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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading and listening
Friday, September 15, 2023
Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The audiobooks Mythos and Why We Love Baseball, and the new albums Jaguar II and Blame My Ex.
Have you run out of TV? Our 2023 fall streaming guide can help
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
As Hollywood's strikes stretch on, viewers are sitting down on the couch and asking: What's next? We scoured the streaming sites to find fantastic new releases as well as great shows worth revisiting.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading
Friday, August 25, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: How To with John Wilson, Full Circle, a sci-fi duology by Arkady Martine, and kayaking lessons.
It's still a haute mess, but I can't resist 'And Just Like That...'
Friday, August 25, 2023
In Season 2, the show settled into its groove as an agreeable-enough cringe-watch.
'Bottoms' is an absurdist high school sex comedy that rages and soars
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The cheeky black comedy stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as teens who start a fight club to get laid.
'The Blind Side' drama just proves the cheap, meaningless hope of white savior films
Friday, August 18, 2023
The true story behind the hit Oscar-winner has only gotten ickier — and Hollywood is complicit.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the movie Earth Mama, a recent episode of Vibe Check and albums from Aqua and The Japanese House.
Is 'Barbie' corporate propaganda or Malibu Metacommentary™? Why not both!
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property, Greta Gerwig's Barbie was never going to be just a movie, because Barbie was never just a doll.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and reading
Friday, July 14, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Flyana Boss, Project Runway All Stars, and new nonfiction about queer representation and media.
The 2023 Emmy nominations are in: What's old, what's new and what's next?
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
The old guard was out in force: 27 nods for Succession, 23 for The White Lotus and 21 for Ted Lasso. But there's a healthy mix of new shows, too, including The Last of Us, Jury Duty and The Bear.
Are we witnessing the death of movie stars?
Saturday, July 08, 2023
In the age of streaming and comic book franchise films are we witnessing the death of the classic Hollywood movie star?
Aisha Harris of 'Pop Culture Happy Hour' Reckons With the 90s Culture That Shaped Her
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Aisha Harris' new book, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me, is a collection of nine essays about the pop culture she grew up with, how it shaped her
Racist horror tropes are the first to die in the slasher comedy 'The Blackening'
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
A group of Black friends hosts a weekend getaway at a cabin in the woods, and a played-out scary movie trope is turned cleverly on its head.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Friday, June 09, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Shiny Happy People, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, Jessie Ware's new album, and more.
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing
Friday, June 02, 2023
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Clone High, the "Thursday Murder Club" mystery series, Mel Mitchell on TikTok, and more.
These are the new movies and TV shows we can't wait to watch this summer
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Studios raced to finish summer attractions ahead of the writers strike. So we're back with a great big, filterable guide of what to watch — and where to find it — as the days get hotter and longer.
Unpacking the series finale of 'Succession'
Monday, May 29, 2023
The saga of the Roy family has finally ended. NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour team has a wrap on the series finale.
Disney rolls out its latest remake, 'The Little Mermaid'
Friday, May 26, 2023
Has Disney done it again? And if they have, should they ... stop? These are some of the questions on our minds as Disney's remake of The Little Mermaid hits theaters.
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Friday, May 26, 2023
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: You're the Worst, 60 Songs that Explain the '90s, and Little Moon wins the Tiny Desk.
'The Little Mermaid' is the latest of Disney's poor unfortunate remakes
Monday, May 22, 2023
Disney has a formula: Take a beloved animated property, update its sensibilities for modern audiences, recast it with a bunch of familiar faces and voices, and rehash it all in "live-action"/CGI form.
