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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Portlandia begins its eighth and final season tonight on IFC. The sketch comedy TV show put Portland on the map as the capital of earnest urbanism at a time when words like artisanal and locavore were sweeping the nation. It

美国国家公共电台 NPR Google's Art Selfie App Offers A Lesson In Biometric Privacy Laws In U.S.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: I spent a few minutes today doing something millions of Americans have done in recent days - trying out the Google Arts and Culture app. Here we go. Take a selfie and search thousands of artworks to see if any look like you.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Women's Marches Across The Country Will Focus On The Vote

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One year ago, tens of thousands of women in Washington, D.C., put on these pink knitted hats of solidarity, and they marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. Similar marches happened around the world in dozens of other countries. It was

美国国家公共电台 NPR At 'Triple A' Radio Stations, A Blurred Line Between Discovery And Promotion

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A commercial radio format that started in the 1990s can still help launch a mainstream success. That format is called AAA - shorthand for adult album alternative. It has helped launch the careers of artists including Norah Jones,

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Likely Is Someone To Sexually Harass Others? This Scale Determines

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to spend the next few minutes talking about one of the other major stories of recent months - excuse me - sexual harassment. In a few minutes, we'll hear a perspective on how religious institutions struggle to deal wi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Homeland Security Secretary Says She 'Did Not Hear' Trump Use 'That' Vulgar Word

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The secretary of Homeland Security says she did not hear President Trump use a vulgarity in an immigration meeting with lawmakers last week. Kirstjen Nielsen testified today at a Senate hearing, and two senators who were in the h

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Insult,' All Politics Is A Local Neighborhood Squabble

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Can something as simple as saying I'm sorry stop a war in the Middle East? That is the premise of a new film called The Insult. It's from Lebanon, and it's up for an Oscar. And in the film, a neighborhood fight between two men pu

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Picture Book Illustrates How 'Love' Is Always Around

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: And sometimes children's books tell you everything you need to know. MATT DE LA PENA: (Reading) In the beginning, there is light and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed. And the sound of their voices is love.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Wave Of Capitalist Optimism Sweeps Across Paris

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When France elected a new president, Emmanuel Macron received the most attention for what he was not. He was not the far-right nativist candidate he defeated. Now that he is president, there's more room to ask who Macron is, or m

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Now, Sequencing Cancer Tumors Holds More Promise Than Proof

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Cancer patients are increasingly having the DNA of their tumors analyzed in a quest for better treatment. This is a prime example of what's known as precision medicine. That's where medical decisions are driven by data. NPR health

美国国家公共电台 NPR On The Hunt For Poppies In Mexico — America's Biggest Heroin Supplier

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now we have an update on the fight against the heroin supply. Heroin is made from poppies. Some are grown in Mexico. And the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently criticized Mexico's effort to destroy them. The Mexican

美国国家公共电台 NPR Protesting Through Poetry

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: What are the different ways that Americans protest? Our co-host Rachel Martin has been asking. RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: Here's Martin Luther King Jr. in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MARTIN LUTHER KING

美国国家公共电台 NPR Superhero 'Black Lightning' Brings Social Conscience And Swagger To Primetime

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: For the first time in decades, a primetime TV show will star a black superhero. Black Lightning is based on a DC Comics hero. It debuts Tuesday on The CW Network. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says it's a show that brings social con

美国国家公共电台 NPR After A Year In Office, Questions About Trump's Foreign Deals Go On. And On

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We're nearing the first anniversary of President Trump's inauguration, which means he has spent a year as president while continuing to own business interests around the world. While refusing to divest or set up a blind trust as

美国国家公共电台 NPR Behind The Genius Of Guinness, Ireland's Most Popular Tourist Attraction

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: NPR's Frank Langfitt filed this postcard. FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: One of the first things you notice when you walk into the store house is a waterfall bathed in blue light, representing the water from the nearby Wicklow Mou

美国国家公共电台 NPR When 2 Children Are Murdered, 'The Perfect Nanny' Is Anything But

When 2 Children Are Murdered, 'The Perfect Nanny' Is Anything But LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Leila Slimani's new book The Perfect Nanny begins with four haunting words - the baby is dead. The book tells the story of an unspeakable crime and lays bare

美国国家公共电台 NPR Flu Season Is Shaping Up To Be A Nasty One, CDC Says

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The flu season is bad this year. That's the message today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is here with details. Hey, Rob. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: Oh, hey, Ari. SHAPIRO: Health offi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fitness Superstar Shaun T: Keys To Workout Motivation Include Fun — And Selfishness

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: This time of year it's pretty common to hear about people's New Year's resolutions to get in shape. And now it's easy to do that without leaving home. There are streaming videos of workouts and lots of apps. NPR's Chris Arnold ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Do You Have The Right To Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawyer Disagrees?

DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. Today the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that involves a pretty surprising plot twist. The lawyer for the defendant in a brutal triple-murder case told the jurors that the accused, his client, was guilty. Th

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Least Desirable'? How Racial Discrimination Plays Out In Online Dating

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Millions of people have tried online dating or at least thought about it. Almost one third of Americans who have never been married have gone on dating apps or dating sites, according to the Pew Research Center. And a recent stud