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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: These days, you can add to the list of unexpectedly risky professions being a popular singer in Egypt. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, HAVE YOU DRUNK FROM THE NILE) SHERINE ABDEL WAHAB: (Singing in foreign language). SIMON: Sherine Abdel Wahab

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Debbie Reynolds died this week at the age of 84, just after suffering maybe the greatest pain a mother can have - the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60. We spoke with Ms. Reynolds in 2013 about her memoir of more tha

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: How big was Ring Lardner? Well, he helped create what's still called the golden age of sports writers who wrote about The Babe, The Iron Man, Dempsey, DiMagg and Joe Louis. And he went on to write short stories, novels, songs and p

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When did you start to write poetry? HENRY MORGENTHAU III: It's a very delayed vocation, I would say. I was in my early 90s when I started. SIMON: (Laughter). MORGENTHAU: And now I'm - I've hit the three-digit line. SIMON: Well - an

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a hell of a headache for New Year's Eve in 2006. She was 33, and within a day, her world had turned upside down. At least, that's how it truly looked to her. She could hold things in her mind fo

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Leaving High School Behind For A Dangerous Life In 'A Good Country'

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Top White House Lawyer Donald McGahn Sits At The Center Of Controversy

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The top lawyer in the White House has a challenging job in ordinary times. These are not ordinary times. Four months into the Trump administration, White House counsel Donald McGahn has had to contend with high-profile court cases,

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A 18th Century, Gender-Bending Mystery: What Did 'The Fox' Say?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Confessions Of The Fox is a mystery story enrobed in a mystery. Dr. R. Voth is depressed and dedicated, a literary scholar recently discarded from a romance who has now, in his phrase, slipped off the map of the world. He slipped o

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美国国家公共电台 NPR She's Mom To A Headstrong Teen — Who Happens To Be Joan Of Arc

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Joan of Arc has become such an emblematic figure - a saint of the Catholic Church, the inspiration of so many novels and films and, of course, George Bernard Shaw's iconic play. We might sometimes forget she was a real teenage girl

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fourth of July is next week, a day to reflect on what it means to be an American. We wanted to hear from you, specifically people who recently became citizens, to find out what it's like to be a new American on America's Independen