NPR News: What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Lizzo playing James Madison's flute, Usher's thirst traps, and more.

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NPR News: Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' departure hints at deeper problems in late night TV

Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' departure hints at deeper problems in late night TV
Noah increasingly looked like a performer who was growing beyond the grind of a late-night Comedy Central show. If he doesn't find a new perch in the genre, the industry will be all the worse for it.

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NPR News: Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?

Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?
In 2014, a study found that only 1.4% of orchestra musicians were Black. In 2022, it's hard to know if that number is better or worse.

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NPR News: How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others

How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others
When Carlos Villa asked about Filipino artists as a student he was told: there weren't any.

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NPR News: Ginger Root's Cameron Lew wants his new EP to showcase city pop as familiar yet fresh

Ginger Root's Cameron Lew wants his new EP to showcase city pop as familiar yet fresh
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cameron Lew of the band Ginger Root about his new EP Nisemono and the vintage Japanese pop that inspires his sound.

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NPR News: Can the hurricane TV reporters come inside now? Please?

Can the hurricane TV reporters come inside now? Please?
This is an old debate and one the TV news industry seems to have already decided — but until someone is seriously injured doing this kind of reporting, it will continue.

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NPR News: 'Blonde' director says the unhappiness of Marilyn Monroe should come as no surprise

'Blonde' director says the unhappiness of Marilyn Monroe should come as no surprise
The Netflix adaptation reimagines the inner life of one of Hollywood's most enduring icons.

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NPR News: Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?

Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?
In 2014, a study found that only 1.4% of orchestra musicians were Black. In 2022, it's hard to know if that number is better or worse.

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NPR News: 'Solito' is a personal story of immigration that sheds light on the universal

'Solito' is a personal story of immigration that sheds light on the universal
Javier Zamora's book, as touching as it is sad, and as full of hope and kindness as it is harrowing, is the kind of narrative that manages to bring a huge debate down to a very personal space.

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NPR News: The rapper Coolio has died at 59

The rapper Coolio has died at 59
The artist, one of hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.

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NPR News: Remembering Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the 'Wolf Hall' saga

Remembering Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the 'Wolf Hall' saga
The British writer, who died Sept. 22, wrote a trilogy of critically acclaimed historical novels on the life of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry VIII's most trusted advisors. Originally broadcast in '12.

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NPR News: The death of a boy fractures a family in Namwali Serpell's 2nd novel 'The Furrows'

The death of a boy fractures a family in Namwali Serpell's 2nd novel 'The Furrows'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Namwali Serpell about her new novel — The Furrows: An Elegy.

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