MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Spotify removes Neil Young's music after he objects to Joe Rogan's podcast
  The move comes two days after Neil Young requested that his work be removed from Spotify in protest over coronavirus misinformation on Joe Rogan's podcast.
• 50 years ago, 'Zoom' spoke to children about their real lives
  For the anniversary of the kids' TV show, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting has more than 100 episodes set to stream online. Original cast members are celebrating on, you guessed it, Zoom.
• Twitter boots a bot that revealed Wordle's upcoming words to the game's players
  A bot account sent mean notes to users who posted their Wordle score — and it also revealed the next day's answer. It was suspended for violating Twitter's rules.
• With 'Succession', Matthew Macfadyen finds himself a long way from Mr. Darcy
  In 2005, the British actor played brooding aristocrat Mr. Darcy in the film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Now, he's Tom Wambsgans, a scheming Midwesterner on the HBO series Succession.
• Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the 1960s, has died
  As a child actor, Robbins voiced one of Charlie Brown's most famous lines — "I got a rock" — in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
• Disney defends its 'Snow White' remake after criticism from Peter Dinklage
  The actor was "taken aback" by the studio's plan to revisit a story with problematic representation of dwarfs. Disney says it is taking "a different approach" to the live version.
• 'Honor' is a searing meditation on the meaning of dignity in a dehumanizing world
  Thrity Umrigar's novel is about India's humanitarian crisis — with its depictions of misogyny and scenes of public shaming, mistreatment and torture — but it's also about a transformative journey.
• Tanya Tagaq's powerful new album 'Tongues' aims for hope among hard truths
  Tagaq, a recipient of the national Polaris Music Prize, discusses the subjugation of Canada's Indigenous people and her hopes for healing through acknowledging that difficult history.
• A true crime writer struggles with his responsibility to the victims in 'Devil House'
  Novelist John Darnielle — also singer-songwriter with the Mountain Goats — has a hero who wants to honor the victims he's writing about but doesn't much like them.
• Remembering trailblazing fashion designer Thierry Mugler, dead at 73
  French fashion designer Thierry Mugler reshaped the fashion world, centering wildly inventive concepts and creating space for queer voices. On Sunday, he died at the age of 73.