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Alan Ritchson plays Jack Reacher in the show <em>Reacher.</em>

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading, viewing, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A Dolly Parton memoir, the show Reacher, the game Dredge, and the song "Bittersweet" by Semma.

March 07, 2025
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  • Jeff Yang,
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A scene from the Oscar-nominated animated film <em>Flow.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The film Flow, a Pete Seeger album, Deal or No Deal Island, and the documentary Sly Lives!

February 28, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris,
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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Chef John Mitzewich, Star Trek, the return of baseball and the videogame Teardown.

February 07, 2025
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  • Jeff Yang,
  • and 1 more
Sara Hazemi as Hope and Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols in <em>Silo.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the TV show Silo, Rilo Kiley's reunion tour, and a send up of Emilia Pérez.

January 31, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
James Acaster's comedy special is <em>Hecklers Welcome.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: James Acaster's comedy special, the '90s show Legends of the Hidden Temple, and SZA's album Lana.

January 24, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 1 more

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

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.

January 17, 2025
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Demi Moore won her first major acting award Sunday night at the 82nd Golden Globes award ceremony. Moore won the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy award for <em>The Substance.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Demi Moore's Golden Globes win, Funny Story by Emily Henry, the film Hard Truths, and more.

January 10, 2025
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  • Brittany Luse,
  • and 3 more
Taron Egerton as Ethan Kopek in <em>Carry-On</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A documentary about yacht rock, Colouring's new album, the game Pentiment and an action movie about TSA.

January 03, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
Critic Aisha Harris has been rewatching <em>The Dick Van Dyke Show.</em> The actor is pictured above in May 1967.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend scrolling, listening and viewing

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: JamesEarl333 on TikTok, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the songs "Young Lion" and "Kid on Christmas."

December 20, 2024
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  • Shamira Ibrahim,
  • and 3 more
Bridget Everett as Sam in <em>Somebody Somewhere</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend snacking, viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bourbon Balls, Somebody Somewhere, The Amazing Race and Tim Curry's performance of A Christmas Carol.

December 13, 2024
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  • Bob Mondello,
  • Ryan Mitchell,
  • and 3 more
Azul Guaita as Tita in the show <em>Like Water for Chocolate.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the movie Mississippi Masala, the series Like Water for Chocolate and Hasan Minhaj's new special.

December 06, 2024
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  • Cristina Escobar,
  • and 2 more
South Korean singer and rapper G-Dragon performs in New York in 2017.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend scrolling, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: TikTok Pride and Prejudice, K-pop star G-Dragon, a Disney cover album, and Astro Bot on the PS5.

November 22, 2024
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  • Mallory Yu,
  • and 3 more
Lacey Chabert stars as Kathy Barrett in <em>Hot Frosty</em> on Netflix.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: It's Florida, Man on Max, Young Adult audiobooks and Hot Frosty on Netflix.

November 18, 2024
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  • Margaret H. Willison,
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<em>Daughters </em>is a documentary about a Daddy Daughter Dance for incarcerated men and their kids.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The documentary Daughters, the show Dexter, and Doechii's album Alligator Bites Never Heal.

November 08, 2024
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  • Monica Castillo,
  • Kristen Meinzer,
  • and 2 more
It's raking season! Above, a man tends to fallen leaves in Sieversdorf, Germany in 2017.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend raking, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Cure's Songs of a Lost World, a lawn mowing simulator video game, and fall yard work.

November 01, 2024
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  • Bob Mondello,
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