MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Music Professor David Rothenburg Makes Music With Cicadas
  NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to music professor David Rothenberg about the music of the Brood X cicadas and what it's like making music with them.
• 4 Women Share Their Motherhood Experience
  We hear from four women who acknowledge how difficult life has been to be a mother before and during the pandemic, and what keeps them motivated.
• Fandom Can Be A Lot Like High School — Here's How To Avoid The Bad Stuff
  Finding a supportive fandom — a group of people who love what you love — is a great experience. But some fan communities can be toxic, so here are a few tips for kids looking for fan connections.
• Elon Musk Hosts SNL
  The Tesla CEO got to cement his image as a celebrity with pop culture cachet, appearing with the SNL cast in silly sketches that promoted his pet projects and dressing up as a video game character.
• A Constitutional Quirk Inspired Stacey Abrams' New Thriller, 'While Justice Sleeps'
  Article Three of the Constitution gives Supreme Court justices lifetime appointments — but doesn't cover what to do if they become incapacitated. For Abrams, that was the spark for an exciting story.
• Wondering How Much Your Pokemon Cards Are Worth? You May Need To Wait
  There has been a trading card accreditation bonanza that is leading to massive backlogs, hiring shortages, and big money as people seek to determine the worth of their Pokemon cards.
• The Story of 'Sesame Street': From Radical Experiment To Beloved TV Mainstay
  A new documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street recounts how the classic program reinvented children's television and continues to interpret the world with authenticity.
• Not My Job: We Quiz 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Winner Symone On Fixing Sinks
  Symone is brilliant in the art of lip synch, so we've invited her to play a game called "Lip synch meet fix sink." Three questions about plumbers.
• 'The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba' Steps Out Of The Headlines And Onto The Page
  The Spanish-American war serves as the backdrop for Chanel Cleeton's new novel, which follows a real-life rebel named Evangelina Cisneros, who attracted a lot of attention from American newspapers.
• Compassion Is The True Test Of A Person In 'Second Place'
  Rachel Cusk follows her acclaimed Outline trilogy with this story about a woman whose lifelong obsession with a truculent painter is tested when he comes to stay at a cottage on her property.