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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It just got more complicated for people from other countries to stay and work in the United States. This past week, the Trump administration announced that immigrant workers with H-1B visas will no longer be able to get the

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'All Is Not Lost': These Experts Help Save Hurricane-Soaked Heirlooms

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Back to a more trying time, Hurricane Harvey, which caused catastrophic flooding in Houston back in August. Now, people often try to console survivors of something like that by saying the damage was to things and things can be re

美国国家公共电台 NPR An American Comic In Canada

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sometimes, you need to leave home to see it clearly. On our recent trip to Canada, we found an American comic who was taking stock of the U.S. from just across the border. ERIK GRIFFIN: It's good to be here, guys, up here i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tea And Memories With Vancouver Author Jen Sookfong Lee

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Our last conversation in Vancouver is with novelist Jen Sookfong Lee. I spoke with her as part of our ongoing series where we talk to regional authors about what the headlines miss about their area. (SOUNDBITE OF RAINFALL)

美国国家公共电台 NPR White House Aides Used Private Email For Official Business: 'Just Very, Very Stupid'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The House Oversight Committee is asking the White House for a list of aides who've used private email accounts for official business. This request comes after confirmation that President Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Ku

美国国家公共电台 NPR 16 Years Since The First Deployment, U.S. Soldiers Prepare To Go Again

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Next month marks the 16th anniversary of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. And thousands of troops are preparing to deploy, including part of the Army's 25th Infantry Division based in Alaska. For many of these soldiers, it'

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Voyager Golden Record Finally Finds An Earthly Audience

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today a reason to open your mail. Over the past few weeks, more than 10,000 people around the world have been receiving a special delivery. It's a box set of golden records modeled after the one sent into space aboard

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bill Murray And Jan Vogler Take Us To 'New Worlds' On Their New Theatrical Album

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The actor Bill Murray recently stopped by our New York studios, and with him, it gets lively pretty fast. Here he is on the line with our colleague Rachel Martin just sort of warming up for the interview, cracking jokes about our

美国国家公共电台 NPR For People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, More Exercise Isn't Better

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A new study has found that most skin moisturizers are labeled incorrectly. We'll hear about that, but first, there are new guidelines for treating chronic fatigue syndrome, or MECFS. At least a million people in the U.S. are affec

美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court To Open A Whirlwind Term

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court starts a new term today with some major cases on a raft of controversial issues - partisan gerrymandering, privacy in the age of technology, sports wagering, gay rights and many more cases. NPR legal affairs

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Hypoallergenic' And 'Fragrance-Free' Moisturizer Claims Are Often False

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have news for anybody who uses a skin moisturizer. Many brands claim that their products are fragrance-free or hypoallergenic. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports on a new study that found most of those claims to be false. PATTI NEI

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hugh Hefner: Looking Back At A Controversial Life

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Hugh Hefner made history and then tripped over it. When I was growing up in Chicago, the formidable women who were my mother's friends considered Playboy a good place to work for a single woman. Women at the Playboy Club were well-

美国国家公共电台 NPR Slave Poet's Lost Essay On 'Individual Influence' Resonates Through Centuries

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美国国家公共电台 NPR After Hurricane's Wrath, Puerto Rico's Green Forests Turn Bare Brown

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The once-green hillsides of Puerto Rico are now brown. Hurricane Maria stripped bare the lush forests of the island. While it may look depressing in the near term, NPR's John Burnett reports the forests will likely recover.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Guts Requirement That Employer Health Plans Pay For Birth Control

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era health care mandate. It had required employers to pay for birth control through their insurance plans. And the Trump administration is leaving that mandate in place, but u

美国国家公共电台 NPR Harassment Scandals Shine Spotlight On Confidentiality Clauses

DAVID GREENE, HOST: As allegations of sexual misconduct continue to come out against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and many others, some are taking aim at the legal process that's helped keep their secrets for so long. While Weinstein has denie

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Long Way Down,' The Ghosts Of Gun Violence Chill A Plan For Revenge

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The writer Jason Reynolds has a new novel out this month. It focuses on a moment of decision that occurs in an elevator where a young man is on his way to avenge the killing of his brother. The novel is called Long Way Down, and J

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bold Experiment Turned Broadway Hit, 'Lion King' Continues To Thrill — And Heal

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美国国家公共电台 NPR She Watched Bootleg Episodes Of Seinfeld, Now The Indonesian Comic Performs Stand-Up

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: So how about a news quiz now? What is the world's third-largest democracy, the fourth-most-populous country in the world, a country with more Muslims than the entire Arab world combined? We are talking about Indonesia. And yet, w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hunting Conservation Group Objects To Arby's Venison

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Fast-food restaurants use all sorts of promotions to get customers through their doors. Two-for-one deals, toy giveaways, and now, venison. Yes, Arby's is the first major fast-food chain to serve a deer-meat sandwich nation