美国国家公共电台 NPR Philip Pullman Returns To The Dark Materials Universe In A New Prequel — Er, 'Equel'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The world Philip Pullman created is back, in his hands and now ours. His Dark Materials trilogy, which began more than 20 years ago with a book called The Golden Compass is set in a world ruled by a theocratic overlords called The

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Only The Brave,' The True Story Of Fated Wildland Firefighters

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The fires in Northern California have reminded many Americans of the courage, the heroism of the men and women who fight fires in forests and wilderness. A film called Only The Brave is based on the true story of the 19 Granite Mou

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I'm Just Trying To Make Myself Laugh': 'New Yorker' Artist Shares His Cover Stories

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Barry Blitt drew his first cover for The New Yorker back in 1992, and ever since, he's been skewering politicians of all stripes. Barack and Michelle Obama fist bumping - that was Blitt. Donald Trump prancing in a tiara and a

美国国家公共电台 NPR What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fires in California, hurricanes and flooding in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico - a devastating season of natural disasters for the U.S. And it comes just as a series of other catastrophes have threatened millions of people around t

美国国家公共电台 NPR 30-Foot Border Wall Prototypes Erected In San Diego Borderlands

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Prototypes of President Trump's proposed border wall are going up near San Diego. Each prototype is a little different. You can see the photos. One is a 30-foot-high slab of concrete and steel, another is a 30-foot-high slab of s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Gabrielle Union Gets Real In 'We're Going To Need More Wine'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Actress Gabrielle Union started off playing teenagers on TV in the 1990s. Now she stars in the BET show Being Mary Jane, playing the role of a powerful cable news anchor who is equally fierce in her personal life. (SOUNDBITE OF T

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Book Argues A Theory In Policing Is To Blame For Eric Garner's Death

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Let me take you back to a day in July 2014 when a man named Eric Garner was stopped by two cops on the street in Staten Island. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ERIC GARNER: I'm minding my business, officer. I'm minding my b

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Day A Texas School Held A Funeral For The Spanish Language

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And it's Friday, which is when we hear from StoryCorps. Maggie Marquez and Jessi Silva grew up in the town of Marfa, Texas in the 1950s. And we have their story. In the 50s, Marfa's schools were segregated. L

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Vacationland,' John Hodgman Tells The Funny Story Of His Life

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Remember John Hodgman, Daily Show expert on just about everything, co-star of the Apple Mac commercial campaign in which he played the clunky PC, cataloger of nonsensical histories in the three-book series called The Areas Of My

美国国家公共电台 NPR Putin Critic Says He's Afraid the Kremlin Would 'Wipe Me Out One Way Or Another'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A top critic of Vladimir Putin has been accused of murder. Financier William Browder lives in London. American-born but now a British citizen, Browder was once the largest private foreign investor in Russia. He made a lot of mone

美国国家公共电台 NPR Two Years After A Violent Altercation At A S.C. High School, Has Anything Changed?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You might remember the viral video in 2015 from a high school in Columbia, S.C. A white school resource officer confronts a student who is black. He flips her desk on the ground and drags her out of her chair. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVE

美国国家公共电台 NPR Japan's Prime Minister Isn't Popular, But His Coalition Won A Supermajority

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party now has a two-thirds super majority in the parliament. That's after voters cast ballots in a snap election over the weekend. Abe sought a mandate for issues ranging from the economy to t

美国国家公共电台 NPR The FDA Will Decide Whether 26 Ingredients Count As Fiber

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Food and Drug Administration is set to decide soon on a matter that could help you rethink fiber. Yeah, we're talking about fiber. We're told to eat a whole lot more of it. It's good for us, right? But what exactly counts as

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Memory Training Smackdown, One Method Dominates

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Turns out there are some workouts that can improve your memory. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on two approaches to brain training. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Brain training programs often target something called working memory. KARA BLAC

美国国家公共电台 NPR Digging In The Mud To See What Toxic Substances Were Spread By Hurricane Harvey

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain on Houston, the floodwater a drain somewhere. Much of it went to the Houston Ship Channel, and it brought along a lot of contamination. Now scientists are sampling the channel mud to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Khizr Khan Says His Faith In America Is Stronger Than Ever

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When Khizr Khan heard of President Trump's awkward phone call with a widow of a fallen soldier, the call where Trump said he knew what he signed up for, Khan had no doubt what to think. What is wrong with that statement? KHIZR KH

美国国家公共电台 NPR Playboy Features First Transgender Playmate

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: For the first time, Playboy will feature a transgender woman as its Playmate of the Month, including its centerfold. She is 26-year-old French fashion model Ines Rau. Ms. Rau is among a small group of transgender individuals who

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dan Brown Pits Creationism Against Science In His Latest Novel, 'Origin'

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: And now from the big screen to the page. Author Dan Brown has used his books to challenge people with questions of God and faith all while sending readers on globe-trotting adventures that leave you feeling both dizzy and satisfi

美国国家公共电台 NPR After 87 Years At The Smithsonian, Bones Of Alaska Natives Returned And Reburied

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: A village in Alaska is one of the latest to rebury human remains that have been studied and stored at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Hundreds of thousands of Native American graves were excavated in the 19th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Film 'Te Ata' Tells Real Life Story Of Prolific Native American Performer

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: The film Te Ata tells the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, who is considered one of the greatest Native American performers. And it was produced by the Chickasaw Nation, which started a film production arm to tell its own stor