Month: January 2025

Will GTA6 actually come out this year? Is a new Nintendo console coming? Huge games are creeping on the horizon, including a high-stakes Assassin’s Creed title and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

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Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter-themed NFL halftime show performance showcased Black Americana, and drew in millions of viewers, but it left some viewers asking: Is she America’s greatest propagandist? And which version of America is she promoting?

Brittany Luse is joined by music and Black feminism scholar Daphne A. Brooks and mass communication historian Nick Cull, to unpack what is and isn’t propaganda, and how we can sift through political messaging to be more savvy consumers of media.

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A lot of yoga classes included music, but in Pennsylvania, yogis are moving to the performance of a live string quintet and music composed just for yoga practice.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with Grady Hendrix about his latest horror novel, “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls,” in which the witches are not the worst evil-doers, the humans are.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and Chris House of Annandale, Virginia.

On Wild Card this week, Kate Bowler opens up about how she wants to waste her time, her feelings about God and how she talks about death with her child.

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A report released by the Department of Agriculture found that poor sanitation practices at a Boar’s Head facility in Virginia contributed to the largest listeria outbreak since 2011. 

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The fires around Los Angeles arrived just as Hollywood’s awards season kicked off. It’s an ominous sign at a time when film and TV production is already down.

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A series of unexpected events after the narrow election has set up a power struggle in the Minnesota Legislature. Days before the legislative session kicks off, it’s unclear who will take control.

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