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A scene from the Oscar-nominated animated film <em>Flow.</em>

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The film Flow, a Pete Seeger album, Deal or No Deal Island, and the documentary Sly Lives!

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
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"Pretty much any Saturday that The Roots aren't touring and they're taping, I'm in the audience watching," Questlove says of <em>SNL</em>.

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  • Television

Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)

Questlove's documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, highlights the show's most iconic musical performances and comedy sketches — and addresses the show's "unhummable" theme song.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Questlove at the 2023 Academy Awards. His documentary, <em>Ladies and Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, </em>airs Monday on NBC.

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  • Movies

8 revelations from Questlove's new doc about SNL's music

Questlove's newest documentary features interviews and clips from 50 years of musical performances on Saturday Night Live.

January 27, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
"Do I truly feel like hip-hop is dead? No, I don't," Questlove tells NPR. "However, I do believe that the landscape and the rules have changed. And some of its participants don't know it."

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  • Music

In an industry of conformity, Questlove remains a hip-hop iconoclast

In a new interview, Questlove reveals why Drake vs. Kendrick was so triggering, how he regained his passion for hip-hop and what to expect from the new Roots album.

June 25, 2024
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By:
  • Rodney Carmichael
Questlove, shown here performing in New York City in June, won an Oscar in March for his documentary, <em>Summer of Soul. </em>

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  • Music Interviews

'Fresh Air' presents: Christmas with Questlove

Get ready for holiday music! Roots cofounder Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson shares his Christmas playlist, which includes songs by DRAM, James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.

December 21, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Questlove and Black Thought are executive producers on the new series of animated musical shorts <em>Rise Up, Sing Out</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Questlove and Black Thought help kids 'Rise Up, Sing Out' in a new Disney series

The musicians are executive producers of animated musical shorts intended to be "an inspiring, empowering and optimistic message about race, culture, community and celebrating differences."

February 02, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Questlove, here at the Grammys in January 2020, says the pandemic has changed him.

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  • Music Interviews

For Questlove, The Pandemic Meant Embracing Quiet — And Buying A Farm

The Tonight Show music director has been branching out: In addition to buying a farm, he's making his directorial debut with Summer of Soul, a documentary about a 1969 concert series in Harlem.

July 21, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
The Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 in the documentary<em> Summer of Soul.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Summer Of Soul' Celebrates A 1969 Black Cultural Festival Eclipsed By Woodstock

The Harlem Cultural Festival was filled with stars from soul, R&B, blues and jazz and drew more than 300,000 people. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment.

July 03, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans

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