2026 Predictions: Beyoncé retires, AI busts, Democrats lift weights

What’s in and what’s out in 2026? Let’s set the stage for what to watch out for in the new year.

As you fill out your own bingo card for what will or will not happen in 2026, join Brittany, NPR’s tech correspondent Bobby Allyn, and NPR’s political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. They are laying out the puzzle pieces of 2026 – from the politics of masculinity to the bubble of artificial intelligence to the end of Queen Bee – and piecing them together, so you know what to set your sights on for the next calendar year.  

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