美国国家公共电台 NPR From A Cell To A Home: Newly Released Inmates Matched With Welcoming Hosts

DAVID GREENE, HOST: America imprisons more people than any other nation. And for those who get released after a long sentence, re-entry can be tough, especially finding affordable, stable housing. Housing is often one of the biggest barriers to ex-in

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Island Crusader Takes On The Big Brands Behind Plastic Waste

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A tide of plastic waste is contaminating the oceans. And in a congressional hearing, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse named major culprits. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) SHELDON WHITEHOUSE: Over 50 percent of the plastic waste in t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bidding Farewell To 'Hello, Dolly!': Actress Carol Channing Dies At 97

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Broadway actress Carol Channing died today. She was 97 years old. Kim Kokich has this appreciation. KIM KOKICH, BYLINE: Carol Channing's trademark platinum-blonde hair framed a face that always seemed to be smiling. Her wide-eyed,

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Couch Potato To Fitness Buff: How I Learned To Love Exercise

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Get in shape. I bet that was a New Year's resolution for many of you. Well, to help get you motivated, we have two stories now from NPR's Life Kit. It's a new collection of audio guides to help you get it together in all sorts of

美国国家公共电台 NPR After 24 Years, Scholar Completes 3,000-Page Translation Of The Hebrew Bible

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a new translation of the Hebrew Bible, or what Christians call the Old Testament. The three-volume set runs over 3,000 pages. It was a solo project by literary scholar Robert Alter. It took him 24 years to finish it. And

美国国家公共电台 NPR Teenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off California

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Divers in California have stumbled on an unexpected source of plastic waste in the ocean - golf balls that come from coastal golf courses. Golf balls contain plastic and can emit toxic chemicals. And as NPR's Christopher Joyc

美国国家公共电台 NPR Feel The Fear — And Read It Anyway: 'Help Me!' Documents A Year Of Self-Help Books

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And I'm Mary Louise Kelly, with a confession. I have never read a self-help book. I missed Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, skipped The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People - not that I couldn't use the help. But I

美国国家公共电台 NPR Poll: Trump Approval Down, Slips With Base

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How has the news of the past month affected the political support for President Trump? In a matter of weeks, the president has lost key advisors and has also become the central figure in a partial government shutdown. Now an NPR/

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Postpones Pelosi Trip To War Zone After She Postpones State Of The Union

Trump Postpones Pelosi Trip To War Zone After She Postpones State Of The Union MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Fly commercial. That, in essence, was President Trump's recommendation to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as she was preparing to depart on a co

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Unveils Ambitious Missile Defense Plans

Trump Unveils Ambitious Missile Defense Plans 作者：未知 来源：美国国家公共电台 2019-01-19 play stop mute max volume 00:0003:17 repeat ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump was at the Pentagon today to unveil his administration's new str

美国国家公共电台 NPR With Higher Stakes In The Abortion Debate, Activists March On Washington

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Big crowds are going to be marching through Washington, D.C., this weekend, and a major focus is going to be on abortion and reproductive rights. The anti-abortion rights March For Life kicks off its annual rally today, followed b

美国国家公共电台 NPR Beloved Poet Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry 'Mustn't Be Fancy,' Dies At 83

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The beloved poet Mary Oliver has died. During her lifetime, Oliver accomplished something few poets ever do. She not only made a living writing poetry. She was also a bestseller. Her poems often explore the link between nature and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Back-To-Back Storms And No Pay For Federal Weather Forecasters

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Parts of the federal government are shut down. But needless to say, the weather has continued. There's a bit of extra snow on the ground here in Washington. Rain is sweeping through the West. And emergency workers in many places

美国国家公共电台 NPR Defying Trump Administration, Calif. Offers Federal Workers Unemployment Benefits

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Trump administration has told states to not offer unemployment benefits to federal employees who are working without pay during the government shutdown. At least three states, including Colorado, New Mexico and California, are

美国国家公共电台 NPR On Broadway, 'Network' Goes From Satire To Tragedy

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One of the hottest tickets on Broadway this season - at least until they produce a musical about BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music - is Network, a stage adaptation of the 1976 movie about a news anchor who cracks up on the a

美国国家公共电台 NPR R. Kelly Has Been Dropped By RCA Records, 'Billboard' Reports

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: R. Kelly has disappeared from the RCA Records website. Several media outlets are reporting the label has dropped the RB singer. Now, this follows the Lifetime TV docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, which catalogued more than 25 ye

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Some Journalists Have A Hard Time Saying The Word 'Racist'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Should Congressman Steve King's comments to The New York Times be called racist? As a reminder, last week, King, who is a Republican from Iowa, was quoted by a Times reporter as asking rhetorically white nationalist, white su

美国国家公共电台 NPR Morphine, And A Side Of Grief Counseling: Nursing Students Learn How To Handle Death

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The medical profession is one that mandates hands-on training. Doctors and nurses need to experience everything from cradle to grave while they're in school. But deathbed education often gets short shrift. As Blake Farmer of member

美国国家公共电台 NPR As More Migrants Are Denied Asylum, An Abuse Survivor Is Turned Away

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, the government shutdown began with President Trump vowing to stop Central American migrants with a wall along the southern border. And almost a month later, there is still no agreement on that wall. But another effort to stop

美国国家公共电台 NPR Food Assistance Payments Came Early But Have To Last Until March

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: People who get grocery money through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are getting their benefits for next month now. The federal program that used to be called food stamps, now called SNAP, has issued its last paymen