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Ranking the best and worst of 2024: Moo Deng, Drake & Crashing Out
Fri, 27 Dec 2024
To close out 2024, Brittany and friends are running through the best and worst pop culture moments of the past 365 days. Along with NPR's Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe and Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker, the three declare winners and losers in the following categories:WORD OF THE YEAR"Crash Out""Cutesy""Hawk Tuah"THE LOUDEST GASP HEARD AROUND THE WORLDKatt Williams on Club Shay ShayKendrick Lamar & Drake's Rap BeefThe response to the Trump assassination attemptVILLAIN OF THE YEARLifeWillful IgnoranceDr. Rachel Gunn (AKA Raygun)BIGGEST FLOP OF THE YEARTesla's CybertrucksDrakeMegalopolisTHE "WHO'S THIS DIVA?" AWARDThe extra special award for the diva you did not know before 2024 but whose name lives rent free in your head now.Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus content by joining NPR+ today: https://plus.npr.org/Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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I'm your host, Brittany Luce, here with my very special guests, Aisha Roscoe from NPR's Weekend Edition and B.A. Parker, co-host of NPR's Code Switch. Aisha, Parker, I'm so glad to have you both here.
I'm glad to be here. Pleasure to be here.
Y'all, so much has happened this year. Things have been done. Things have been said. Some things have even been regretted. For both of you, how will you look back on 2024? It's over.
Thank God I got over.
Thank you, Jesus.
Okay. Let's wrap it up.
Let's wrap it up. Let's wrap it up.
Now, I'm sure both of you have seen those end-of-year lists, ranking the best of the best of 2024. There's the best movies of the year, which, honestly, Conclave. Those Cardinals and Conclave, they're kind of number one in my book right now. Or the best music of the year. In my opinion, I was a little brat this year, okay? I was bumping my Charlie.
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