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A whale sculpture cause turmoil — then unity — in a Salt Lake City neighborhood

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

A giant whale sculpture polarized a Salt Lake City neighborhood, but then it brought them together.

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'The Care and Keeping of You,' American Girl's guide to puberty, turns 25

Monday, September 18, 2023

The Care and Keeping of You from American Girl eased the adolescent anxieties of the millennial and Gen Z girls who read it. Now the book is marking its 25th anniversary.

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Some of Gen Z wants to return to the office out of a kind of professional FOMO

Friday, September 01, 2023

As businesses and government agencies try to get workers to return in person, many young professionals feel like they're missing out on mentoring and professional development by only working remotely.

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LA firefighters donate RVs to firefighters who lost homes in Maui

Thursday, August 24, 2023

With the help of non-profit Emergency RV, Los Angeles County Firefighters are donating RVs as temporary housing for firefighters who lost homes in Maui.

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Hurricane Hilary will bring rainfall and flooding to Southern California

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Hurricane Hilary continues her march to Baja California, and people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are getting ready for projected heavy rains and flooding.

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Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Record high temperatures, strong winds and thunderstorms are prompting warnings for high wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest.

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Amid streaming chaos, Dropout carves out its own niche

Saturday, August 12, 2023

As big media companies struggle to become profitable, smaller companies like Dropout think they can make it work by offering niche content instead of going after a mass audience.

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Hollywood strikes' economic impacts are hitting far beyond LA

Thursday, August 10, 2023

The writers and actors strikes in Hollywood are affecting jobs across the U.S. The Motion Picture Association says film and TV productions employ more than 1.7 million people outside California.

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A Mega Millions jackpot of over $1 billion is at stake in Tuesday night's drawing

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $1.1 billion, the fourth highest jackpot in the game's history.

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For the record: We visit Colleen Shogan, the first woman appointed U.S. Archivist

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Colleen Shogan loves being surrounded by documents — and that's probably for the best. The former political science professor is now in charge of the 13.5 billion records in the National Archives.

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

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Lady Audaci-Tea, a summer of good movies and Hair Plugs & Heartache.

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

Friday, June 23, 2023

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Beware the Woman, Dungeons and Drag Queens, and the DVD menu of The Social Network.

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Queen Latifah and Billy Crystal are among the 2023 Kennedy Center honorees

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick will be honored for their lifetime artistic achievements as the 46th class of Kennedy Center honorees.

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Thousands of Reddit communities 'go dark' in protest of new developer fees

Monday, June 12, 2023

More than 6,000 so-called subreddits are participating in a 48-hour boycott aimed at pressuring the company to reverse its new fees for accessing the company's internal data.

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

Friday, June 09, 2023

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Shiny Happy People, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, Jessie Ware's new album, and more.

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A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves

Friday, June 02, 2023

After a parent's complaint, a school district in Utah banned the Bible from middle and elementary schools for containing "vulgarity or violence" inappropriate for the age group.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Friday, June 02, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Clone High, the "Thursday Murder Club" mystery series, Mel Mitchell on TikTok, and more.

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Critics weren't impressed by 'The Little Mermaid,' but here's what kids thought

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The holiday weekend's biggest hit was widely panned by critics. But what does The Little Mermaid's target audience of children have to say about the live-action Disney adaptation?

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Friday, May 26, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: You're the Worst, 60 Songs that Explain the '90s, and Little Moon wins the Tiny Desk.

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YouTube star Hank Green shares cancer diagnosis

Friday, May 19, 2023

In a YouTube video, the science communicator and author announced that he's recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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