A host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour takes a look at how the coronavirus is affecting cultural production — and offers some recommendations for home entertainment.
Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.
On Oct. 31, some Hindu-American families will be celebrating the confluence of two holidays: Diwali and Halloween. One is a festival of lights; the other a fun celebration of darker things.
Puerto Ricans will elect a new governor on Tuesday. For the first time in decades, an upstart political movement is posing a viable challenge to the island's two main parties.