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NPR: 02-05-2012 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Fans Mourn 'Soul Train' Host, Don Cornelius Was 75 2) RuPaul: Famous, Fierce And Fashion Forward 3) Life Imitates Art In 'Groundhog Day' Town 4) Football Fans Can Be Fashionistas Too, Says The NFL Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-29-2012 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'The Artist,' 'The Help' Take Oscar Nominations 2) HBO's 'Luck': A Winning TV Show, Set At The Track 3) A Boy's Magical 'Touch' Predicts The Future 4) For 'Black Nerds Everywhere,' Two Comedy Heroes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-22-2012 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Get 'Lost' In J.J. Abrams' Latest Show 'Alcatraz' 2) Classic Films Don't Always Translate Into Must-See TV 3) Stephen Colbert Wants You To Know: That's Definitely Not His SuperPAC 4) 'The Bark Side' Tells Of Super Bowl Ads To Come Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-15-2012 Pop Culture Stories: 1) A New 'Morning' On CBS, But Will It Work? 2) Mara Brock Akil On Playing 'The Game' In Hollywood 3) A War To Watch: YouTube Takes On Television 4) 'S- - - White Girls Say' Parody: Offensive Or Funny? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-08-2012 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Mid-Season TV Replacement Shows Hope To Score Big 2) This Weekend, Some New Shows (And Old Favorites) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-01-2012 Pop Culture Stories: 1) The Fact, And Fiction, Of 'My Week With Marilyn' 2) Rare Motorcycle Goes Up For Auction Next Month 3) Oprah Winfrey Network Still Finding Its Footing 4) Try A Champagne Cocktail For A Sparkling New Year Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-25-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) The Good Old Yule Log Spreads To HDTV 2) Bill Cosby Enlists Santa's Staff For A Silent Night 3) The Science Behind 'Breaking Bad' 4) Bronx Family's Christmas Display Is 'So Bad, It's Good' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-18-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Up For Sale: Orson Welles' Oscar 2) Television's New Antiheroes: Creating Sympathy For The Devilish 3) Diablo Cody Explores The Ugly Side Of Pretty In 'Young Adult' 4) American Dialect Society To Choose Word Of The Year Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-11-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Mall Santas Coached To Temper Kids' Expectations 2) Raise A Glass Of Butterbeer As Potter's 'Wizarding World' Comes To Hollywood 3) Harry Morgan, M*A*S*H's Col. Potter, Dies At 96 4) Online Video Sites Go Pro And Get Original Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-04-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) At Midseason, Serial Dramas Serve Up Big Twists 2) Why Networks Split The Seasons Of Popular Shows 3) Chuck Berry's Cadillac A-Rollin' To The Smithsonian 4) Not Just Any Set: Behind The Scenes At 'Funny Or Die' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-27-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) For Muppeteers, It Isn't Easy Being Invisible 2) New 'Risk' Game Remembers Where You Left Off 3) Science Diction: The Origin Of 'Stethoscope' 4) Found: Very First, Or At Least Very Early, Music Video Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-20-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Filmmaker Woody Allen Gets The 'Masters' Treatment 2) Balloonatics Prepare For Thanksgiving Day Parade 3) Cow Clicker Founder: If You Can't Ruin It, Destroy It 4) Tweety And Sylvester Bring Mel Blanc Back To Life Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-14-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'All-American Muslim' Carves Path To TLC 2) Pop Culture Happy Hour: Meryl Streep's Hair Beckons, As Does Dillon, Texas 3) Celebrity Lawyer Takes Spotlight In Cain Case Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-06-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) John Hodgman And Robert Siegel Consider 'All' Things, Some Of Them Rather Dubious 2) Mindy Kaling On Diets, High School And Other American Pastimes 3) For Halloween, Please Enjoy This Story In Which NPH Freaks Out Ever So Gently 4) Kardashian Reportedly Made Bank From Wedding Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-30-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'Primetime' TV, Like You've Never Seen It Before 2) Kreayshawn: Controversial Rapper Talks Back 3) No, You Can't: World Record Ideas That Didn't Cut It 4) Justin Timberlake On Music, Comedy And Wearing Out His NPR T-Shirt Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-24-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Fairy-Tale Adaptations: It's Ever After, All Right 2) Amy Poehler: Playing Politics, But Only On Television 3) Video Pick: Jack-O-Lantern 2.0 4) It's A Girl! The New iPhone Speaks Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-16-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'Breaking Bad,' 'Horror' Leave Viewers Wanting More 2) From Ricky Ricardo To Dora: Latinos On Television 3) Latinos On TV: Laughing At Culture, Laughing With It 4) Alan Cumming: A Great Fit For 'The Good Wife' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-09-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) John Wayne: Icon Of America's Booming Confidence 2) At NYC's Chelsea Hotel, The End Of An Artistic Era? 3) Andy Rooney, 92, Says Goodbye To CBS's '60 Minutes' 4) Skipping The Ads On TV? Get Ready For The Shows That Are The Ads Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-02-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Want Good TV? Try These Three Shows 2) Living In A Geodesic Dome Home 3) TV's Fixation With 'The New Breed' Of '60s Women 4) Pumpkins At A Premium, Thanks To Hurricane Irene Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 09-25-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) NBC's 'Prime Suspect' Hopes To Fill Some Very Big And Very British Shoes 2) Star Of Emmys: 'Modern Family' 3) Fall TV: Nostalgia For The Glamorous 1960s Needs A Tune-Up 4) Hollywood Seen Through Paparazzi-Colored Glasses Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 09-18-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) No Must-Sees In Fall Crop Of Network TV 2) The Headline From NY Fashion Week: Print(s) Is Not Dead 3) Fashion Week: Bold Surprises On And Off The Runway 4) A Look At The Latin Grammy Nominees Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 09-11-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Bob Mondello's Fall Movie Preview: Thrills, Silence, And Harold And Kumar 2) 'Housewives' Death Not Unprecedented 3) In Your Ear: Don Lemon 4) Putumayo Delivers Latin, African Beats Worldwide Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 09-04-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'Comedy Person' Wyatt Cenac Does News For Laughs 2) 2011 MTV VMAs Break Tradition 3) Remembering Legendary Bluesman 'Honeyboy' Edwards 4) Several DC Comics Go Back To Issue No. 1 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-28-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) When Wanting Beauty Becomes An Unhealthy Obsession 2) Legendary Motown Singer-Songwriter Dies 3) Chuck Brown: The 'Godfather Of Go-Go' At 75 4) 'Scarface': Over-The-Top, But Ahead Of Its Time Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-21-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) In Your Ear: Femi Kuti 2) Hulu's Original Series May Point To A Shift 3) The Death Of R&B Groups 4) Polygamists Share Their Faith And Family Lives Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-15-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Big, Fat Stereotypes Play Out On The Small Screen 2) Comic Books' Secret Identity Revealed In 'Supergods' 3) Hollywood Superheroes Losing The Fight For Diversity 4) 'Marvels And Monsters' Unveils Asians In Comics Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-07-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Carl '60 Cent' Kasell And The Debt Ceiling 2) International Supermodel Revisits Refugee Past 3) Still In Love With 'Lucy' On Her 100th Birthday Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-31-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) To Close Comic-Con, One Spacecraft To Rule Them All 2) Nickelodeon Cashes In On Nostalgia For 1990s Hits 3) Cornel West Talks Poverty, The President 4) Jonathan Winters Reflects On A Lifetime Of Laughs Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-25-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Shuttle Memorabilia: Completing The Collection 2) Comedians Find Their Niche At Comic-Con 3) 'Shop Talk': Will NFL Lockout Stay In Limbo? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-17-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Heads Up, TV Fans: Great Shows Start This Week 2) A Day Of One's OWN: One Man Watches Oprah's Network 3) TV Continues To Cash In On Pawn Show Popularity 4) 'Here's The Story' Of TV Creator Sherwood Schwartz Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-10-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Naming Trends And How Parents-To-Be Face 'Baby-Name Hostility' 2) 'Torchwood' And 'Curb': Two Summer TV Treats 3) How Do Changing Demographics Impact Ads? 4) Paul Provenza And The Art Of Stand-Up Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-03-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'That's Racist!' How A Serious Accusation Became A Commonplace Quip 2) Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pixar, The Fourth Of July, And A World Of Chocolate 3) Music Festival Tunes Into Social Transformation 4) Comedy Veterans Remember TV Pioneer Ernie Kovacs Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-26-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Are Comic Book Geeks Superhero Movie Kryptonite? 2) It's Emmy Season, And The Nominees Should Be... 3) For Essence Magazine, A New Direction With A New Chief 4) Spanish-Language Network Makes Emmy Bid Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-19-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Openly Gay, Black Filmmaker Aims To Boost LGBTs In Media 2) Channel 101 Contest Eases Amateurs Into Hollywood 3) 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' We Will Not Let You Go Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-12-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) So-Called Reality Shows Are Not So Harmless 2) Microsoft, Sony Unveil What's New For Gamers At E3 Gathering 3) What's Martha Stewart Cooking Up For Her Company? 4) Summer Television: A Time Of 'Men,' Werewolves And Aliens Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-06-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Fangtastic Voyage: 'True Blood' Vampires Live On 2) The Grand Rapids Lip Dub: A Giant Street Party Set To Music 3) 40 Years Later: Collectors Keyed Up Over Ford Pinto 4) The Hollywoodification Of Presidential Politics Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-29-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Coping With Disease While Capturing Childhood 2) Dr. Phil: Oprah Is 'The Gold Standard In TV' 3) In Your Ear: Jacques Schwarz-Bart And Stephanie Mckay 4) Oh, The Void Oprah Leaves Behind Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-22-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Livelihood 'On The Line,' Anchorman Reveals He's Gay 2) In Your Ear: Johnnetta Cole 3) Film Shows Slam Poets Are 'Louder Than A Bomb' 4) Comedies, Female-Led Dramas Fill Fall Lineups Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-15-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Dick Van Dyke Talks About His 'Lucky Life' And What Stan Laurel Left Him 2) 'Badass' Guys: Giving History A Kick (And A Punch) 3) School Reunions? Nah, I've Got Facebook 4) Why The Cannes Film Festival Needs U.S. Star Power Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-08-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'I Wanted A New Life,' Says Actor, Author Rob Lowe 2) Will Ferrell Ends His Short-Lived 'Office' Run And Promises He's Not The New Boss 3) Betty White Still A Hit, With Ever-Younger Fans 4) Industry Troubles? Free Comic Books To The Rescue! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-01-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) U.S. Tribe Cites Tsunami, 'Twilight' In Bid To Expand 2) Washington: Hub For Politics, Power And ... Paparazzi? 3) How Much Would You Pay To Sleep In Ashton Kutcher's House? 4) Modern Monarch: Is The New Royal Couple The Last? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 04-24-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Ernie Kovacs: The King Of Early Television Comedy 2) 'Portal 2': A Student Video Game, All Grown Up 3) This Weekend, HBO Has Something For Everyone 4) 'Beauty Shop': Soap Operas, Idols and Mental Illness Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 04-17-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Tina Fey Reveals All (And Then Some) In 'Bossypants' 2) If You're Looking For A Little Diversity On Television, Try HGTV 3) HBO Lures Fantasy Fans With 'Game Of Thrones' 4) Carl Safina On The B.P. Oil Spill Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 04-10-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Addict TV: Collapse, Redemption On Many Channels 2) 'Upstairs, Downstairs' Returns To 165 Eaton Place 3) 'Narco Novelas' Play Out Drama Of Mexican Drug War 4) DVD Picks: 'Anything Goes' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 04-03-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Nuclear Radiation: Filmmakers Try To Make The Invisible Visceral 2) Movie Mutants Give A Face To Our Nuclear Fears 3) DVD Picks: 'Upstairs, Downstairs' 4) Twitter Offers New Dimension To Live TV Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 03-28-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Can 'Dancing With The Stars' Survive Without Any Stars? 2) Japan Disaster Strikes Home Among Anime Fans 3) Fox Hunts For More Than Just Game As 'Rio' Hooks Up With 'Angry Birds' 4) 'Mildred Pierce': A Masterpiece Of Modern Film Noir Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 03-20-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) America's Original Black Comic Superhero 'Panther' Returns 2) U.S. Comedians 'Stand Up' For Japanese Victims 3) The Hazards Of Twitter: How Much Is Too Much In 140 Characters Or Less? 4) Twitter Turns Five: #happybirthday! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 03-13-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Charlie Sheen: A Bellwether For What Is Next 2) As 'Idol' Surges, New Judges Tune Up Their Feedback 3) DVD Picks: The 'Dragon Tattoo' Trilogy 4) Beating The Odds, Beyond 'The Blind Side' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 03-06-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Charlie Sheen's Media Tour Continues, But His Publicist Isn't On Board 2) On TV, Interracial Couples In A Too-Perfect World 3) 'Anna Nicole' Brings Sex And Drugs To The Opera 4) 'Next Great Restaurant': Delicious Reality TV Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 02-28-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) How Many Cooks?: Counting Up The Many Producers Of 'The King's Speech' 2) Cassette Tapes Get A West Coast Rewind 3) For Location Scouts, It's All About Making The Scene 4) Classic Film Returns To Theaters Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 02-20-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) For Men Too Shy To Say Hi, A Professional Coach 2) Love Doesn't Have To Hurt 3) Ken And Barbie Update Their Status 4) Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Style Vs. Substance Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 02-14-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'Chicago Code': This Time The Good Cops Get A Shot 2) China's 'Go-To' Typical American Guy 3) MTV's 'Skins' Shows A Bit More Than Some Might Like 4) 'Justified' Brings Back Raylan Givens, Another Working-Class Man From FX Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 02-06-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) The Selective Subculture Of 'Fantasy' Gamers 2) The Selective Subculture Of 'Fantasy' Gamers 3) Anti-Social Networks? We're Just As Cliquey Online 4) 'iCarly': How Playing To Girls And Boys (But Not Adults) Helped Build A Hit Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-30-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Cultural Common Ground Gets Harder To Come By 2) In A Small Corner Of YouTube, A Web Star Is Born 3) Steve Harvey: A Comedy King Looks To Speak Across A Cultural Divide 4) At Sundance, A Romance Worth Pining For (Plus A Handful Of True Stories To Track) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-23-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) The Future Of Marketing: Ads Get Physical, Digital 2) 'Masterpiece' At 40: Defying Cooke's Prediction 3) Touring Portland As It Prepares For Its Moment In The Comedy Spotlight 4) Judging The New 'Idol' Judges Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-16-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) In The Onion's 'SportsDome,' A Play On Sports Culture 2) 'Lights Out': A Total Knockout Of A Boxing Drama 3) 'Podbuster' Ads, Calculated To Make You Hit Pause 4) Git Along, Little Dogies: Bob Mondello Rustles You Up A Western Starter Kit Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-10-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Behind Rise Of Xtranormal, A Hilarious DIY Deadpan 2) Paris Barclay: A TV Insider With An Outsider Instinct 3) For Anglophiles, Three New TV Shows To Enjoy 4) Pop Culture Happy Hour: How Has Loving What You Love Changed With Time? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 01-02-2011 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Yoga: A Positively Un-Indian Experience 2) Royal Couple Will Do Without Domestic Servants 3) Top 10 YouTube Videos For 2010 4) American Dialect Society Mulling Word Of The Year Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-26-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Agnes Nixon: A Soap 'Goddess' On Getting Serious In The Afternoon 2) I've Fallen In Love With TV Again 3) Reality TV Chef Offers Tips On Multicultural Cooking 4) Jimmy Stewart Museum Needs A Bailout Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-19-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) What Is Larry King's Legacy? 2) How Much To Give The Doorman, And Other Great Mysteries Of Holiday Tipping 3) Blake Edwards, Master Of Sophisticated Slapstick 4) Pop Culture Happy Hour: The State Of Comedy And Fascinating Failures Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-13-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Bianculli: 6 DVD Sets Worth Wrapping Up Right Now 2) Dolls Grow Up A Little For The Holidays 3) 'The Sounds Of Star Wars,' Now At Fans' Fingertips 4) It's All About Me: But Is Narcissism A Disorder? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 12-05-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Remembering Leslie Nielsen, A Master Of The Art Of Not Being Funny 2) Surely, Fresh Air Remembers Leslie Nielsen 3) Broadway's 'Spider-Man,' Tangled Up In Twitter 4) Hello Kitty Hooks Generations On Cute, Kitsch Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-28-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Audio Slideshow: Sibling Snapshots 2) Audio Slideshow: Sibling Snapshots 3) A 'Modern Family' Fueled By Sibling Fodder 4) When A Facebook Friend Becomes A Fan Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-21-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Prince William To Wed Longtime Girlfriend 2) Bristol Palin Advances On 'Dancing With The Stars' 3) Harry Potter: Boy Wizard ... And Real-World Activist? 4) Beyond Bad Movie Night: Rainn Wilson's DVD Picks Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-14-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Conan O'Brien Is Back On Television, After Months Of Tweeting And Touring 2) The Queen Of England Is On Facebook 3) Conan's Back: Is His Third Show The Charm? 4) Conan's Back: Is His Third Show The Charm? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 11-07-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Carlos And Zuckerberg: The Men, Myths, Movies 2) Google TV: Networks, Cable Companies And Consumers Respond 3) Actors In 'Detroit 1-8-7' Live It Up In Motor City 4) Daylight Saving Time Seems To Affect TV Ratings Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-31-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'Primrose': 44 Years Later, Still Sharp As Thumbtacks 2) Trudeau Reflects On Four Decades Of 'Doonesbury' 3) The Hottest 2010 Halloween Costumes 4) Feral, Beast Or Canine? Artist Makes Fangs To Scare Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-24-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) A Little Something For Your Favorite Werewolf 2) This Headline Contains No 'Mad Men' Finale Spoilers 3) 'I Love My Hair': A Father's Tribute To His Daughter 4) A Modern 'Sherlock' Is More Than Elementary Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-17-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Liberace Museum Closes Its Glittery Gates 2) James Franco Doesn't Limit Himself To Just Acting 3) 'Rubicon' Boss Henry Bromell, Bringing Jumpy Back 4) In Hollywood, Big Ambitions Move To Small Screen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-10-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Seeing 'The Social Network' Through The Eyes Of Silicon Valley 2) Tyler Clementi And The Virtual Death Of Decency 3) If A TV Show Turns 50 And No One Notices... 4) China's Oprah: Yang Lan Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 10-03-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) 'Titanic' Co-Star Gloria Stuart Dies At 100 2) Ex-Sitcom Star Tony Danza Turns To Teaching 3) 'Bonnie And Clyde' Director Arthur Penn, 1922-2010 4) Movie Heartthrob Tony Curtis Dies At 85 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 09-26-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) The Changing Economics Of TV Reruns 2) This Fall, Shows You Know Are The Only Must-See TV 3) 'Friday Night' Favorite Adrianne Palicki, Dressing Up Her Act A Little In 'Lone Star' 4) Shawn Ryan: On Patient Networks, Cable Characters And The Lessons Of 'Cheers' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 09-19-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Danny DeVito Talks About Loving The Small Screen 2) The Fall TV Preview: Two Shows To Watch, One To Miss For Sure 3) Cop Shows Highlight Of New Fall TV Season 4) On Facebook, Bob Mondello Recommends That You Become A Fan Of 'Catfish' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Did Sleaze Bring Preppy Back? Story: As New York Fashion Week gets underway, Linda Wertheimer talks to fashion writer and Barneys' creative director Simon Doonan about the resurgence of prep. A sequel to the 1980's The Official Preppy Handbook has just come out. And preppy clothes are being worn by everyone from Brooklyn hipsters to Palm Beach dowagers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Do Youz Knowz What I Meme? Story: Ben Huh, CEO of the Cheezburger Network and founder of LolCats, explains the meaning-- and hilarity -- of a meme on the Internet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-29-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Hurricane Katrina: As Seen On TV, Five Years Later 2) Antoine Dodson: Riding YouTube Out Of The 'Hood' 3) 'As The World' Stops Turning, Are Soaps Dead? 4) Are You Plunking Down Real Money For Virtual Fun? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-22-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Clunky Characters, Cancer Characterize 'Big C' 2) Eat, Pray, Love, Leave: Orientalism Still Big Onscreen 3) Oxford Dictionary Of English Updates Entries 4) A Slow Rebirth, Across Town From 'Treme' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-15-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) MTV's 'Teen Mom' Makes For Teaching Moments 2) '80s Nostalgia? M-M-Max Headroom Is Now On DVD 3) 'Smash This Camera': Galella On His Iconic Shots 4) 'Superclogger': Free Theater On L.A.'s Freeways Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-08-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Meet The 'Real Housewives' Of Washington, Not D.C. 2) Quander Family Returns To Roots For 85th Reunion 3) Museum Of Bad Art: A Home For Forlorn Paintings 4) Company Ranks Celebrity Bankability Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 08-01-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Paparazzi Take Center Stage In Hiaasen's 'Star Island' 2) 'Rubicon': Smart Spies Who Connect The Dots 3) Report: Google Developing Facebook Rival 4) Chelsea Clinton Gets Married Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-25-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Two Ladies: Are You Team Bella, Or Team Lisbeth? 2) The Only Summer-TV Guide You'll Ever Need 3) Introducing UltraViolet: Buy Your Digital Movie Once, Play It Anywhere? 4) NBC's Guthrie: A Case Study In New News Norms Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-18-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Power Player: Kyra Sedgwick Returns In 'The Closer' 2) Hefner Aims To Take 'Playboy' Empire Private 3) Harvey Pekar Dies; Authored 'American Splendor' 4) Gospel Music Heavyweight Walter Hawkins Dead At 61 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-11-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Listeners Deeply Affected By Eldercare, House Music 2) Power Players And Profanity: It Can Be &%#@ Risky 3) 'Mockingbird' Eases Hard Times In Lee's Hometown 4) Atticus Finch: A Hero Who Lost The Battle Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 07-04-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) What Would You Say To Your 20-Year-Old Self? 2) After 25 Years, King Will Hang Up His Suspenders 3) The Future Of CNN, Beyond Larry King 4) Visualizing Memory, Photographing War Stories Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-27-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Michael Jackson Stacks Paper From The Grave 2) Remembering Why We Love Michael Jackson 3) A Hollywood Story In 'Everything Lovely' 4) Magic Tricks Amuse Even In Extraordinary Times Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-20-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Haiku Takes To Twitter, 140 Characters At A Time 2) The Latest Kids' Craze: Rubber Bands 3) Can BP Tweet Its Way To A Better Image? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-13-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Reality And Fine Art Collide In New Bravo Series 2) Sinking Our Teeth Into Season Three Of 'True Blood' 3) Little Orphan Annie Says Goodbye Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 06-06-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Hunting Bruce, Or, On The Trail Of The 'Jaws' Shark 2) How Times Have Changed, Ex-Playboy Bunnies Say 3) Spelling Bee Not Without C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-Y Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-30-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Website Editors Strive To Rein In Nasty Comments 2) Simon Cowell Says Farewell To 'Idol' 3) Willie Nelson: The Latest Hair-Raising Celebrity Tale 4) The Struggles of 'Life' Unfold On Screen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR: 05-23-2010 Pop Culture Stories: 1) Men's Style: Will Skinny Bodies Follow Skinny Jeans? 2) Six Years Of 'Lost' Time? 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