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Is your name Kyle? There's a gathering you may want to know about

5:28pm May 17, 2024

A small city in Texas is calling on people named Kyle to help break the Guinness World Record for the largest same-name gathering. Calling all Kyles to the annual Kyle fest in Kyle, Texas!

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The Philharmonik is the winner of the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

5:00pm May 17, 2024

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: Sophie Truax's puppets and songs, Tyler Joseph Ellis' videos, and the new Tiny Desk Contest winner.

Children from Cork, Ireland sing "The Spark," in a music video.

This wholesome banger from a group of Irish kids is the spark you need

2:17pm May 17, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.

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Remembering filmmaker Roger Corman, king of B-movies

1:49pm May 17, 2024

Corman, who died May 9, made hundreds of films, including the cult classics House of Usher and A Bucket of Blood. We listen back to a 1990 interview, plus critic John Powers offers an appreciation.

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Podcast tile art for Wild Card, from NPR; Pause/Play, from KUT; The Secrets We Keep, from NEPM; Up From Dust, from KCUR; StoryCorps, from NPR; Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai, from KUOW.

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From college exposés to family secrets, check out these new podcasts

8:30am May 17, 2024

There's a lot to celebrate in May — graduation, Mother's Day, Memorial Day. Add finding your new favorite podcast to the list with the NPR One team's recommendations from across public media.

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Fans have been desperate for the next installment of 'Grand Theft Auto'

6:00am May 17, 2024

Grand Theft Auto 5 came out more than 10 years ago, and developer Rockstar Games has finally announced a release date for Grand Theft Auto 6 — Fall 2025. Some fans feel it isn't soon enough.

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From left: Harrison Butker, a slug, JoJo Siwa

What did the internet call 'satanic'? Find out in the news quiz

5:00am May 17, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

What looks like "a ghost emerging from a pool of vomit"? Are meme stocks back? And what's up with the Trump-Biden debates? Plus: orcas with a thirst for violence and more Miss USA drama.

Bea (Cailey Fleming) and Blue (voiced by Steve Carell) in IF.

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'IF' only! These imaginary friends are sweet, but could have been so much more

5:13pm May 16, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Imagine that imaginary friends were real. Now imagine that IF director John Krasinski and star Ryan Reynolds convinced A-list pals to voice them.

Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington.

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What took him so long? Colin finally likes Penelope back in 'Bridgerton' season 3

5:13pm May 16, 2024

by Linda Holmes

The Netflix show's third season takes on the "friends to lovers" romance trope.

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John Mulaney is a strange, brilliantly funny host on 'Everybody's in L.A.'

1:42pm May 16, 2024

by David Bianculli

Each episode of Mulaney's six-part Netflix special is structured loosely around a specific L.A. topic — earthquakes, palm trees, coyotes — and features a mix of real-life experts and stand-up comics.

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