Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk. Over the course of his career, he has spent time as a theater critic ...

February 7, 2025 • It's Pop of Culture's 50th episode! This week, we peek behind the Tiny Desk: NPR producer Bobby Carter gives us last-minute details on the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest. Sculptor and ...

NPR hosts tend to get personal on air. They talk about themselves or drop in details about their families and home life, and listeners write in and share their views on this NPR mannerism.

Get obsessed with us. Four days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists Linda ...

At a certain point, most of us settle into a groove with our pop culture consumption. We know what we love and what we're not into. But sometimes, all it takes is one great outlier or a willingness to ...

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They want to connect with listeners, although it doesn't always work NPR hosts tend to get personal on air. They talk about themselves or drop in details about their families and home life ...