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Can a song trigger a murder? Can a poem spark a riot? Can a book divide a people? Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions, on the internet and off it. From catchy songs with...

Beatlemania, Studentenunruhen, die erste Mondlandung. Eines kann man den 60er Jahren nicht nachsagen: dass Stillstand geherrscht hätte. Es waren die aufregendsten Jahre der Nachkriegszeit: Kalter Krieg zwischen Ost und West, Mauerbau zwischen BRD und DDR...

"How Social Media Propels Pop-Star Comebacks" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Laura M. Holson and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Pop Warner Is Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit over Concussions" is from the September 01, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Ken Belson and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Self-Proclaimed Outsider Moves Closer to Pop Music Limelight" is from the May 09, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Joe Coscarelli and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The two-minute cartoon opens with a folksy jingle and a smiling bobblehead of President Xi Jinping, dimpled and cherubic. Then it cuts to a colorful montage praising his government for improving the lives of ordinary Chinese with what might seem like a mundane policy: regulations allowing taxis to be summoned online.

"Propaganda With a Millennial Twist Pops up in China" is from the January 01, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernández and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Death may be the great equalizer, but it isn’t necessarily evenhanded. Of all the fields of endeavor that suffered mortal losses in 2016 — consider Muhammad Ali and Arnold Palmer in sports, and the back-to-back daughter-mother Hollywood deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds — the pop music world had, hands down, the bleakest year.

"Among Deaths in 2016, a Heavy Toll in Pop Music" is from the December 31, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by William Mcdonald and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"George Michael, 53, Pop Superstar Who Rose to Fame in Wham!, Dies" is from the December 25, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jon Pareles and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Denise Matthews. Pop Singer Known as Vanity, Dies at 57
" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Eli Rosenberg and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

From widespread unemployment and mounting international hostilities, every day we are swept into more political chaos—so one brave man looks to the Star Wars universe for answers to our most urgent problems. “You can’t stop the change — anymore than you can stop the sun from setting.”...

"Only the Boots Need Polishing: K-Pop Idols Take Acts Into the Army" is from the October 15, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and narrated by Jenny Hoops.