Mia Venkat

Sometimes online, there's a character everyone's talking about: someone or something the internet has decided they're obsessed with. This week it has to be Taylor Swift and her fanbase – the Swifties.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author David Levithan and singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, creators of the new novel and album Songs for Other People's Weddings.

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis first switched bodies over 20 years ago in the beloved Disney body swap movie, Freaky Friday. They return in the long-awaited sequel, Freakier Friday, which offers twice as many body swaps, fights galore, and a whole lot of jokes about being old and kids these days. Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture To access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Seth Worley, director of the feature film Sketch, where a young girl's drawings of monsters come to life.

One topic dominated online conversation this week: the American Eagle jeans ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. We break down why people are so worked up about it.

One of the nation's oldest Civil Rights organization warns the Trump administration's policies have thrust the country into a "state of emergency" for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and black economic advancement.

This week's discourse has revolved around the so-called "Gen Z stare" in professional and retail environments. But what are people really talking about?

Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three parts of Dante's Divine Comedy. Paradiso is the final installment and continues her style of lively, lyrical translation.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, about how Trump's massive tax and policy bill will figure into democratic messaging in the midterms.

EDM mega-star Steve Aoki continues to break genre boundaries with his new album HiROQUEST 3: Paragon.