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Jon McLaughlin's new piano-based pop album pays tribute to his native Midwest. On Indiana, McLaughlin candidly charts the ups and downs of the record industry, love, loss and the spirit of middle-America. It's the 24-year-old singer-songwriter's major-label debut.

Each week for Food Friday, we go to a different part of the WAMC listening area to find the best spots to grab a bite. This week: Burlington, VermontFrom…

Plumbing trouble? You could use some advice... and we have it! Alan Ayers, vice president of Crisafulli Brothers, a plumbing and heating contractor in New York's Capital Region, joins us to answer your questions. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

Outside the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had another life in pop culture as a symbol of dissent and feminism. The Notorious RBG was celebrated in memes, movies, T-shirts and tote bags

When Coldplay and Beyoncé released the music video for their new song, they were immediately accused of cultural appropriation. What does that mean? And how pervasive is it in the music industry?

The escapist aesthetic of Renaissance is its own kind of statement — Beyoncé's way of asserting the primacy of Black musical forms throughout American pop history.

The MTV Unplugged series was a 90s pop culture staple. Jim Burns co-created the series and was the show's executive producer during its original run. Burns died on Tuesday at 65.

The range in the Best New Artist category dissolves the idea that mainstream music sounds the same.

On his breakthrough debut album, American Teen, Khalid Robinson proves that the emotional turbulence of youth can be timeless. Michel Martin talks to him and his biggest influence: his mom.

NPR's Emily Feng talks with Abao, one of Taiwan's biggest pop stars. She is Paiwan, an indigenous people that lived on the island before Han Chinese colonized it more than 300 years ago.