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To close out 2024, Brittany and friends are running through the best and worst pop culture moments of the past 365 days. Along with NPR’s Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe and Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker, the three declare winners and losers in the following categories:

WORD OF THE YEAR
“Crash Out”
“Cutesy”
“Hawk Tuah”

THE LOUDEST GASP HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
Katt Williams on Club Shay Shay
Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Rap Beef
The response to the Trump assassination attempt

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Life
Willful Ignorance
Dr. Rachel Gunn (AKA Raygun)

BIGGEST FLOP OF THE YEAR
Tesla’s Cybertrucks
Drake
Megalopolis

THE “WHO’S THIS DIVA?” AWARD
The extra special award for the diva you did not know before 2024 but whose name lives rent free in your head now.

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Women make up a third of new hunters applying for licenses. Outdoor organizations and Midwest states are trying to reach groups that haven’t historically participated in hunting.

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

In 2016, Springsteen spoke about New Jersey, masculinity and wishing to be his stage persona: “People see you onstage and, yeah, I’d want to be that guy. … I want to be that guy myself very often.”

There is a champagne tower, and then next to it a water-glass tower to remind you to hydrate.

In the Transcarpathia region, some locals embrace a traditional lifestyle and cultural identity. After surviving Soviet threats, now they fear President Vladimir Putin seeks to erase their culture.

(Image credit: Claire Harbage)

You blockhead! We wanted something meme-able!

He wants to give hope to the tens of thousands of Ukrainians who have lost limbs since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

(Image credit: Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR)

Many years ago, Karleen was physically attacked by her then-boyfriend. Terrified, she left their condo, sat down on the curb, and began to cry. Then, a kind stranger invited her to Hanukkah.

Nosferatu is a Dracula story with a twist. It stars Lily Rose-Depp as a new bride stalked by an evil bloodsucking creature of the night who brings death and terror in its wake. A handful of stalwart men – including her husband, played by Nicholas Hoult – attempt to defend Rose-Depp’s virtue and defeat the undead scourge.

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