美国国家公共电台 NPR Janelle Monáe On Her 'Dirty,' World-Dominating Year

AILSA CHANG, HOST: 2018 has been a good year for Janelle Monae. She was named Billboard Women in Music's trailblazer of the year, Glamour's woman of the year. Her album Dirty Computer is Grammy nominated for best album of the year. It can also be fou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Like Moths To A Flame: Why Modern-Day Guests Always Gather In The Kitchen

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Across the country, people prepare for holiday parties, set out candles on the mantel, fold a blanket over that stain on the couch. But for all the work that's done to try and make a beautiful, welcoming living room, many guests ju

美国国家公共电台 NPR Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Surgery For Lung Cancer

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for early stage lung cancer. The odds for a full recovery from the disease at that stage have dramatically improved in recent years. That said, this is the 85-year-old lib

美国国家公共电台 NPR How To Make Exercise A Habit That Sticks

ALLISON AUBREY, HOST: You are committed to exercise. You've dusted off the gym shoes. You are going to bridge that divide between thinking about it and actually doing it regularly - oops, but that was Monday - and Tuesday. Ooh, Wednesday's slipping b

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Find A Brain Circuit That Could Explain Seasonal Depression

NOEL KING, HOST: Today is the winter solstice. It's the shortest day of the year, and this is also a time of year when a lot of people feel down or depressed. Now scientists think they have new information on why short days lead to such dark moods. N

美国国家公共电台 NPR FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn't Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Congress is on the verge of approving a temporary spending bill and avoiding a government shutdown. The Senate passed a short-term measure last night. It heads to the House now. Still, President Trump has not said whether he will

美国国家公共电台 NPR VA Says It Will Stop Arbitrarily Dropping Caregivers From Program

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: For the past two years, NPR has been reporting on shortcomings in one of the VA's most popular and most troubled programs. The Caregiver Assistance Program pays stipends to family members, mostly wives and mothers, who care f

美国国家公共电台 NPR Here Are The 'Outside The Box' Progressive Ideas 2020 Democrats Are Pitching

DAVID GREENE, HOST: With November's midterm elections already a distant memory, Democrats are now shuffling to see who will top their ticket on Election Day in 2020. And a part of that is, of course, testing out new policies. As NPR's Danielle Kurtzl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Wolves Are Back In Germany, But Not Always Welcome

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So if you live in the Western United States, you know that wolves can be a real point of contention. Things can get pretty heated when the government helps to restore wolves back to a region over the objections of local ranchers a

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Changing The Mindset': Female Inmates In Training For A Life After Prison

NOEL KING, HOST: More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and recidivism is a major concern. Finding a legitimate job is one of the biggest obstacles for people released from prison. The Washington Corrections Center for Wome

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Houses Themselves Become Fuel For Wildfires

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This year, California saw the most destructive wildfire season in its history. Take last month's Camp Fire in Northern California, which decimated more than 18,000 structures, many of them homes in the town of Paradise. It's

美国国家公共电台 NPR If You Feel Thankful, Write It Down. It's Good For Your Health

NOEL KING, HOST: If you're still scrambling this Christmas Eve to find a last-minute present, you may want to consider a gratitude journal. A growing body of research shows that logging your thanks can boost your mental and maybe even your physical h

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trinidad And Tobago Remixes Caribbean Christmas Traditions

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is famous for calypso and soca, the infectious music that takes center stage during Carnival. But during the Christmas season, another type of music dominates. John Otis is going to tell us

美国国家公共电台 NPR Book 'Without Borders' By 80+ Artists Lets Kids Color Outside The Lines

NOEL KING, HOST: The new book Coloring Without Borders is not a typical coloring book. Yes, there are pictures of two bears looking for breakfast and some birds looking for friends and a fantasy city and a treehouse. But the captions are in both Engl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is Santa Real? A Doubting Brother And The Gift Of A Mother's Voice

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: So let's say Santa and his helpers have settled on all the gifts - hopefully, good ones - and made it down the chimney or however he gets there. Most of us will have our cameras ready to capture the moment. But, not so long ago,

美国国家公共电台 NPR This Yente Found The Perfect Match, Performing 'Fiddler' In Yiddish

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, Fiddler On The Roof. If you think you know it word for word, you're probably not wrong. It's been one of the best-known, most loved and most often staged productions since its Broadway premiere in 1964, but you

美国国家公共电台 NPR How The Partial Government Shutdown Could Affect You

NOEL KING, HOST: This morning, a partial government shutdown continues. It started on Saturday after lawmakers failed to agree on a set of spending bills. The main sticking point was President Trump's demand for $5 billion for border wall funding. Th

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Madoff Victims, Scars Remain 10 Years Later

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Ten years ago, this country was reeling from the worst financial crisis in decades, and in the middle of it all came shocking news. Bernie Madoff, a pillar of Wall Street, was arrested for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This just in - research published in a major medical journal concludes that a parachute is no more effective than an empty backpack. But before you leap to any conclusions, hear the whole story from NPR science correspondent Richar

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Asylum-Seekers Waiting In Mexico, Volunteers Offer Medical Help

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Thousands of Central American migrants are living in shelters across Tijuana, waiting for their chance to ask for asylum at the U.S. border. They're living in close quarters, and as the temperatures drop, there are concerns about t