Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Get obsessed with us. Four days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris - plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, they take it all with a shot of cheer.Make your happy hour even happier with Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus! Your subscription supports the podcast and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/happyhour

Get obsessed with us. Four days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris - plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, they take it all with a shot of cheer.Make your happy hour even happier with Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus! Your subscription supports the podcast and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/happyhour

 

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery And What’s Making Us Happy

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Yesterday


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Jay Kelly

In Netflix’s Jay Kelly, George Clooney plays the aging movie star Jay Kelly. His longtime ... more

10 Dec 2025

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10 Dec 2025


#298

The Worst Christmas Movies

‘Tis the season you’ll find plenty of good holiday movies – films that can be counted upon... more

09 Dec 2025

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The Abandons

In Netflix’s The Abandons, Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey play two steely matriarchs tha... more

08 Dec 2025

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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 and What’s Making Us Happy

In the new film Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Josh Hutcherson returns as the protagonist tryi... more

05 Dec 2025

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05 Dec 2025


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2025 Pop Culture Favorites

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04 Dec 2025

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#294

Rereading Pride & Prejudice

This year, readers around the world are celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Today we... more

02 Dec 2025

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02 Dec 2025


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Hamnet

Hamnet tells the fictionalized account of the lives of William Shakespeare and his wife, p... more

01 Dec 2025

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All’s Fair And What’s Making Us Happy

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28 Nov 2025

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Zootopia 2

Disney’s Zootopia grossed over a billion dollars worldwide. Now our heroes return in the s... more

26 Nov 2025

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Sentimental Value

The new movie Sentimental Value is one of the great films about absentee dads who reappear... more

25 Nov 2025

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All Her Fault

The entertaining Peacock series All Her Fault begins with a cute kid, an Emmy winner, and ... more

24 Nov 2025

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Wicked was a smash hit that earned Oscar nominations for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo–b... more

21 Nov 2025

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A Man On The Inside

The charming Netflix sitcom A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as a lonely widower who’s... more

20 Nov 2025

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The Beast In Me

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18 Nov 2025

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't

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The Running Man is a new dystopian thriller starring Glen Powell as a man so desperate for... more

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Death By Lightning

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13 Nov 2025

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11 Nov 2025

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Predator: Badlands

Predator: Badlands is the latest film about an alien race that hunts things using all sort... more

10 Nov 2025

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