MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Have A Question About Hosting New Year's Eve? Martha Stewart Could Help You!
  Send us your hosting dilemmas and challenges and we may put your question to the queen of hosting, Martha Stewart, for an upcoming on-air segment.
• 'Help, I'm Hosting': Author Nina Stibbe Offers Best Tips For Gift-Giving
  This week on our holiday advice series, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Nina Stibbe, author of An Almost Perfect Christmas, about her best tips on gift-giving.
• A Tradition Of Passing Down Decorations From One Family To Another
  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro explores holiday decorations passed on from one homeowner to another.
• The Man Making Art From Government Surveillance
  Trevor Paglen thinks about being monitored by things you can't see: secret military bases, tapped cables, spy satellites. So he just sent a work of art into space.
• Not My Job: We Quiz Candice Bergen Of 'Murphy Brown' On Murphy's Law
  Thirty years after it first debuted in 1988, the sit-com Murphy Brown is back — and Bergen is still in the title role.
• Northern Ireland's Troubled Past Surfaces In Family Drama 'The Ferryman'
  In the latest Broadway play by Jez Butterworth, the body of a man who was violently "disappeared" 10 years ago has been found in a bog. It augurs bad things for the dead man's family.
• 'Anna And The Apocalypse': The Scottish Zombie Christmas High School Musical
  Ella Hunt, who stars as the titular Anna, explains the undead metaphor, her own teenage years, and the impact of co-creator Ryan McHenry — who died before he could see this movie completed.
• In 'Trish Trash,' Roller Derby — And Anti-Capitalist Parable — On Mars
  Jessica Abel's comic Trish Trash, Rollergirl of Mars isn't just a sports story and a coming-of-age tale, it's a masterful critique of capitalism that stays engaging despite a few wobbles.
• The Moral Of The Story Is: Great Kids' Books Don't Always Need Morals
  Jon Scieszka — dad, teacher and author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales — shares the books he plans to give to the kids on his list this year.
• How The 'Golden Age' Of Corporate Musicals Used Songs To Boost Sales
  Sheldon Harnick, John Russell and Steve Young discuss "industrial musicals," Broadway-style productions written and performed at the behest of corporations. Originally broadcast Nov. 5, 2013.