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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Resighini Rancheria Executive Director Megan Rocha about California tribes reclaiming the right to manage parts of the state's coastline.

New York announced a new plan Tuesday to crack down on the city's rat infestation.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen about Anna May Wong, the pioneering Asian-American actress who's on the latest coin minted for the American Women Quarters Program.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress Sharon Horgan about her TV show "Bad Sisters" and its season finale. It's about sisters who dispose of one of their husbands — then things get complicated.

Disney's Hocus Pocus came out in 1993 and gained a devoted fanbase. Almost 30 years later, it has a sequel.

A new novel reimagines Baba Yaga — a crone figure in Slavic folklore — as a Jewish woman living in an Eastern European town during a time of pogroms.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the novel Thistlefoot, "Blessed" by GloRilla, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and more.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Deputy Mayor Mike Gibson of Bonita Springs, Fla., on the extent of the damage done there by Hurricane Ian.

Writer Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reflects on what the holiest day in Judaism has meant for her after an experience in Germany changed her connection to religion.

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms.