League Of Super Pests Comedian Tawny Newsome and actor Jack Quaid (Star Trek: Lower Decks) try to guess the pest based on the description of a made-up superhero.
Junk Food Taste Test Sasheer Zamata and Nicole Byer try to identify junk foods from the descriptions Ophira and Jonathan give while snacking on them.
Lyric World presents poetry of loss and collective grief ‘Elegies ceased being / elegant.’ John O'Brien
'And The World Went Crazy': How Hollywood Changed After Hiroshima Nuclear weapons have given Hollywood a host of dramatic plot possibilities, from the threat of nuclear war to wholesale destruction to over-the-top fireworks. Bob Mondello
'It Lowers Your Blood Pressure': Spend A Few Moments With These Hypnotic Trees In her childhood art classes, Jennifer Steinkamp used to make trees with sponges and paint. Now, as a video artist, her installations feature tree animations — some are named after her art teachers. Susan Stamberg
A Year After Toni Morrison's Death, Her Visions Of Love Stay With Us Love is central to the work of Toni Morrison — she brought love to her examinations of Black life, and love itself was her enduring subject. But love isn't always a good or joyous thing in her work. Marc Rivers
What's In A Name? The History Of Karens, Beckys And Miss Anns Before 2020, the Karen was known by other names. NPR's Code Switch looks at the evolution of the entitled white woman, how her name has changed, but her behavior – and its consequences – not so much. Karen Grigsby Bates
What 'Mulan's' Disney+ Premiere Means For The Film Industry Disney announced it would stream the live action Mulan film on its streaming service, Disney+. The movie industry has been watching Mulan as a bell weather for the reopening of theatrical business. Mandalit del Barco
Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' Is A Sumptuous Search For Divine Identity The film project, released Friday on Disney's new streaming service, finds the star seeking out a shared history of Black excellence. Cate Young
New 'Quar-Horror' Films Show Staying At Home Is Scary Too This year feels like a horror movie, and a select group of filmmakers have taken the pandemic as inspiration. "Quar-horror" ranges from homemade shorts on YouTube to a movie filmed entirely on Zoom. Neda Ulaby