Arts

Other people just going about their lives in public are not fodder for your social media. Let's think a little harder about the etiquette of putting pictures and videos of strangers up online.

Arts

Maybe think twice before making an innocent stranger go viral?

7:00am September 17, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Other people just going about their lives in public are not fodder for your social media. Let's think a little harder about the etiquette of putting pictures and videos of strangers up online.

British media report rape and emotional abuse allegations against Russell Brand

2:52pm September 16, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The British entertainer denies the allegations, put forward in a join investigation by the the U.K.'s Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4.

Comic panels of different interactions between people in an office setting

Arts

Oops! I called my boss 'dude.' Career coaches weigh in on tricky workplace dilemmas

12:18pm September 16, 2023

by Julia Carney

How to deal with burnout and ageism at work, and what to do when your boss treats you differently because of your political views.

Hillary Rodham Clinton on stage in Las Vegas

'Wait Wait' for September 16, 2023: With Not My Job guest Hillary Rodham Clinton

11:59am September 16, 2023

This week, we're joined by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who joins us to talk about the Clinton Global Initiative and Pete Davidson. She may be part of one CGI, but what does she know about CGI'd movies?

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The museum's former library space on the ground floor — most often used for the Met's beloved story time — is now the 81st Street Studio, a hands-on learning space for kids.

Arts

A new kids' space at an art museum is actually about science

10:08am September 16, 2023

by Jennifer Vanasco

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is trying something new to introduce kids to the materials that make art.

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Eight of Ohio's prehistoric monumental earthworks built 2,000 years ago by Native Americans are Ohio's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are now a UNESCO World Heritage site

8:04am September 16, 2023

by Tana Weingartner

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are now 25 in the U.S., including the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.

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A detail from the cover of Jaguar II, the new album from Victoria Monét.

Arts
Books

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

8:09pm September 15, 2023

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The audiobooks Mythos and Why We Love Baseball, and the new albums Jaguar II and Blame My Ex.

Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero poses inside the "Tren de La Cultura" ("Train of Culture"), during a news conference for the exhibition "Fernando Botero: The Circus," in Medellín, Colombia, Jan. 30, 2015.

Fernando Botero, Colombian artist famous for rotund and oversize figures, dies at 91

3:19pm September 15, 2023

by John Otis

Colombian artist Fernando Botero has died at the age of 91. "I don't paint fat women," he once told Spain's El Mundo newspaper, "I am interested in volume, the sensuality of the form."

Craig Gillespie's 'Dumb Money' tells the story of the GameStop short squeeze

2:03pm September 15, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Craig Gillespie's dramedy Dumb Money chronicles the 2021 Wall Street phenomenon known as the GameStop short squeeze, which pitted small investors against major hedge funds.

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Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies?

1:35pm September 15, 2023

by Terry Gross

Red Carpet author Erich Schwartzel says that film studios increasingly need Chinese audiences to break even — which can result in self-censorship. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2022.

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