NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rico Gagliano, host of the MUBI Podcast, which just wrapped a series about great needle drops in cinema history.

NPR's Camila Domonoske talks with indie rock musician Indigo De Souza about her latest album, "All of This Will End."

NPR's Camila Domonoske talks with Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, creators of the Peacock series "Mrs. Davis." It's about an AI-like entity that seems to be controlling much of humanity.

American Girl has announced two new dolls, Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, who are twins in 1999 Seattle. We hear from Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy, who together, wrote the stories of the new dolls.

The concert documentary "Wattstax" was released 50 years ago this month. It featured Stax Records' entire roster at the time. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to James Alexander of the Bar-Kays.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Midwest Modern Twitter account, Unclear and Present Danger podcast, Gemini Rights and more.

A teenage girl ages rapidly in the new Broadway musical, "Kimberly Akimbo." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with composer Jeanine Tesori about it.

Everyone knows that "love rules at the love shack:" NPR's Scott Simon speaks to The B-52s, the new wave icons out of Athens, Ga., who are now on the road for one last tour.

50 years ago - Elektra Records asked one of its talent scouts, guitarist Lenny Kaye, to create a double compilation album. That album "Nuggets" laid the groundwork for punk.

With the Supreme Court chambers off-limits to cameras, Art Lien's sketches helped the public understand what it was like to hear arguments and decisions in the highest court of the land.

A new video game allows users to play a virtual trombone to the music of some familiar favorites. Players get feedback ranging from "nasty" to "perfecto" - making Trombone Champ a tootin' good time.

The late Peruvian singer Yma Sumac would have turned 100 years old this week, a fantastic excuse to examine her legacy and listen to her nearly five octave voice.

Alfred Hitchcock's groundbreaking horror classic is the subject of this entry in our "Movies You Missed" series.

The slide at Belle Isle Park reopened after the pandemic — and promptly closed four hours later after it proved more perilous than anticipated.

The new FX series "The Bear" centers on a fictional family-owned Italian beef shop in Chicago. We explore the history of Italian beef, and why it's such a Chicago favorite.

Scott Simon speaks with Kate Holden of Cork, Ireland; Kristan McMahon of Lakewood, N.Y.; and April Price of Erie, Colo. about "The Big Lebowski," which they all just watched for the first time.

Scott Simon talks with Marie Vega of Weymouth, Mass., and Lydia Mullan of Cambridge, Mass., about the film "Jaws." Both saw it for the first time for our series, Movies You Missed.

Creem Magazine, which covered rock 'n' roll from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, is returning: first as a digital magazine with full archives, then in the fall as a quarterly print publication.

Creem Magazine, which covered rock 'n' roll from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, is returning: first as a digital magazine with full archives, then in the fall as a quarterly print publication.

Scott Simon speaks with Marc Rivers, a producer on NPR's Morning Edition, about the 1985 movie "Back to the Future," which he watched recently for the first time.