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'Wait Wait' for March 26, 2022: With Not My Job guest Dan Snow
Dan Snow is a historian and television presenter who was part of the expedition that uncovered Shackleton's lost ship Endurance, so we ask him about the undiscovered artists playing Lollapalooza.
What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend listening and viewing
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: game shows and album recommendations.
A new test looks at the way Muslim women are portrayed onscreen
The few Muslim women in American television shows or movies tend to be portrayed in contexts of oppression. A new test seeks assess the onscreen representation of Muslim women.
Why Sailor Moon is beloved by so many, 30 years later
30 years ago, Sailor Moon burst onto Japanese television screens and captured the hearts of countless young people around the world. Why does it still endure?
Remembering Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state
Appointed by President Clinton in 1997, Albright advocated for the expansion of NATO into the former Soviet bloc countries of Eastern Europe. She died March 23. Originally broadcast in 2003 and 2018.
There's a multiverse of roads not taken in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'
Michelle Yeoh stars as a Chinese American immigrant who suddenly develops the power to leap between parallel universes in this moving and often exasperating movie.
George Floyd remembered in new choral work
In "A Knee on the Neck," composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin pay tribute to Floyd's memory and offer hope for the future – while wrestling with the realities of the present day.
With 'Humble Quest,' Maren Morris is closely following her compass
After a global dance hit, the country star returns from lockdown with an intimate new album — and a new son, who helped inspire it.
'King Richard' is a quintessential Will Smith movie, 30 years in the making
For more than three decades the actor has cultivated a specific type of on-screen personality, from The Fresh Prince to King Richard.