NPR Topics: Pop Culture Podcast: Episodes
Stories: 1) Running A Comedy Machine: How Chuck Lorre Makes Hits 2) Comedians Parody Two Sides Of President Obama 3) Message Behind African Heaters For Norway Spoof 4) The High And The Low In Holiday Movies
Stories: 1) Comfort And Joy: Making The 'Morning Edition' Julia Child Thanksgiving 2) YouTube The New Platform For Urban Comedians 3) Making The Comedy Podcast: Julie Klausner's Life Of Conversation 4) Puppeteer Behind Elmo Resigns Amid Sex Scandal
Stories: 1) Why Coke Cost A Nickel For 70 Years 2) Pop Culture Happy Hour: Let's Talk Turkey
Story: The latest installment of <em>Assassin's Creed</em>, one of the world's most popular video games, has a hero who is part Mohawk. The game's creator says reflecting real 18th century Mohawk life was critical and hired a consultant to make sure the game was culturally consistent with Mohawk culture.
Stories: 1) Impersonating The President: From Will Rogers To Obama's 'Anger Translator' 2) At The Vatican, Fans Of James Bond?
Stories: 1) 6 New Video Games That Will Get You Hooked 2) Read All About It: Superman's Alter Ego Quits Job 3) Bond Fans Shaken Over Switch From Martini To Beer 4) 'Sábado Gigante' Celebrates 50 With Lots Of Variety
Stories: 1) Has Teen Courtship Gone Wild? 2) Jessica Lange, Back In Black For 'Horror Story' 3) A Look At 'The Girl' Who Caught Hitchcock's Eye
Stories: 1) Watch This: Native American Author Sherman Alexie 2) With 'Clear Eyes, Full Hearts,' Romney Can't Lose? 3) Football Player-Turned-Actor Alex Karras Dies 4) How Reality TV Turns Debates Into 'White House Idol'
Stories: 1) 007 Turns 50 2) Picking The Best Bond: Connery And Craig Rise To The Top 3) Re-Creating Indiana Jones' Boulder Run In D.C.'s 'Alley Of Doom' 4) Holmes Carves African-American Spot In Late Night
Stories: 1) 'Homeland,' 'Modern Family' Win Big At Emmys 2) Why You Shouldn't Watch The Best New Show On TV 3) Pow, Crash, Boom! Marvel Thrashes DC On Screen 4) A Woman As Sherlock's Dr. Watson is 'Elementary'
Stories: 1) Comedian Maz Jobrani's Ideas For Iran's New Internet 2) 'No Place Like Home' Shoes Use GPS To Get You There
Stories: 1) NY Fashion Week, From Google Glasses To Harnesses 2) The Straight-To-DVD World Of 'Mockbusters' 3) 'Where's My AMC?' DISH Network Dispute Drags On 4) New Shows Hit Average In Fall TV Lineup
Stories: 1) Eva Longoria Offers DNC A Bridge To Latino Voters 2) TV Writers Script Safe Sex 'Product Placement' 3) Michael Strahan Bringing 'Booty' To Daytime TV?
Stories: 1) How Madden NFL's Business Lineup Helps It Win Big 2) Hey, I Know That One: How SongPop Got Millions Of Players Naming That Tune 3) Transcript: Clint Eastwood's Convention Remarks 4) New Teen Buzzword: Yolo
Stories: 1) PBS Remixes Bob Ross, Julia Child and Mister Rogers 2) Meet Peter Lassally, Late Night 'Host Whisperer' 3) Web Cartoonist Raises $1 Million For Tesla Museum 4) Alan Ball On Leaving 'True Blood' Behind
Stories: 1) Hardcore Job Program Helps Unlikely 'Get To Work' 2) From A British King To Rock 'N' Roll: The Slippery History Of Eel Pie Island 3) Through Thick And Thin, Simmons Is Still Sweatin' 4) What Will Fill The TV Void Left By The Olympics?
Story: Comic-book writer Mark Waid is legendary among comics fans. But after a long career on paper, he's launched a digital line of comics, hoping to reach fans on smartphones and e-readers. But some store owners are worried that digital comics will mean the end of their business.
Stories: 1) At Bravo, A Pop-Culture Kingpin Works Day And Night 2) Sherman Hemsley, TV's George Jefferson, Dies 3) Hemsley Remembered As Obnoxious, Beloved Jefferson 4) 'The Jeffersons' Left Lasting Television Legacy
Stories: 1) 'Blind Cook' Serves Up Tough Competition On 'MasterChef' 2) Seinfeld Hits The Web, Still Talking About Nothing 3) MSNBC Gets Academic: Meet Host Prof. Harris-Perry 4) Neuroscientist Turned Crime Solver in "Perception"
Stories: 1) What Can Whoopi Goldberg Watch A Million Times? 2) Looking For The Megabucks? Think Megapixels 3) Watch This: Lisa Kudrow Recommends Golden Oldies 4) The 'Political Animals' Running Washington, D.C.