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Young tech nerds in Seattle are trying to preserve the mysterious machines — many of them almost lost forever — that made America's landline telephone system work before the age of computers.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A violin comedy duo, Moonlighting on Hulu, the movie The Royal Hotel, and more.

One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.

Many users are concealing their public photos and sharing instead in private spaces. It's something of a protest against the over-sharing culture of social media. And Gen Z is driving the trend.

The New York Times is dominating a gaming business that many other media organizations are trying to break into.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Psychologist Joshua Coleman about the reasons why estrangement has become more common in recent years and what can be done to address that.

With the Democratic National Convention returning to Chicago this month, media historian Michael Socolow warns against drawing parallels between 1968 and now. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to marketing expert Professor Marcus Collins about how organizations decide whether to speak out on prominent social issues.

Broadcasting from a community arts center in Boyle Heights, LA, Crisis Communicator is a radio show where the concerns of a young woman and her community are unburdened.

A lot of people are sleep deprived, according to the CDC. Some take supplements like melatonin to help. Now there's growing interest in magnesium as a sleep aid. But is there any evidence it works?

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

At the Krome Detention Center reports have poured in about a lack of water and food, unsanitary confinement and medical neglect.

The U.S. government accused Russia of trying to interfere with this year's elections and announced new steps to counter those actions.

Donald Trump is a convicted felon. This historic fact makes an already wild election cycle even more unprecedented. What does it even look like to run for president under these circumstances?

President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent.

Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original.

Youth-led anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence.

The UnitedHealthcare CEO's alleged killer was in the same Brooklyn jail as Diddy and Sam Bankman-Fried. A satirical comedy about their jailhouse vibe is selling out theaters — and raising eyebrows.

Sometimes online, there's a character everyone's talking about: someone or something the internet has decided they're obsessed with. This week it has to be Taylor Swift and her fanbase – the Swifties.

NPR's Mia Venkat explains what the internet was obsessed with this week.

Who knew two letters could spark so much conversation? This week, we're breaking down the many uses of "um" and why the word is so controversial.

Demonstrations are winding down this evening after a day of coordinated "No Kings" marches and rallies held in cities across the country.

Zohran Mamdani, age 34, is on track to topple Andrew Cuomo who's been Democratic Party royalty for decades. Analysts say Mamdani's hopeful appeals to young voters on social media shook up the race.

Many studios and viewers cling to longstanding conventions around using a posh-sounding British accent for ancient characters — even though this defies logic. Absolutely no one spoke English in Rome.

More visitors are coming to the state as the 2021 numbers from April 1 through June 30 were just 2.2% below where the state was in 2019.