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What are the books, TV shows, movies, podcasts and board games that get you through the dark, lonely winter? We talk about Pop Culture Comfort food that gets us through the tough times.

Airdate: Sunday, Sept. 19 @ 12 p.m. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NPR's first on-air broadcast, we look back at our origins in radio and into our future in the digital space.

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin.

While the quality of TVs and technology seems to be at an all-time high, the devices we use to access the living room screen are as confusing as ever. But tablets and apps offer hope of simplifying the process of finding shows to watch — and even interacting with other viewers.

With less than a week to go until the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Winter Olympics, TV critic Eric Deggans lays out a guide to watching the games.

World Cup watch parties in Santa Clara and the San Francisco Bay Area brought fans together for the United States vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina match, where the U.S. earned a 2-0 win to reach the Round of 16.

Watch some of the year's greatest Tiny Desk performances, featuring a small sample of the talented artists who delivered intimate sets from their homes around the world.

Want an easy way to tell who will win the election? Check out these battleground state counties that have closely reflected the statewide vote.

WORST-SELLING AUTHOR: Essayist Tim Brookes published his first ook last year, and he's been watching the sales figures.

NPR's Peter Kenyon is watching the recount in West Palm Beach.

Actor David Duchovny could watch Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather a million times. "If I'm flipping around channels, I'll see it's on and I'll say, 'OK, I'll watch it for a scene or two' and then I can never turn it off," he says.