PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!"

JD McPHERSON visits Fresh Air for a chat and holiday-themed mini-set.

DOYLE BRAMHILL II plays World Cafe Live.

ALL SONGS: The music they missed in their year-end lists.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS plays "Scott Street" for Carson Daly.

THIS MORTAL COIL: How a Bunch of Romantic Goths Changed Music As We Know It.

THE BEST BOX SETS of 2018, according to Paste.

THE WORST CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONES, according to NME.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at B. J. Thomas' Burt Bacharach/Hal David-written "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head."

THE SAG AWARD nominees are announced. Congrats. Here are the snubs and surprises. And your host is Megan Mullally.

THE BEST MOVIES of 2018, according to NPR's film critics.

PIXAR announced a new original feature via Twitter.

PETER JACKSON talks Mortal Engines, his WWI documentary, and Amazon's Lord of the Rings series.

TAYLOR SWIFT used facial recognition to track her stalkers at a concert.

NICKI MINAJ is already considering marriage with her new (old) beau.

JOEL McHALE has been cast as Sylvester Pemberton a/k/a Starman on the upcoming DC Universe series Stargirl.

A SPIDER CRAB removes its shell.

BEAVERS return to Italy after 500 years.

A DOG saves a goal during an Argentine soccer match.

A LEMUR surprises a Florida Highway Patrol trooper during a traffic stop.