'Wait Wait' for November 2, 2024: With Not My Job guest Brian Jordan Alvarez
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest Brian Jordan Alvarezy and panelists Brian Babylon, Emmy Blotnick, and Luke Burbank
Arts
Chef Edward Lee reflects on 'Culinary Class Wars', identity and his next chapter
After three decades in Southern cuisine, Lee's next culinary chapter explores Korean American cooking, moving beyond traditional recipes and fusion concepts.
Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good
Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, was adapted from a millennia-spanning graphic novel. But it's a technically and narratively difficult story on-screen and the result is crowded and confusing.
Bless this mess: Tyler, the Creator and the chaos of adulting
Musically, CHROMAKOPIA is the rap auteur's most confident album. Emotionally, it might be his most self-effacing, as it stares down a new set of responsibilities.
Broadway stars campaign to get out the vote
The new nonprofit Broadway Votes is corralling musical theater celebrities to help with the effort both both on stage and online.
I went on the new White House tour. This is what you can now see
About 10,000 people a week come to visit the White House. But until recently, they got a public tour that hadn’t changed in decades.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend raking, listening and gaming
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Cure's Songs of a Lost World, a lawn mowing simulator video game, and fall yard work.
A mother and son are separated by the London 'Blitz' in this quietly radical film
In a film that has powerful moments of wonderment, humor and joy, Saoirse Ronan plays a London factory worker trying to protect her young son as German bombs fall across the city.
Sheer Mag: Tiny Desk Concert
The Philly band, a force for good in rock and roll, runs through a career-spanning set with a little help from some bagpipes.
John Leguizamo's parents knew the 'American dream hustle.' That informed his new play
In his new play The Other Americans, John Leguizamo stars as a Colombian Puerto Rican laundromat owner whose son is released from a mental wellness facility after suffering a trauma.