Pop Culture

Elise Tries purikura, the original Snapchat.

Video: Japan's 'Purikura' Photo Booths Offer Snapchat-Like Filters

1:59pm July 03, 2017

by Elise Hu

In NPR's Elise Tries series, correspondent Elise Hu tries out new experiences in East Asia. In Tokyo, she checks out Japanese purikura photo booths, which produce selfies to decorate and print out.

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National

'Snowfall': FX's New Drama About The Crack Epidemic In Los Angeles

5:10pm July 02, 2017

by Eric Deggans

FX's new dramatic series is about the origins of the crack epidemic in Los Angeles. Executive Producer John Singleton has made a career of telling stories about Los Angeles, this is his personal opus.

National

Binge-Worthy Summer TV Guide

8:08am July 02, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Our summer series on TV shows takes a look at under-the-radar and that you might want to binge — Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul and more.

The Impact Of The 'Summer Of Love' Still Reverberates

7:52am July 01, 2017

by Rachael Myrow

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The Monterey Pop Festival in June of 1967 became a soundtrack for an emerging counterculture.

Jessica St. Clair as Emma Crawford and Lennon Parham as Maggie Caruso in USA's Playing House.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pop Culture Summer Stories And 'Playing House'

10:42am June 30, 2017

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we bring you a conversation we had with Audie Cornish from our recent live show in Brooklyn, and Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham talk about their USA comedy.

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Hannibal Buress Pays Look-Alike To Go To Movie Premiere In His Place

7:39am June 30, 2017

Comedian Hannibal Buress didn't want to go to the premiere of a new movie he was in. So he paid a look-alike $500 to go; the look-alike even got interviewed on the red carpet.

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The Code Switch podcast is celebrating its first anniversary.

From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

11:36am June 29, 2017

by Leah Donnella

As we light a candle on the Code Switch podcast's birthday cake, our team looks back on the stories that mattered.

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Elvis Presley, in the studio in 1956 — Presley's success was undoubtedly driven by the material he appropriated from black musicians.

Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible

5:18pm June 28, 2017

by K. Tempest Bradford

Recently, the New York Times published an essay defending cultural appropriation as necessary engagement. But that's a simplistic, misguided way of looking at appropriation, which causes real harm.

In the third season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Titus Andromedon (Tituss Burgess) gets through heartbreak by making his own version of Beyonce's Lemonade.

Arts

Tituss Burgess Says He Plays The Most 'Everyman' Character On 'Kimmy Schmidt'

5:55pm June 26, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

Titus Andromedon "doesn't have money to pay the rent; he can't keep a job; he gets racially profiled," Burgess says. "I mean, so what that he ... wears women's clothes?"

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Elise Tries dancing to K-pop. It's harder than it looks.

Video: K-Pop Dance Routines Are A Workout For Body And Brain

11:33am June 26, 2017

by Elise Hu

In NPR's Elise Tries series, correspondent Elise Hu tries out new experiences in East Asia. In this episode from Seoul, K-pop dance steps prove too complicated for completion.

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