How fandom became culture’s power center — and a blueprint for Gen Z’s economic influence

Fandoms sit at the intersection of identity, influence, and spending. Three dynamics explain their accelerating economic power.

We aren’t all reading the same “Wuthering Heights”

The renewed hype around Brontë's book highlights Gen Z's embrace of a safer kind of obsessive romance ...
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Elon Musk fired so many staff that a 20-year-old student had to train an entire AI engineering team

At xAI, the language of “restructuring” may sound polished on paper, but the reality appears far messier on the ground. The ...

John Patton Ford talks about his latest movie, 'How To Make a Killing'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to film director John Patton Ford about his latest movie, "How To Make a Killing." In the new film "How To Make A Killing," Becket Redfellow is making his confession to a ...

What is shape note singing? Here's an overview of this American tradition

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media about shape note singing and its influence across the American musical tradition.