RASCOE: That's Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. You can hear Linda and Stephen and their co-hosts, Aisha and Glen, at npr.org/popculturehappyhour or ...

With another year of pop culture news is in the books, we're looking back on the stories that defined the year, from Superman to Sydney Sweeney.

Some Halloween costumes never go out of style — sexy nurse uniforms and pointy-hat witch ensembles being classic go-tos that have evolved over the years. Still, just as some of our favorite female ...

It sounds like something out of a James Bond or Indiana Jones movie. Over its 25 years of existence, Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture — MoPOP as it’s been known the last decade — has amassed more than ...

There’s no time like the end of the year to catch up on the culture you missed. The movies that came and went from theaters, the music that never made your Spotify algorithm, the books that made a ...

This year was packed with several unforgettable moments in pop culture, from transformative events like the TikTok ban to singular incidents like the Coldplay concert affair. Here is a recap of some ...

It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S., and that means many of io9’s writers and its readers are sitting down to share good times and good food with friends and loved ones (or getting a much-needed break, at ...

The slate of superhero movies coming in 2027 might be one of the biggest for the genre ever. Superhero movies and TV shows have maintained a strong presence in pop culture over the years. However, ...

LET’S UNPACK THAT: The past calendar year has seen Katy Perry shooting off to space, the ubiquity of a fluffy gremlin doll ...

The world might look a little different than it did in the early 2000s — OK, a lot different — but the music that defined a generation has stood the test of time. While the Bamboozle music festival no ...