美国国家公共电台 NPR Juan Enriquez: What Can Happen If Humans Control The Future Of Evolution?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today, ideas about the things we do in the present that could have troubling consequences in the future. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't look forward to the future. I me

美国国家公共电台 NPR Anab Jain: Can A Glimpse Of Tomorrow, Change Our Decisions Today?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So imagine being able to go into the future just to, you know, get a glimpse of what things might be like. And say you walk into a home. ANAB JAIN: It's a small apartment, really small. RA

美国国家公共电台 NPR North Korea Fires Another Missile Over Japan

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Japan, people in the northern region of Hokkaido woke up to sirens and instructions to take cover. (SOUNDBITE OF SIRENS) KELLY: This after North Korea again fired a ballistic missile which, again, flew over Japan. And this

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Man Who Protects America's Secrets

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Leakers, double agents, traitors, saboteurs - their portraits hang on a wall that few Americans will ever see. BILL EVANINA: What we have here, Mary Louise, is what we call the Wall of Shame. KELLY: The Wall of Shame. That vo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Author Attica Locke: In America, We Walk 'Side By Side' With Our Past

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Attica Locke's new novel Bluebird, Bluebird unfolds in rural East Texas along a stretch of U.S. Highway 59. As Locke writes, it's a thread on the map that ties together small towns like knots on a string. ATTICA LOCKE: It is a hi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tension And Protests Mark Trump Voting Commission Meeting

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: President Trump's Election Integrity Commission went to New Hampshire yesterday to hear from witnesses about voter attitudes and voter fraud. The panel's stated mission is to find ways to boost confidence in the integrity of

美国国家公共电台 NPR With Power Out, Many Florida Gas Stations Remain Closed

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The lack of electricity in a lot of Florida is one reason that people who want to return to their homes are stuck. They're having trouble finding gasoline to make the drive home. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports. JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: When

美国国家公共电台 NPR Florida Businesses Struggle To Reopen Without Power After Irma

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The economic damage in Florida will be more limited than first thought because of Irma's path and the precautions people took. There are still a lot of challenges, though. And many businesses in the state haven't been able to reo

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Crown Heights' Seeks To Do Justice To A Saga Of Wrongful Conviction

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: How far you'd go to help a friend is one of those classic existential dilemmas. And that question is at the heart of a new film called Crown Heights, which is out this weekend. As NPR's Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi reports, the film tell

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Taking Of K-129': How The CIA Stole A Sunken Soviet Sub Off The Ocean Floor

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to switch gears now. This is a mystery story, a spy story and a technology story all rolled into one. It started one February morning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, when Soviet submarine K-129 sank to the bottom

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'From The Mundane To The Magnificent': Photos From The Chicano Rights Movement

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The movement to achieve civil rights for African-Americans is well known at this point. What fewer people probably know is that a parallel movement for civil rights for Mexican-Americans was going on at the same time. In Los Ange

美国国家公共电台 NPR DACA, A Student's Story: 'They Are The Types Of Immigrants You Want In Your Country'

DACA, A Student's Story: 'They Are The Types Of Immigrants You Want In Your Country' MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Recently, we heard from a young immigrant from Mexico - the country from which the vast majority of DACA recipients arrived. Some 79 percent are

美国国家公共电台 NPR High-Tech 'Bodega' Falls Short Of The Real Thing

High-Tech 'Bodega' Falls Short Of The Real Thing SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A couple of high-tech entrepreneurs thought they'd put a personable name on an impersonal product. Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan, formerly of Google, unveiled a box this week with

美国国家公共电台 NPR Protests In St. Louis After Ex-Cop Acquitted In Anthony Lamar Smith Murder Case

AILSA CHANG, HOST: People are again protesting in the streets of St. Louis. They're angry over the death of a black driver at the hands of a white police officer. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: (Chanting) Whose streets? UNI

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Expensive Drugs That Could Save Lives

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Deep in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, a 30-year-old drug saved Lulabelle Berry's life. But what if the drug hadn't been there? That question haunts hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston as the drug's price continues to climb for he

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Millennials Get Older, Many Are Buying SUVs To Drive To Their Suburban Homes

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Millennials are beginning to act more like their parents. This is the generation that was born after 1980. They came of age during the Great Recession. And now, as they grow older and have children, many are doing things like buyin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Research Shows Spanish Speakers Take Longer To Learn English. Why?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A recent study out of Philadelphia tracked young children learning English. Over four years, the researchers saw a big discrepancy among groups of students in how they mastered the language. From member station WHYY in Philadelphia

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Wide Open' Captures The 'Honest Emotions' Of Michael McDonald

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, IF YOU WANTED TO HURT ME) MICHAEL MCDONALD: (Singing) La, la, la, la (ph). SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Know that voice? (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, IF YOU WANTED TO HURT ME) MCDONALD: (Singing) Hey, hey now. SIMON: Michael McDonald. He's recorded

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Hurricane Katrina, Many People Found New Strength

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Cleanup is well underway in Florida and Texas and other places hard hit by the recent hurricanes. But long after the debris is cleared, there will still be mental health hurdles for the survivors, especially for those who are still

美国国家公共电台 NPR What Does It Take To Write A Hit TV Theme Song?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The primetime Emmy Awards show is Sunday night. But some of this year's winners were announced days ago, among them the winner for best theme music. The right theme can command attention, set a mood, even land on the pop charts. As