美国国家公共电台 NPR New Memoir Unpacks The Life And Tragic Death Of 'The Hot One'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When Carolyn Murnick met her childhood best friend Ashley, it was like love at first sight. They were in elementary school. Ashley just moved into the area. And they became inseparable, sharing all their secrets and dreams.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Offers A Look At Up-And-Coming Talent

NOEL KING, HOST: This week, comedian Jerry Seinfeld performed to a packed stadium in Montreal. He was in Canada as part of the annual comedy festival called Just For Laughs. Now, at the same time at the same festival about 10 minutes away, a group of

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Game Of Thrones' Producers Venture Down More Controversial Path With 'Confederate'

NOEL KING, HOST: Imagine this - a TV show that sparks intense controversy, dozens of opinion pieces and tweets and radio segments without ever having aired, without even a single episode being written yet. That's what happened when HBO announced Game

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jared Kushner Is In The Spotlight. But Is He In the Tradition Of American Nepotism?

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: OK. Have you heard the joke about Trump's White House? Every day is take your kid to work day - boom. While that joke is actually making the rounds, it references a real legal issue which has come back into focus because of

美国国家公共电台 NPR You Probably Don't Want To Know About Haiti's Sewage Problems

DON GONYEA, HOST: Port-au-Prince, Haiti is a city of more than 3 million people with no sewer system. International donors have spent millions of dollars on infrastructure meant to help the situation. But a multi-year plan to build sewage treatment p

美国国家公共电台 NPR Analysts: North Korea Improves Its Capabilities With Each Missile Test

DON GONYEA, HOST: North Korea has launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. Nuclear experts say the latest test improved on the last one with a range that could reach most of the continental U.S. NPR's Seoul corresp

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'An Inconvenient Sequel' Is An Effective, Cautiously Optimistic, 'I Told You So'

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Ten years ago, Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, argued forcefully that climate change should be a mainstream concern. The world seemed to hear that argument, though the current U.S. administration appears to have som

美国国家公共电台 NPR Amid Russia Scandals, Conservative Media Provides Air Cover For President Trump

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Conservative media outlets face a dilemma in how to portray Russian influence in last year's election. Many have described the whole story as fake news cooked up by Democrats upset about last year's election loss trying to destro

美国国家公共电台 NPR Filmmaker Dreams Of A Romantic Comedy Set In Rwanda

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In Rwanda, a filmmaker who once told stories about genocide is now hoping to make romantic comedies and to build a film industry in the country. NPR's Eyder Peralta met him in the capital, Kigali. EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: I ask Eri

美国国家公共电台 NPR Movie: Director Joshua Weinstein Explains The Story Behind 'Menashe'

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There's a new film out called Menashe about a widower who's trying to regain custody of his son. It's set in New York City, specifically in Borough Park, Brooklyn. And you will probably need the subtitles to follow it. It's in Yi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Family Life Around The World

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We've been checking in from time to time with Dan Kois, who's spending a year moving around the world with his wife and two daughters in a quest to find out from various cultures what makes a family. He joins us now to tell

美国国家公共电台 NPR How To Preserve Your Polaroid

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Do you still have old Polaroid pictures stashed away? Are they all washed out and faded? NPR's Neda Ulaby visited a museum exhibition of Polaroid photographs taken some 35 years ago that look as though they had just slid ou

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Atomic Blonde' Director Brings Stuntman Skills To His 'Punk Rock Spy Thriller'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In the new film Atomic Blonde, a British agent played by Charlize Theron shows up in 1989 Berlin just before the wall comes down. And she gets a very violent reception. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, ATOMIC BLONDE) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR:

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Much Can A Vision Of Your 'Future Self' Motivate You To Achieve?

NOEL KING, HOST: NPR's Invisibilia started a new season this summer examining the forces that shape who we are and who we will become. Today, Invisibilia co-host Alix Spiegel introduces us to a young man whose vision of his future self started at a d

美国国家公共电台 NPR Beam Me Up, Scotty ... Sort Of. Chinese Scientists 'Teleport' Photon To Space

DAVID GREENE, HOST: I mean, let's listen to this. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES) JAMES DOOHAN: (As Captain Montgomery Scott) Ready to transport. WILLIAM SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) Energize. D. GREENE: Yes, the familia

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Women's Golf Fans Are Teed Off To See Major Tourney At Trump Course

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And one of the biggest tournaments in women's golf tees off today. It's taking place on one of President Trump's golf courses in New Jersey. The U.S. Open is going ahead despite protests from women's rights activists who urged org

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Living Drug' That Fights Cancer By Harnessing Immune System Clears Key Hurdle

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Cancer patients are a step closer to an entirely new way to fight their disease. It's something scientists call a living drug. Today a pharmaceutical company cleared a crucial hurdle toward offering the treatment widely to patien

美国国家公共电台 NPR Health Insurers Try Paying More Up Front To Pay Less Later

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions account for the vast majority of health spending in the U.S. Some health plans are beginning to offer free maintenance care for people with chronic health problems. The hop

美国国家公共电台 NPR Could Donald Trump Jr. Be Charged With Treason? Short Answer: No

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Let's talk about where the Russia story is now. It's certainly been a public relations nightmare for the White House. Some are even using the word treason to describe the Trump campaign's now-proven interest in cooperating with t

美国国家公共电台 NPR If Thoreau Were Alive, He'd Be 'Shouting From The Rafters,' Biographer Says

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Perhaps no American writer is more associated with a place than Henry David Thoreau. And that, by the way, is the family pronunciation. In 1845, Thoreau went into the woods near Concord, Mass., at Walden Pond. He built a small ca