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Journalist Lauren Williams discusses how she seeks to rebuild trust with Black audiences through Capital B, her recently launched news nonprofit born out of 2020's summer of unrest.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Aisha Harris, host of the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, and NPR Music's Stephen Thompson, about how the events of 2020 have forever changed the entertainment industry.

Morning Edition speaks to teacher Jim Gard who was at the Florida school where 17 were killed yesterday. He says he heard "popping sounds" as students left his room after a fire alarm.

Carlile's tribute concert established a new approach to canonizing Mitchell's work. And in a video produced for the concert, musicians and friends share their favorite lyrics by Mitchell.

Producers of fantasy shows should use diversity to deepen storylines.

The singsong rapper began as an oddity. His new "psych rock" album feels representative of his career arc.

Embedded in genre : sadboy, a collaborative release by rappers MGK and Trippie Redd, is an accidental lesson in what once made the collision of rap and pop-punk so electrifying.

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.

For Dry January, a former pop critic for The New Yorker suggests great songs about not drinking. Many are by musicians who have been sober for decades.

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