2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (65+ words) The Star Trek Enterprise evoked Americans' sense of adventure and a utopian vision of humanity. It's part of NPR's 250th anniversary series "America in Pursuit.". .. The real-world influence of Star Trek's U. S. S. Enterprise The Star Trek Enterprise evoked Americans' sense of adventure…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (571+ words) Viewers without any Star Trek expertise can enjoy the new adventures out of context. But there are echoes and Easter eggs throughout this Paramount+ series, for those who catch them. This is FRESH AIR. Today, Paramount+ introduces yet another series…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (225+ words) Prince is back on the pop charts. So are Kate Bush and Fleetwood Mac. That can only mean one thing: Netflix's Stranger Things finale, which dropped Dec. 31, is shaking up the Billboard Hot 100. The holiday-music rush has been swept off…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (786+ words) NPR's Daniel Estrin asks Nora Felder, the music supervisor for the series "Stranger Things," how she went about scoring the series over its decade-long run which ended this week. One of Netflix's most successful shows wrapped its final season this…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (295+ words) The Netflix TV series "Stranger Things" is almost over. Back in 2016, the sci-fi horror mystery show became a hit, heavy on 1980s nostalgia. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "STRANGER THINGS") WINONA RYDER: (As Joyce Byers) It's Will. He's trying to talk to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (152+ words) The new hit science fiction show "Pluribus" takes place in a world where a hive mind links everyone's thoughts and actions in the name of collective good. Karolina Wydra plays Zosia and joins us to talk about the show's popularity…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (216+ words) Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a "skinless, raceless entity" until he experienced a shift around 2012. His new memoir Racebook traces this shift to the shooting…...