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DAVID GREENE, HOST: In 2003, an obscure, independent film called The Room opened in movie theaters here in LA. It was intended to be a serious melodrama about friendship, love, betrayal. Instead, it was shockingly bad - a baffling storyline, uncomfor

美国国家公共电台 NPR John Geils, Guitarist Of The J. Geils Band, Dies At 71

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Selection Sunday: 2017 Men's College Basketball Tournament Bracket Set

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Marc Maron On Robin Williams, Barack Obama And Learning To Be A Good Listener

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Marc Maron, the comedian and podcaster, has brought celebrity after celebrity through his front door in northeast LA. But often, he is more worried about his cats and whether a guest like me had let any of them out. UNIDENTIFIED M

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: For years, it was almost a given - the annual mortality rate in the United States would generally decline. So it was a pretty big shock when a report came out more than a year ago showing death rates were actually going up for mid

美国国家公共电台 NPR Breaking With Trump's GOP, Koch Brothers Praise Democrats On Immigration

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Migrant Workers Leave Behind Clues To Depression-Era Lifestyle

STEVE INSKEEP: In recent years in Delta, Pa., if you went just past the edge of town to a wooded area by an old railroad trestle, you'd find people digging - archaeologists excavating a bit of very modest history. They weren't sifting through the rui

美国国家公共电台 NPR Senior FBI Official McCabe To Face Closed-Door Grilling From House Lawmakers

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美国国家公共电台 NPR NPR Poll: After Parkland, Number of Americans Who Want Gun Restrictions Grows

DAVID GREENE, HOST: After a White House meeting on guns left Republicans scratching their heads, the Senate is not going to take up gun legislation next week as it had hoped. But when it does, a new NPR/Ipsos poll might provide a road map for what Am

美国国家公共电台 NPR Judd Apatow Mines The Mystery Of His Mentor: Garry Shandling

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美国国家公共电台 NPR For Refugees And Advocates, An Anxious Wait For Clarity On Trump's Policy

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Metallica's Lars Ulrich And James Hetfield Are In It For The Long Haul

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美国国家公共电台 NPR George W. Bush Calls Foreign Aid A Moral And Security Imperative

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Julian Assange Sees 'Incredible Double Standard' In Clinton Email Case

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova On Her New Anti-Trump Song

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Congressional Republicans Struggle To Push Back On Trump's Tariffs

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Republicans in Congress are increasingly worried that President Trump seems set on waging a trade war with countries across the globe. The Trump administration has slapped tariffs on Chinese goods and on products from close allies

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bill Of The Month: $43,208 For Repeat Surgery To Replace Broken Medical Device

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So here's a question - what do you do when a medical device fails? And when it fails, who pays for it - the manufacturer, the hospital? Or are you stuck with the bill? Well, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal from our partner Kaiser Health N

美国国家公共电台 NPR FCC Chief Makes Case For Tackling Net Neutrality Violations 'After The Fact'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So if you like streaming shows on Netflix or Hulu, these next few months may be crucial for you. That is because the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to loosen government oversight of internet service provid

美国国家公共电台 NPR FACT CHECK: Trump's Oval Office Pitch For A Border Wall

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're taking some time this morning to dive into President Trump's first primetime address from the Oval Office. He spoke last night for about 9 1/2 minutes, making his case for a multibillion-dollar border wall with Mexico. (SOUN