Pop Culture Happy Hour host Glen Weldon joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to share a few of his favorite under-the-radar films from this year, including "National Anthem" and "Good One." ...

NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to discuss the spending battle and how it could affect the early months of the incoming Trump administration.

As Russian troops near the city of Pokrovsk, where a beloved Ukrainian composer wrote his most famous song — now known worldwide as "Carol of the Bells" — Ukrainians seek to safeguard his legacy.

Syria has a new interim government, but there is concern about how it will govern following contradictory remarks. Some groups, including women's rights advocates, are already testing the terrain.

The Chattanooga sister trio talks about mixing music and motherhood, and shares the story behind their song "Feet Are Dirty." (Story originally aired on Weekend Edition on April 21, 2024.) ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ryan Destiny, who stars as two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa "T-Rex" Shields in the new movie "A Fire Inside." ...

NPR's series "Throw It Back" explores how the objects we love as kids shape how we see and live in the world as adults. It continues with the story of the Rev. Gregory Holston and his stuffed monkey.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Reuters reporter Thomas Escritt about the investigation into the attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.

After signing a sweeping ceasefire with Israel, the Lebanon-based paramilitary organization and political party is falling out of favor with some of its most ardent supporters.

Many folks enjoy a few days off for the end-of-the-year holidays, but there are some workers who don't take the time off or can't. We hear from a few of them.

Circumcision is a sacred rite of passage deeply rooted among tribes in the East African country.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NPR science correspondent Jonathan Lambert about the decision, as well as other conservation efforts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing as 2024 winds down.