Aisha Harris
@aishaharris.bsky.social
🎙️/ ✍🏾 : NPR’s POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR
📖: WANNABE: RECKONINGS WITH THE POP CULTURE THAT SHAPES ME: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wannabe-aisha-harris
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Aisha Harris
@aishaharris.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Since the Bluesky club is now popping off, gonna reintroduce myself as an author. Last year I pubbed my first book, WANNABE. It’s about my/our relationship w/pop culture and it makes a great gift for your culture-obsessed loved ones! www.harpercollins.com/products/wan...
Thinking about how I grew up thinking Toni Braxton and others were all whispering “dog chow” at the beginning of their songs, and me, being a kid, didn’t think that was a weird thing to say at all
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Thinking about how I grew up thinking Toni Braxton and others were all whispering “dog chow” at the beginning of their songs, and me, being a kid, didn’t think that was a weird thing to say at all
There's a DJ (Hollywood Tramp) who's replacing all of Nicki's guest verses with other female rappers so he can still play the songs without feeling icky, and this is great 2026 energy. (The Doechi swap on "Bang Bang" is 🔥🔥🔥)
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
There's a DJ (Hollywood Tramp) who's replacing all of Nicki's guest verses with other female rappers so he can still play the songs without feeling icky, and this is great 2026 energy. (The Doechi swap on "Bang Bang" is 🔥🔥🔥)
Anywho: sharing my final year-end lists, since my day job deadlines for such things are early and I’m always cramming in new viewings up until Dec. 31. Happy new year, ya filthy animals.
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Anywho: sharing my final year-end lists, since my day job deadlines for such things are early and I’m always cramming in new viewings up until Dec. 31. Happy new year, ya filthy animals.
Look, it's NYE and I'm a couple drinks in and haven't fully thought this through, but I think the rise of AI slop is a direct byproduct of the slow and steady decline in support for the arts and arts education in the last several decades (all the funding cut to programs at schools, specifically)
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Look, it's NYE and I'm a couple drinks in and haven't fully thought this through, but I think the rise of AI slop is a direct byproduct of the slow and steady decline in support for the arts and arts education in the last several decades (all the funding cut to programs at schools, specifically)
No matter how many times I watch this, I always lol when Sally says she’s leaving the NYE party because of “the thought of not kissing someone” at midnight, and Jess cuts her off and is like, “I’ll kiss you,” right in front of his wife, Marie.
Oh really, my dude??? 😂
Oh really, my dude??? 😂
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
No matter how many times I watch this, I always lol when Sally says she’s leaving the NYE party because of “the thought of not kissing someone” at midnight, and Jess cuts her off and is like, “I’ll kiss you,” right in front of his wife, Marie.
Oh really, my dude??? 😂
Oh really, my dude??? 😂
This is such an extraordinary reaction shot, no notes, perfection
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is such an extraordinary reaction shot, no notes, perfection
BABY FISH MOUTH!
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
BABY FISH MOUTH!
Took some time to think about what I needed from the movies aiming to engage with the current political landscape this year. Shout out to both my fantastic editor Clare Lombardo and the truly dreadful ELLA MCCAY, for helping me crystalize my perspective.
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
'Raising questions' isn't enough. The best films of the year took a stance
Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Took some time to think about what I needed from the movies aiming to engage with the current political landscape this year. Shout out to both my fantastic editor Clare Lombardo and the truly dreadful ELLA MCCAY, for helping me crystalize my perspective.
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
This year's edition of TCM Remembers makes the heaviness of all we lost really sink in
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
TCM Remembers 2025 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This year's edition of TCM Remembers makes the heaviness of all we lost really sink in
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
December 24, 9pm, eastern standard time
From here on in I shoot without a script
From here on in I shoot without a script
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
December 24, 9pm, eastern standard time
From here on in I shoot without a script
From here on in I shoot without a script
Tried something a little different this year and looked back on some of my favorite pop culture moments, from Serena's surprise (and petty) Super Bowl cameo to the sweet bromance of TWINLESS:
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
The 2025 pop culture yearbook, from pettiest cameo to nerdiest movie moment
Dueling Safdie brother movie projects, Love Island USA chaos, a feces-filled And Just Like That … finale: looking back on an eclectic year for pop culture.
www.npr.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Tried something a little different this year and looked back on some of my favorite pop culture moments, from Serena's surprise (and petty) Super Bowl cameo to the sweet bromance of TWINLESS:
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
I love the Bay, and I love that snow and freezing cold aren't a thing here, but I'm starting to realize that the near non-stop rain during the winter months isn't much better for my mood/seasonal depression.
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love the Bay, and I love that snow and freezing cold aren't a thing here, but I'm starting to realize that the near non-stop rain during the winter months isn't much better for my mood/seasonal depression.
On my old show Represent we had a guest who talked about their issues with RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER — how its message is screwy because Rudolph isn’t accepted until he’s proven “useful,” and how this is the same narrative we fall into with migrants and I’ve never looked at RUDOLPH the same tbh
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
On my old show Represent we had a guest who talked about their issues with RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER — how its message is screwy because Rudolph isn’t accepted until he’s proven “useful,” and how this is the same narrative we fall into with migrants and I’ve never looked at RUDOLPH the same tbh
Very sad. I *hated* Ziggy during my first go-round of S2, because like a lot of people I hated the shift in focus to the docks. Each rewatch made me grow to actually like and fully appreciate that season more, and Ransone’s character arc and performance was a huge reason why.
I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.
'The Wire' Star James Ransone Dead at 46 After Apparent Suicide
James Ransone -- an actor best known for his role in the hit show "The Wire" -- has died ... and the medical examiner is pointing to suicide as the cause.
www.tmz.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Very sad. I *hated* Ziggy during my first go-round of S2, because like a lot of people I hated the shift in focus to the docks. Each rewatch made me grow to actually like and fully appreciate that season more, and Ransone’s character arc and performance was a huge reason why.
Pretty much everyone who’s on the “Monster” track has proven to be a POS for one reason or another in the last 15 years, which is a shame
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Pretty much everyone who’s on the “Monster” track has proven to be a POS for one reason or another in the last 15 years, which is a shame
Disrespectfully, ma'am. YOU are AI. 😂
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Disrespectfully, ma'am. YOU are AI. 😂
The Spotify Wrappification of everything has gotten out of hand. No [X retailer], I *do not* wish to look back fondly on how many times I bought shoes from you this year and how much money I supposedly saved doing it
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Spotify Wrappification of everything has gotten out of hand. No [X retailer], I *do not* wish to look back fondly on how many times I bought shoes from you this year and how much money I supposedly saved doing it
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I brought Sixpence None the Richer to the Tiny Desk for some holiday cheer (and melancholy) @npr.org
youtu.be/sSY_w9odHPk?...
youtu.be/sSY_w9odHPk?...
Sixpence None the Richer: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I brought Sixpence None the Richer to the Tiny Desk for some holiday cheer (and melancholy) @npr.org
youtu.be/sSY_w9odHPk?...
youtu.be/sSY_w9odHPk?...
Almost as bad as writing hundreds of nonsense words blaming DEI and George Floyd on your inability to get a TV writing job as a white dude is being a ticket scalper.
Not only are you contributing nothing to society, but you’re actively making it worse.
Not only are you contributing nothing to society, but you’re actively making it worse.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Almost as bad as writing hundreds of nonsense words blaming DEI and George Floyd on your inability to get a TV writing job as a white dude is being a ticket scalper.
Not only are you contributing nothing to society, but you’re actively making it worse.
Not only are you contributing nothing to society, but you’re actively making it worse.
I always watch WHEN HARRY MET SALLY around this time of year because it is a holiday movie at its core and is near-perfect and … it’s going to be a very difficult watch this time around.
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I always watch WHEN HARRY MET SALLY around this time of year because it is a holiday movie at its core and is near-perfect and … it’s going to be a very difficult watch this time around.
Reposted by Aisha Harris
Think it's about time we take 2025 out back and put it out of its misery
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Think it's about time we take 2025 out back and put it out of its misery
It is my belief that saxophone breaks in pop songs make every song infinitely better. Exhibit A:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-...
Foreigner - Urgent (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It is my belief that saxophone breaks in pop songs make every song infinitely better. Exhibit A:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-...
Dick Van Dyke has lived to be 100 and he seems like he's had a pretty happy life. I'm glad for him, for he is a national treasure!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CE...
Put On A Happy Face- Dick Van Dyke & Janet Leigh
YouTube video by Andrew Moats
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Dick Van Dyke has lived to be 100 and he seems like he's had a pretty happy life. I'm glad for him, for he is a national treasure!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CE...
Rewatching Diddy perform "I'll Be Missing You" at the VMAs, and apart from how gross the whole affair looks in retrospect -- I was 9 when it aired, I knew nothing then -- dude couldn't even be bothered to mumble those whack-ass lyrics live??? ZERO breath control. No talent!
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Rewatching Diddy perform "I'll Be Missing You" at the VMAs, and apart from how gross the whole affair looks in retrospect -- I was 9 when it aired, I knew nothing then -- dude couldn't even be bothered to mumble those whack-ass lyrics live??? ZERO breath control. No talent!
Excuse me, just over here chuckling at this subhead on Gwyneth Paltrow's Wikipedia page
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Excuse me, just over here chuckling at this subhead on Gwyneth Paltrow's Wikipedia page