contestant Braved The Elements Of Alaska To Pay Tribute To His Grandmother

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest has come and gone, but over the next couple of months here at WEEKEND EDITION, we wanted to highlight some of the standouts among the nearly 5,000 who submitted videos like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'My Fifth Career': Bettye LaVette Reinvents Bob Dylan For Herself

DON GONYEA, HOST: There's been no shortage of musicians who've covered Bob Dylan songs over the years - Jimi Hendrix, Old Crow Medicine Show, Emmylou Harris, Tracy Chapman. The list could probably go on for a year. A new take on Mr. Dylan's music is

美国国家公共电台 NPR USDA Unveils Prototypes For GMO Food Labels, And They're ... Confusing

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Foods that contain genetically modified ingredients will soon be required to have a special label. NPR's Merrit Kennedy reports that we're now seeing what that label might look like. MERRIT KENNEDY, BYLINE: About two years ago, Con

美国国家公共电台 NPR Classical Music Captures A Young Wife's Anxiety In 'On Chesil Beach'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To another newlyweds story and the story of two newlyweds who clash and connect over their differing musical tastes on their honeymoon night. This is the new film On Chesil Beach. It is based on the 2007 novel by British auth

美国国家公共电台 NPR The String Quartet As Chosen Family In 'The Ensemble'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Aja Gabel's new novel has cues for music for each section of the book, so let's queue up Dvorak's American in F Major. It's a love story, isn't it? (SOUNDBITE OF PERFORMANCE OF DVORAK'S STRING QUARTET NO. 12 IN F MAJOR) SIMON: As i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Baltimore Museum Says Goodbye Warhol, Hello Younger, More Diverse Collection

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, a painting by Kerry James Marshall sold for more than $21 million. It is believed to be the most ever paid for the work of a living black artist. The buyer was just revealed to be Sean Combs. It's the kind of work that m

美国国家公共电台 NPR At Least 10 Dead After School Shooting In Santa Fe, Texas

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At least nine dead and 10 more injured - those are the official numbers after another school shooting in the United States. This time it happened in Texas at Santa Fe High School outside Houston. Here's Governor Greg Abbott speakin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Royal Wedding Reflects A Changing Britain

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Tomorrow morning, millions across the globe are expected to tune in for the royal wedding. There will be the pageantry that the British do oh-so well. As NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, there's another story behind this royal w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Venezuela To Hold Presidential Election But Main Opposition Is Boycotting It

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Venezuelans are being asked to vote in a presidential election tomorrow. The result may seem a foregone conclusion. The autocratic Nicolas Maduro is expected to remain in power despite the economic catastrophe that engulfs his nati

美国国家公共电台 NPR House Farm Bill Fails As Conservatives Revolt Over Immigration

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: House Republican leaders suffered an embarrassing loss today with the failure of the $867 billion farm bill. The policy behind the bill was widely supported by Republicans, and it had the backing of President Trump. But conservativ

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'He Was My Everything': A Farmer's Wife Reflects On Her Husband's Suicide

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It is Friday, which is when we hear StoryCorps. It's also springtime, which is planting season for farmers. And the stress can take its toll. Farmers have one of the highest suicide rates of any job in the Un