美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Young Karl Marx' Looks Inside The Mind Of A Revolutionary

'The Young Karl Marx' Looks Inside The Mind Of A Revolutionary SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: We're now going to discuss a movie about a 19th century revolutionary who'd probably have plenty to say about current times. The Young Karl Marx is a new biopic from

美国国家公共电台 NPR David Bazan Resurrects Pedro The Lion After More Than A Decade

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: The indie rock band Pedro the Lion is known for its sometimes dreary lyrics that take on internal conflict often filled with religious angst. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE FLEECING) PEDRO THE LION: (Singing) Who shall I blame for this

美国国家公共电台 NPR Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood On The Music Of 'Phantom Thread'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lots of kids dream of growing up to be rock stars, and the British musician Jonny Greenwood was no different. JONNY GREENWOOD: I was obsessed with bands and would always listen to my favorite records with the goal of wondering -

美国国家公共电台 NPR 2020 Census Will Ask White People More About Their Ethnicities

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Census Bureau is making another change to how it asks about race in the U.S. This time it's affecting Caucasians. Those who mark the box for white on the 2020 census will be asked to give more information about what that mean

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Syrian Teen, Forced To Flee 'A Land Of Permanent Goodbyes'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Atia Abawi is used to looking at war as a journalist. She covered war in Iraq and in Afghanistan, which is the country her own family fled in the early 1980s. But when the stories she wanted to tell pushed up against the limits o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hanging With '2 Dope Queens' As Popular Podcast Gets HBO Special

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: 2 Dope Queens is a popular podcast that is coming to HBO as a TV show. It's a program where the hosts riff on pop culture, gender, race and comedy. Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson recently caught up with our TV critic, Eric De

美国国家公共电台 NPR Blood Avocados No More: Mexican Farm Town Says It's Kicked Out Cartels

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: On Sunday, when you're sitting around the TV watching the Super Bowl, when you reach for the chips and guacamole, think about this. Americans will eat 104 million pounds of avocados on that day alone. The average American now eat

美国国家公共电台 NPR Visitors Slowly Returning To Virgin Islands After Hurricanes' Destruction

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI

美国国家公共电台 NPR As GOP Mulls 2018 Agenda, Trump Asks Lawmakers To 'Give A Little' On Immigration

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Republican lawmakers were on their way to a retreat yesterday when the train that carried them crashed. The Amtrak train struck a garbage truck. No lawmakers were hurt, but one person was killed. And that was the prelude to a mee

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'You Have Dark Skin And You Are Beautiful': The Long Fight Against Skin Bleaching

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Around the world, skin bleaching is popular, particularly in India, China and parts of Africa. Some immigrants have taken the tradition to the United States. In Minnesota, where the largest Somali community in the U.S. resi

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Sandwich Shops To Cotton Mills, Art That Honors The American Worker

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hard work is going on at a Washington, D.C., museum. A man tightens a bolt with a wrench. A farm worker fills his sack with cotton. Rosie the Riveter rolls up her sleeve for a factory job. To be precise, these are depictions of h

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Man Behind 'Left Shark' Explains His Viral Super Bowl Moment

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's only a matter of days until the Super Bowl, and if you're counting down to the halftime show, this story is for you. (SOUNDBITE OF SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW) KATY PERRY: (Singing) You make me feel like I'm living a teena

美国国家公共电台 NPR Germany's 'Babylon Berlin' Crime Series Is Like 'Cabaret' On Cocaine

Germany's 'Babylon Berlin' Crime Series Is Like 'Cabaret' On Cocaine KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: German TV series are getting popular here in the U.S. First there was Deutschland 83. Then there was Dark. And now the latest is a crime series set in 1920s Ber

美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now

Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right, now let's talk about something the Supreme Court chose not to do today. It said for now it would not hear a case about DACA, delivering a setback to t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lost Art Of Bending Over: How Other Cultures Spare Their Spines

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's something people do every day that many of us apparently do wrong - bending over, you know, to pick things up or put things down or even just to sit down. Now, a group of scientists who study bending say Americans are doin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Pension Funds Under Pressure To Sell Off Investments In Gun-Makers

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many teachers across the country are calling on their state pension funds to sell their stakes in gun manufacturers. The teachers say they don't want their retirement money invested in these companies. But many people, including th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hollywood Diversity Study Finds 'Mixed Bag' When It Comes To Representation

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The box office success of Black Panther is no surprise to UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt. His annual report on Hollywood diversity is out today, and it shows that diverse casts and creators are just good business. Here's NPR's Man

美国国家公共电台 NPR Court Seems Unconvinced Of Microsoft's Argument To Shield Email Data Stored Overseas

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Every day, Americans send information to the cloud. That smartphone in your hand, or in the hand of the person next to you, is uploading photos and messages and all sorts of information. It's not literally in a cloud, but in a da

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Movie Darling Mary Pickford Became The Most Powerful Woman In Hollywood

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: On Sunday, Hollywood will celebrate itself at the Academy Awards even as sexual harassment in the industry continues to make headlines. A hundred years ago, one of the most powerful stars in Hollywood was a woman. She would go on

美国国家公共电台 NPR On The Navajo Nation, Foster Care Families Are In Short Supply

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Navajo Nation is struggling with a problem. And here are two numbers that put it into perspective. Twelve hundred Navajo kids cycle through foster care each year, and there are only about two dozen licensed foster homes on the