That's how you say it?? The most mispronounced words of 2024
The language-learning company Babbel has released its list of the most mispronounced words and names of 2024, including semaglutide, Phryge and Barry Keoghan.
Arts
'Time of the Child' is a marvelous blend of despair and redemption
Set in a small Irish village in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1962, Niall Williams' latest novel avoids cliché by investing specificity and life into characters and places.
A/perture Cinema welcomes a new executive director
Winston-Salem’s a/perture cinema is under new leadership. The board of directors has named Leigh Dyer as its executive director. She replaces Lawren Desai, who started the theater dedicated to art house films in 2010, and recently announced her voluntary resignation.
Old Crow Medicine Show: Tiny Desk Concert
The band performs its revved-up take on roots music at the Tiny Desk.
Breaking down the 'historic' box office records this Thanksgiving weekend
Hollywood set an all time record over the Thanksgiving holidays. But does that actually mean anything? Movie critic Bob Mondello says it's wise to take the numbers with a grain of salt.
Revolution connects Haitians with Black Panthers in 'Kingdom of No Tomorrow'
Fabienne Josaphat, author of Kingdom of No Tomorrow, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the Black Panther movement, and its significance inside the U.S., and to Haitian people.
Mickalene Thomas makes art that 'gives Black women their flowers'
Thomas' work puts Black women front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by reclaiming space."
'Beatles '64' revisits an intense two-week period in musical and cultural history
A new Disney+ documentary chronicles the Beatles' first trip to America. By combining footage, stories and songs, Beatles '64 makes it clear why the group, and its music, continue to be revered.
'Bread & Roses' is a guerrilla film about Afghan women protesters
Getting footage from the ground was essential for filmmaker Sahra Mani, the director of Bread & Roses. Her documentary, which profiles three women who engage in protests, is now streaming on Apple TV+.
J. Edgar Hoover's biographer weighs in on Trump's pick to lead the FBI
Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition.