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'Captain America: Brave New World' is a major misfire
Friday, February 14, 2025
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there's a new Captain America, played by Anthony Mackie. And with Captain America: Brave New World, he's finally got his own movie. Cap finds himself battling a literally monstrous president played by Harrison Ford whose rages threaten to destabilize the whole world.
In the run-up to the Oscars, Pop Culture Happy Hour is watching all 10 best picture nominees – and you're invited to join us! Sign up for the NPR Movie Club newsletter series and tell us what you thought of the movies you watched this week.
In the run-up to the Oscars, Pop Culture Happy Hour is watching all 10 best picture nominees – and you're invited to join us! Sign up for the NPR Movie Club newsletter series and tell us what you thought of the movies you watched this week.
Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who are members of tribal nations. This reporting is part of an audio documentary from Audible called Tribal Justice: The Struggle for Black Rights on Native Land.
B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an instrument that's historically already theirs.
Why laughing while crying is so Korean
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Comedian Youngmi Mayer talks about how her Korean family uses humor as a tool for survival. She gets into the Korean comedic tradition and why the saddest stuff is what makes them laugh the hardest.
You can't outrun voters' feelings about the economy
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
As we take in the news of another Donald Trump administration, we thought who better to turn the mic over to than the hosts of NPR's Politics Podcast.
The online communities pushing Black male voters to the right
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The manosphere is a sprawling online ecosystem aimed at disgruntled men. Now a subset of the manosphere aimed at Black men is exposing cracks in Black voters' steadfast support of Democrats. On this episode, we take a look at how the Black manosphere came to be and wonder: could this loose community of aggrieved dudes swing the election?
Race, Romance and Reality TV
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Reality TV has been referred to as a funhouse mirror of our culture. But even with its distortions, it can reflect back to us what we accept as a society – especially when it comes to things like gender, sexuality and race.
On today's episode we get into all of that, zeroing in on the Bachelorette, but also looking at a dating show that's trying to do it differently.
On today's episode we get into all of that, zeroing in on the Bachelorette, but also looking at a dating show that's trying to do it differently.
The truth and lies behind one of the most banned books in America
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Author Mike Curato wrote Flamer as a way to help young queer kids, like he once was, better understand and accept themselves. It was met with immediate praise and accolades — until it wasn't. When the book got caught up in a wave of Texas-based book bans, suddenly the narrative changed. And like so many books that address queer identity, Flamer quickly became a flashpoint in a long, messy culture war that tried to distort the nature of the book.
Montgomery brawl doesn't constitute hate crime charges, police chief says
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
The Montgomery brawl that broke over the weekend when a Black man was attacked by a group of white men, has gone viral with numerous memes and TikTok videos.
Disney rolls out its latest remake, 'The Little Mermaid'
Friday, May 26, 2023
Has Disney done it again? And if they have, should they ... stop? These are some of the questions on our minds as Disney's remake of The Little Mermaid hits theaters.
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing
Friday, March 03, 2023
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: South Side, Ariana DeBose's BAFTA performance and Paramore's This Is Why.
36 Years After the MOVE Bombing
Thursday, May 13, 2021
On May 13, 1985, the city of Philadelphia dropped a satchel bomb in a mostly Black neighborhood, during an armed standoff between police and members of the MOVE organization.
Still Processing the MOVE Bombing, 36 Years Later
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Revisiting the incident after remains of at least one victim were returned just last week.
Racism In Medicine Casts A Pall Over COVID-19 Vaccinations
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
A big challenge for public health officials has been the skepticism many Black Americans have toward COVID-19 vaccines. One notorious medical study has been cited as the reason.
When White Extremism Seeps Into The Mainstream
Friday, January 15, 2021
Professor Kathleen Belew explains how people on the mainstream right become radicalized, and why white nationalism grew so influential after the Vietnam War.
From Negro Militias To Black Armament
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Guns have always loomed large in Black people's lives — going all the way back to the days of colonial slavery, explains reporter Alain Stephens from The Trace.
Who Is The White Vote?
Thursday, November 05, 2020
NPR discusses the racial breakdown of current exit polls and how the electorate is changing.
The Story Behind Kamala Harris' Truancy Program
Saturday, October 17, 2020
HuffPost reporter Molly Redden explains how a program trying to reduce school absences produced unintended consequences—both for California families and Harris herself.
The Complicated Role Of Black Leaders In Shaping The Criminal Justice System
Friday, October 16, 2020
In Locking Up Our Own, James Forman Jr. explains the role that Black leaders, from prosecutors to legislators, have played in mass incarceration—and why it's more complicated than meets the eye.
How The America's Racial Justice Protests Have Affected A Port City Across The Ocean
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Two weeks after George Floyd's killing, protesters in Bristol, England, brought down the statue of a slave trader. NPR follows the ripples of America's racial justice protests across the Atlantic.
