Not so fast, Netflix. Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount has launched a hostile bid for the company that's home to Casablanca, Batman and CNN. Just Friday, Netflix and Warner Brothers executives were celebrating a deal they had struck. David Folkenflik
Trump hosts the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating KISS, Sylvester Stallone and more Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was the first since Donald Trump became the Chair of the Board of Trustees. KISS, Sylvester Stallone and George Strait were among the honorees. Andrew Limbong
Tributes, not politics, play center stage as Trump hosts the Kennedy Center Honors President Trump said he was closely involved with picking the honorees, and on Sunday he became the first president to host the Kennedy Center awards ceremony. Andrew Limbong
Linguist Esteban Touma from Babbel reviews the app's 2025 most mispronounced words NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words. Eyder Peralta
Podcaster and author Mel Robbins opens up about her early failures On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Podcaster and author Mel Robbins opens up about her early failures. Rachel Martin
Florida river becomes substitute site for sacred Hindu funeral tradition The Ganges River in India is a final resting place for the ashes of loved ones. For those who can't make the journey, a river in Florida has become a substitute for the funeral tradition. Rose Schnabel
Let 'The Secret Agent' fill you in on what it's like to live under a dictatorship A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state. John Powers
Netflix will buy Warner Bros' studio and streaming businesses for $72 billion The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios. The Associated Press
The Kennedy Center Honors are coming up. This year's event will be different President Trump has made major changes at the Kennedy Center this year, ousting the board chair and president, and naming himself host of the organization's yearly awards show. Elizabeth Blair
Remembering playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard Stoppard, who died Nov. 29, wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Real Thing, and the screenplays for Empire of the Sun and Shakespeare in Love. Originally broadcast in 1991. Terry Gross