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U.S. counterterrorism efforts include choking off the flow of cash to extremists and urging friendly countries to help. But in places like the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh, where Somali refugees have flocked, it's hard to distinguish between tainted money and honest cash.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: For All Mankind, The Witcher, the BeReal app, and more.

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

The U.S. government suspects that China's surveillance balloon may have blown off course. It wouldn't be the first time.

Since 2020, the Mellon Foundation has given over $40 million to arts and humanities projects addressing mass incarceration. In all, it says, it will donate $125 million to such efforts.

Human relationships are entanglements, and those connections often aren't clear to us at all. When Maria Bamford impersonated her mom, she realized what she loved about her — and about herself.

Among the questions: What happens to the Americans still in Afghanistan? And: What does the exit mean for Biden's approach to the world?

The simple question of whether the U.S. should stay or go was not simple at all. Now Biden's determination to leave Afghanistan has resulted in a bigger mess than he bargained for.

With Democratic leader Harry Reid's victory in Nevada, Republican hopes for taking over the Senate have faded — even as Reid's leadership will be put to the test in a more narrowly divided Senate with a handful of Tea Party members. Republicans have picked up six seats — in Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The first half hour of Saturday's debate was dominated by foreign policy. The candidates walked a line on their views and President Obama's, whose handling of the issue has declined since ISIS's rise.