Month: July 2025

Coco, Inside Out, Toy Story 3, WALL-E, Ratatouille and Finding Nemo‘/>

People have strong opinions about the best Pixar movies. We asked NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour listeners to vote.

If you’re thinking about taking a road trip, you’re going to need some road trip music. You might need a pick-me-up, a distraction, or something for when you need a break from podcasts. But if you’re headed out on the road, we’re here to help with three songs to blast on your next road trip.

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Erin Patterson hosted four of her estranged husband’s relatives for lunch in July 2023. Three of them later died of death cap mushroom poisoning. Nearly two years later, a jury has found her guilty.

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Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller traces his journey to Broadway. Ken Tucker reviews the new release of Bruce Springsteen’s lost albums. Moss-Bachrach describes the set of The Bear as “very loving.”

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Houston Public Media listener Ed Menger and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR’s Pien Huang takes a journey to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to hear from youth voices about how they’re telling the story of America on the 4th of July.

This week, we celebrate the 4th of July by revisiting some of our favorite guests of the past year, including Lauren Graham, Roy Wood Jr., Amanda Seyfried, mxmtoon, and Jim Gaffigan!

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Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly’s life (there are really four stages but egg time is pretty boring). It’s also written and illustrated by three friends.

Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities have impacted groups around the country, including a theater company in Denver that gives disabled actors and audiences the chance to participate.

It’s natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay’ tells a story that is both effective and empathetic.

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