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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Horror in the High Desert, Emily the Criminal, and more.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to conductor Marin Alsop about her upcoming performances with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Pound for pound, perhaps no piece of equipment is more valuable on the Ukrainian battlefield than lightweight, remote-controlled drones, which volunteers are bringing to the frontlines in the east.

Welcome To The New World begins in 2016 when the Aldabaans arrive on election day — and wake up in Donald Trump's America. Author Jake Halpern began to document the newcomers in a comic strip.

You'll read about a Kenyan ice sculptor, the risks to women from food insecurity, a poignant street encounter — and goats locking horns with sheep in a changing climate.

NPR moved this week to cut 10% of its staff and stop production of a handful of podcasts, including Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot and Rough Translation.

With credit card balances rising across the country, an age-old approach is gaining traction on TikTok: tackling debt by paying with cash.

Some Justice Department veterans said they worry about the possibility of political interference in law enforcement decisions if Trump wins the White House.

Is that review real or fake? Most of us can't tell

Few foods inspire the kind of revulsion that Marmite does. Technically called "yeast extract," it's basically a spread made from waste from the beer-making process. But food writer Michele Kayal says it gets a bad rap — and that this earthy, salty British export will set your taste buds free.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Kim Masters, editor-at-large at The Hollywood Reporter, about the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike happening in tandem with a writer's strike for the first time since 1960.

Turan says movies are like friends — they speak to you, and can even change your life. In his new book, he shares some personal favorites, and explains why the magic of the movies endures.

If you've got a life-threatening medical condition, your first call might not be to an economist. But Alvin Roth used a theory about matching markets to help connect kidney patients and donors.

Many of the picks from Fresh Air's book critic look back at tough times from earlier eras, or lives upended by disaster. The best books of the year include a work of nonfiction that reveals the hidden fantasy land of a founder of American industry, and a novel that doesn't apologize for the bad behavior of its characters. Plus, a bonus mystery pick.

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the documentary series How It's Made, the series The Americans and The Underground Railroad, and more.

Climate scientists say Colombia's glaciers could disappear within 15 years. Wet highland areas that provide much of the country's fresh water are getting warmer and drier. And each year, flooding becomes more severe. The coastal area of Tumaco has become an example of how environmental and security pressures are undermining previously stable communities.

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.

The sequel to the influential documentary 'Food, Inc' — which shone a light on the country's corporate-driven food system —features the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, an organization fighting for human rights in Florida farms.

The Republican National Committee spent nearly $100,000 buying copies of Donald Trump Jr.'s new book. But did that money buy a spot on the New York Times bestseller list? Not exactly.

As Congress holds hearings on tech giants, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman about his efforts to convince Congress that Google is a monopoly.

Toy companies are preparing for tariffs in the new Trump administration. Nearly all toys sold in the U.S. are imported — mostly from China.

"America does not function without Latino immigrants," Leguizamo says. His new three-part PBS docuseries, VOCES American Historia, highlights Latino contributions to American history and culture.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Aaron Tang about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling deciding that a California regulation allowing unions to engage with workers in their workplace is unconstitutional.

In the wake of several lawsuits involving authors suing AI companies for allegedly scraping their literary works to train models, some big-name writers are signing on to a new AI licensing platform.

Tessa Thompson schemes, manipulates and awes in Nia DaCosta's dazzling adaptation of Hedda Gabler.