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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Friday, October 20, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bad Bunny's new album, the films Slotherhouse and Birth/Rebirth, and the game show Taskmaster.
Avoggedon strikes Philadelphia: One nonprofit gives away thousands of avocados
Thursday, October 20, 2022
A food distribution company in Philadelphia, Pa., had a few too many avocados on hand. Its solution? Giving them away for free.
How the gig economy inspired a cyberpunk video game
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk "post-capitalist" future
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing
Friday, July 08, 2022
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Rutherford Falls season two, Magic Mike XXL, and more.
The race-shifting of 'Pretendians'
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
The number of people who identify as Native American on the U.S. Census has soared in recent years, which raises a lot of concerns in Native communities about people falsely claiming Native identity.
Looking for a laugh? Here are some of NPR's favorite funny books of 2021
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Want to read and laugh? From NPR's yearly reading list, Books We Love, four NPR staffers offer their suggestions.
The white ghosts haunting Native Americans in 'The Sentence'
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Louise Erdrich's novel turns the trope of the haunted Indian burial ground on its head with the story of a Native-run bookstore being visited by the ghost of a white woman obsessed with indigeneity.
Tiny Desk Playlist: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Friday, November 12, 2021
Native American artists have brought an incredibly diverse array of sounds and styles to the Tiny Desk, representing just a slice of the breadth and beauty of Indigenous art.
Raye Zaragoza: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Akimel Oʼotham folk singer performs four songs for her Tiny Desk (home) concert.
Ya Tseen: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Tuesday, November 09, 2021
From the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house, the Southeast Alaskan artist uses a combination of electronic and acoustic elements to fuel his Tiny Desk home concert.
Comedian Joe Pera wants you to get comfortable — preferably in the right chair
Sunday, November 07, 2021
Most television shows feel like they're made by an energy drink, Joe Pera says. He wanted his to feel like it was made by apple cider.
What Lorde's Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort To Revive The Language
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Pop singer Lorde has released an EP in te reo Maori, the Native language in her home country of New Zealand. Maori artists say that this is just one branch of a larger movement to revive the language.
Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back
Saturday, August 28, 2021
After discoveries of more than 1,300 bodies at Canada's residential schools, the U.S. is now facing a crucial moment of reckoning with its own history of Native American boarding schools.
Blinkin' In The Rain: Florida Bill Would Allow Hazard Lights In Stormy Weather
Thursday, May 27, 2021
A provision tucked away in a 38-page transportation bill grants Florida drivers the right to turn on their hazard lights while in motion.
This Contender For The World's Longest Cheesesteak Spans 3 City Blocks
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
A group of chefs in South Philly's Italian Market set out to break the record for world's longest cheesesteak on Monday. The resulting hoagie spanned three blocks and caused some traffic issues.
A 'Shot' At $1 Million? Local Governments Offering Incentives For Vaccines
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Free hunting license in Maine, free beer in New Jersey and a chance to win $1 million in Ohio. Across the country, cities and state are offering incentives to get people vaccinated against COVID-19.
Pennies From (Almost) Heaven: Get Paid To Move To West Virginia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
A program called Ascend West Virginia hopes to draw remote workers to the Mountain State, even to the point of paying $12,000 to selected applicants.
Set In Stone? Franco-Belgian Border Moved By Bold Farmer And A Boulder
Thursday, May 06, 2021
The border between France and Belgium was recently redrawn, but not due to a political dispute. A farmer moved a stone off his land and, in doing so, inadvertently made Belgium slightly bigger.
Au Revoir, Yahoo! Answers
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Yahoo! Answers shut down Tuesday after nearly 16 years of inquiries from the internet's curious minds. As a final send-off, NPR gets to the bottom of some of these important questions.
'Citizen Kane' Has A Rotten Day
Thursday, April 29, 2021
For years, Orson Welles' Citizen Kane has been widely viewed as the greatest film ever made. But now an 80-year-old negative review has resurfaced, bringing its Rotten Tomatoes score down from 100%.