Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the shows The Agency and The Pitt, audiobooks by Philomena Cunk, and cinema from the late director David Lynch.

British director Joe Wright has said fascism is a global problem and there is a sense of the ideology within us all.

In a game of secrets and lies, the Oscar-nominated actor's beautifully battered visage represents the only truth his character can offer.

How a groundbreaking Mussolini drama examines the birth of fascism - IN FOCUS: Next month an epic eight-part biopic of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini airs on Sky. Craig McLean visits the set in Rome and talks to those who worked on the project,

Trump promised at his inaugural address that "national unity" would return. But much of this week has seen the returning president continue to pummel out-of-power foes. He called former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, a "crying lunatic."

President Donald Trump took a combative tone at times as he spoke remotely Thursday to an international audience of business leaders, politicians and other elites at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos,

President Donald Trump notched two victories on Thursday as he pushed to get his top officials in place. He also faced new legal challenges.

JOHN RATCLIFFE, CIA DIRECTOR Ratcliffe, who was director of national intelligence ... Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a close adviser to Trump. CHRIS WRIGHT, ENERGY SECRETARY Wright, a top Trump donor, is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, an oilfield services ...

So far, three people have been confirmed to Trump’s Cabinet: former Sen. Marco Rubio as the secretary of state, John Ratcliffe as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense.

More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of who’s been confirmed.

Here are Trump's choices for some of the key posts, including defense, intelligence, health, diplomacy, trade, justice, immigration and economic policymaking. Hegseth, 44, is a military veteran who has expressed disdain for the "woke" policies of Pentagon leaders, including its top military officer.