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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Akwaeke Emezi's debut novel is a lyrical, nonlinear story of a woman named Ada born in Nigeria with, as she puts it, one foot on the other side. Several selves exist inside of Ada. They identify themselves as we. When Ada comes to

美国国家公共电台 NPR ISIS' Parting Gift To Its Former Capital: Thousands Of Explosive Booby Traps

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When fighters for ISIS abandoned their capital, they left behind a deadly parting gift. Islamic State fighters salted that city, Raqqa, with explosive booby traps. Now, young Syrian men are training to remove them. NPR's Tom Bowm

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Black Panther' Success Proves That Movies With Black Actors Can Do Well Internationally

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Over the long weekend, a lot of people saw Black Panther. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BLACK PANTHER) LETITIA WRIGHT: (As Shuri) Hey, look at your suit. You've been taking bullets, charging it up with kinetic energy. SHAPIRO: It broke box o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Report Detailing Harassment At NPR Cites 'High Level Of Distrust' Of Management

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We're going to take the next few minutes to talk about our own organization. NPR's board of directors has released an outside report that looks at a sexual harassment scandal involving NPR's former top news executive Mike Oreskes.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Director Greta Gerwig On The Parallels Between Her Life And 'Lady Bird'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Among the Oscar nominees for best picture, Lady Bird stands out not just because it's directed by a woman, the actress Greta Gerwig - also because compared to the others - Dunkirk, Get Out or Shape Of Water - its story is deceptive

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Parkland Shooting, Conservative Media Criticize Calls For Stricter Gun Laws

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Those students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School also have their eye on Congress. They're planning a big gun control rally in Washington next month. They've received a lot of praise from around the country, but as North Cou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Seismic Surveys Planned Off U.S. Coast Pose Risk To Marine Life

(SOUNDBITE OF WHALE CALL) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many animals that live in the ocean communicate with sound, like this humpback whale. (SOUNDBITE OF WHALE CALL) SHAPIRO: But these voices could soon be drowned out by powerful sonic booms set off in the oc

美国国家公共电台 NPR She Survived Breast Cancer, But Says A Treatment Side Effect 'Almost Killed' Her

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, now more on a disease that maybe you've never heard of. It's called lymphedema. It can occur whenever lymph nodes are removed to stop the spread of cancer, and it's most common among breast cancer patients. NPR's Patti

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'He's Not A Leading Man': A Casting Director On Rembrandt's Self-Portraits

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Students Who Lived Through Florida Shooting Turn Rage Into Activism

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start the program today in South Florida, where something remarkable is happening. In Parkland, the scene of that school shooting last week that left 17 people dead, the kids are organizing. High school students wh

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Only Child': A Story of Loss, Grief And Hope

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Four days ago, we received word about another one of those stories that we hate to report and you hate to hear - 17 people, many of them teenagers, were killed in a school shooting. And as journalists, I have to be honest with yo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rivals Japan And South Korea Face Off At Olympics Amid Chilly Ties

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: At the Olympics, North and South Korea made headlines for making nice, but South Korea's relations have cooled with an ally, Japan. NPR's Elise Hu reports on the backdrop to a rivalry. (SOUNDBITE OF 2018 OLYMPIC GAMES) UNIDENTIFI

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration's Latest Strike On CFPB: Budget Cuts

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration wants to dramatically cut funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's the agency created after the financial crisis to protect Americans from abuse by financial firms. Elizabeth Warren an

美国国家公共电台 NPR Navajo President: Go To College, Then Bring That Knowledge Home

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When a Navajo baby is born it's custom to bury the umbilical cord in the ground. The Navajo believe the ritual ties the child to the land forever. But a new generation are defying this belief as more young people leave the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Trade Action Could Boost Steel And Aluminum Makers, Hurt Other Industries

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A lot of the aluminum and steel we use here in the United States is imported from other countries. And that, according to a report from the Commerce Department, is a threat to national security. Last week, department officials rec

美国国家公共电台 NPR Finding Strength In Shared Stories Of Childhood Sexual Abuse

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today - difficult memories from a religious reform school in Louisiana. It was called New Bethany Home for Girls. And during the 30 years that it was open, law enforcement a number of times investigated claims of child abuse at t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Creature Actor Doug Jones Shares How He Transforms Into Movie Monsters

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The movie The Shape Of Water is up for 13 Oscars, the most of any film this year. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE SHAPE OF WATER) RICHARD JENKINS: (As Giles) A tale of love and loss and the monster who tried to destroy it all. SHAPIRO: Cre

美国国家公共电台 NPR Once Sentenced For Life, Some Juvenile Convicts Get A Second Chance

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here's a question. Should people who commit serious crimes as minors be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole? Well, the Supreme Court has ruled that, in many cases, the answer should be no. NPR's Cheryl Corley repor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Israel Gives African Asylum-Seekers A Choice: Deportation Or Jail

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: While the debate over immigration rages here in the U.S., there's a similar debate happening in Israel. Tens of thousands of East African migrants have gone to Israel in the past decade, and now Israel is handing out deportation

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'America's Pastor' Billy Graham Dies At 99

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Over six decades, the Reverend Billy Graham electrified audiences around the world. He counseled American presidents, and he transformed evangelical Christianity. Today, the man known as America's pastor passed away at the age of