version. I don't play video games anymore, but back in the day, I was a heavy videogame person. We're taking to the streets, the skies, the water and the glitzy high-class nightclubs to talk about Mission: Impossible - Fallout on this episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour. In this episode of the Giant Foam Finger, Stephen Thompson and Gene Demby discuss the recent controversy over an athlete's decision to return his children's participation trophies. From director Bong Joon-ho, it tells the story of two families, one with a lot of money and one that's just struggling to get by. Guest: Film critic Chris Klimek. I've been re-watching Review, the great TV series that aired on Comedy Central. April 20, 2023 Judy Blume has been a prominent author for more than 50 years and her books are incredibly beloved. They'll also talk about if you'll be hearing more about the film during Oscar season. Guests: All Things Considered Host Audie Cornish and NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans. But the film The Invisible Man suggests that the worst part might just be the fact that no one would believe you. The gang takes a look at Amy Sherman-Palladino's award-winning comedy, starring Rachel Brosnahan as a '50s housewife-turned-comedian. I love just being able to dive into a whole bunch of great new music by people who've really never made music I don't love. We recap the game, the halftime show, and the commercials. They'll talk about how one publicity photo for the new movie has the Internet buzzing, and what role race and gender should play in casting decisions. there's an HBO Max (I guess just MAX now?) The new movie Sonic the Hedgehog is about this hedgehog who runs fast. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR' Monkey See's Linda Holmes and the PCHH team gather for another pop culture round-table tackling the issue of cultural pretenders, along with obscure talents that need to make their triumphant returns and a few of the wackiest (really!) It was also a night of strong performances from artists like Janelle Monae and Cardi B. Pop Culture Happy Hour: An Exploration Of Strange Creatures. It's also co-created by the creator of the game themselves. After a highly successful first season, the Netflix monster mystery returns. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Petra Mayer review the a cappella comedy Pitch Perfect 2. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and the PCHH gang talk about whether there's any actual momentum toward more (and more active) female fighters. Morning Edition Host David Greene talks with singer and actor Justin Timberlake about how it feels to be an Oscar nominee, his boy band past, and progress on his upcoming album. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon are joined by dear friend Barrie Hardymon, who joins in for a discussion of homebound pop culture and when it's okay to just walk out on a book, a movie, or even a live performance. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes kicks out the boys, and brings in NPR's Tanya Ballard Brown, Barrie Hardymon and Parul Sehgal for a special edition: It's four women talking about four Girls the new HBO series from Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow. It co-stars Charlize Theron and a really impressive wig. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Smash' Talk And Getting Serious About Reading. The panel chats about Black Mirror, Netflix's sci-fi anthology series. Plus, what's making us happy. They'll touch on teachers from 'The Simpsons,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and even Shakespeare plays. Glen Weldon talks to author Philip Pullman about his return to the world of Lyra Belacqua, who we first met in The Golden Compass. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Superheroes, Fried Chickens And Sacred Cows. And, as always, we close with What's Making Us Happy this week. Guests: writer Chris Klimek and librarian Margaret Willison. Then a look culture that uses food well and makes us hungry: Chocolate, Ratatouille, The Sopranos, Bridesmaids and more. Should they exist? Then as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. Then they chat about voice acting, from cartoons to translation to video games. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Margaret H. Willison discuss the offbeat Comedy Central show Broad City. And, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Guest: Uproxx TV Critic Alan Sepinwall. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Plus, what's making us happy this week. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and producer Jess Gitner talk about sense of place on the occasion of NPR moving to its new headquarters. Guest: TV Critic Eric Deggans. Giancarlo Esposito has appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies from several of Spike Lee's early films, to his role as Gus Fring on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. hide caption. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt And Derivatives In Pop Culture. On this bonus episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we bring you a conversation from our pal Sam Sanders. The Netflix series Unbelievable brings together a group of actresses including Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, Dale Dickey and Danielle MacDonald. Then move on to the big topic of the week the things for which they were late to the table: The Shield, Futurama, The Godfather and much more. Stuck at home, exhausted from streaming all the good TV we can find, looking for distractions, we've all been exploring games for the Nintendo Switch. It's about a whole lot of things, and it's funny, and it's insightful. In Venom, Tom Hardy plays Eddie Brock, an investigative journalist who's trying to rebound from a major setback in his career. Donna Tartt's 2013 book The Goldfinch won a Pulitzer Prize for its story of a boy whose mother dies in a bombing. He gets divorced because one of the prompts is what is it like to get divorced? This week, we remembered Harry Belafonte, looked at Apple Music's new attempt to bring Bach the classics, and got a preview of the upcoming Zelda game. We've each brought clips of some of our favorite regrettable shows, and our fellow panelists will have to see if they can guess the source. Plus What's Making Us Happy This Week. version, Writers Guild of America calls for a strike, Photos: Regional artists shine at second annual Sonic Springs benefit, 7 bodies have been found during a search for missing Oklahoma teens, Here are all the best looks from the Met Gala 2023, The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1, Yellen warns Congress. The State Of Television And The Tweed Set. Then they'll discuss Neal Shusterman's young adult novel Challenger Deep, which recently won a National Book Award. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. Almost three weeks ago, as isolation at home tightened its grip on many of us, Netflix released the documentary series Tiger King. Sondra Locke became famous partly because she sued Clint Eastwood, who had been her longtime partner, but Sondra Locke was also a gifted actor and director. The panels shares some of their favorite new music discoveries from this year's SXSW Music Festival. The gang also talks about HBO's 'Veep,' the political satire starring Julia Louie Dreyfus as a fictional vice president. It's the latest feature from Kelly Reichardt, a director known for quiet, intimate films about isolation, alienation, and community. In the third film, John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum, Wick, played by Keanu Reeves, is on the run from foes and former friends alike. 1917 is directed by Sam Mendes and follows two young World War I soldiers who are sent on a dangerous mission to deliver a crucial message. It also stars Don Johnson and Tim Blake Nelson, alongside Jean Smart and a very odd Jeremy Irons, who are both playing characters from the comic. They also talk about the future of pop culture. I think it's one of the great stories in a video game. Then they'll discuss movie franchises--why do some take off while others never fail to leave the ground? 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' Proves That More Choice Doesn't Mean A Better Story. But it's also a chance for them to look out for him, and to learn a lot about the broad outlines of fleeting fame. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Bob Mondello discuss the new Disney film Tomorrowland. hide caption. I'd also be remiss not to mention Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is, of course, a jewel. I have recently watched the really goofy movie Yes, Madam, in which she has this, like, short '80s power lady haircut. Small Batch: Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. Guests: NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael and music writer Katie Presley. I really liked comedian Zach Zimmerman's new memoir, with the great title Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed On Earth)? Because wow. Plus What's Making Us Happy this week. All that, plus What's Making us Happy this week. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Is PBS The Next HBO? It might be the new Noah Baumbach film Marriage Story, starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as a couple we meet when they're just starting their divorce. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. (A shorter version of this interview originally aired on All Things Considered on November 16, 2015), The Hateful Eight and the Evolving Theatrical Experience. And because so many students are wrapping up their school year and graduating, we thought, what better time to look back at this terrific movie? Let's talk about solutions. The end of season one solved a mystery the show had been circling, and season two is about the aftermath. Guests: Code Switch co-host Gene Demby and It's Been a Minute host Sam Sanders. Then, Stephen Thompson interviews Loren Bouchard, the creator of Bob's Burgers. But it also has a lot to do with sexism more generally and what was happening with actors and actresses. The movie directed by Tom Hooper, who also made the Les Miserables adaptation that won Anne Hathaway an Oscar. Topics covered: Beyonce, Taylor Swift, John Legend, Let It Go, Pharrell Williams, Chris Pratt, Serial, The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, Department of Speculation, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming, What If, Obious Child, Judy Blume, Wifey, Mary Oliver, Chicago, Iron Maiden, Heather Thomas, Trans Am, Sideshow Bob, Van Halen, Saved By The Bell, Split Enz, Pride and Prejudice, The Lorax, Donald Duck, Encyclopedia Brown, Archie Comics, Legion of Super-Heroes, The Flash, Lord of the Rings, Grey Gardens, The King and I, Transparent, Thom Yorke, Ms Marvel, D4ve, Hip Hop Family Tree, The Gigantic Beard that was Evil, The Wicked and the Divine, Trillium, Here, Boardwalk Empire, Into the Woods, The Next Five Years, Peter Pan. Your support makes this possible. Plus, what's making us happy. I'm really in love with this Fenne Lily record called Big Picture. SXSW Discoveries and Pop Culture Geography. Wildlife, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, tells the story of a marriage in crisis in 1960's Montana. They'll talk about it's extraordinary silliness, its employment of stereotypes, and that unforgettable theme music. Plus, What's Making Us Happy. Now, the franchise makes the leap into live action with a big-budget summer blockbuster called Pokemon Detective Pikachu. The Florida Project and Remembering Dolores O'Riordan. Couple Things: Checking In With 'Indian Matchmaking'. Roxane Gay latest book is the memoir Hunger. That's one of the takeaways from the new documentary Boys State, about a week-long program sponsored by the American Legion. We're going back 20 years to talk about some of the movies of 1999, including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Office Space, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Close watchers of smart television know Michaela Coel from Chewing Gum, the acclaimed comedy series she created and starred in. It's Been a Minute host Sam Sanders and writer Katie Presley join Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson for an old favorite: People We're Pulling For. ), The Limitations Of An Anti-Racist Reading List. (Two words: Shock Treatment.) 'Fruitvale Station' And Yelling At Clouds. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Indefensible Positions, Stunt Casting And Cowboy Roy. It's also the name of the new movie about him. Robert DeNiro plays a hit man, Joe Pesci is his boss, Al Pacino is Jimmy Hoffa, and that's before you even get to Harvey Keitel, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano and others. And across what's now a three-film series, he's been having a heck of a week ever since. Fiction and nonfiction, essays and memoirs, we've got some ideas for things you can read this fall. 'The Invisible Man' Is Transparently Creepy. Then they'll discuss credulity specifically, how difficult it can be to enjoy a piece of pop culture when you know a lot about its subject. You learn about the history of broker fees, and why they exist. They'll also share their favorite film of the year. Next, ahead of Linda's trip to TCA (Television Critic's Association) press tour, they'll talk about what's coming up in television. We talk about its tension and its great lead performance from Sandra Oh on this week's episode. I Still Love You. She kept herself very busy, moderating a panel full of authors she admires and chatting up one of the biggest nerd icons of her pop-culture coming-of-age, Gillian Anderson. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour: It's Halloween, and the Pop Culture Happy Hour gang is ready to embrace it, from spooky ghosts to amusement park menaces to costumes we love our mothers for making. That's how much Frozen made after its release in 2013. What films were loved? I was going to talk about Bend It Like Beckham. Pop Culture Happy Hour: How To Act When The World Is Ending. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Trey Graham and Stephen Thompson discuss things we were terribly wrong about at first glance but grew to love including Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Buffy, and even Shakespeare. Baby Driver and When Auteurs Meet Film Franchises. WUSF 89.7 depends on donors for the funding it takes to provide you the most trusted source of news and information here in town, across our state, and around the world. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Game of Thrones won the top awards. On the Books: An All-Book Edition Of Pop Culture Happy Hour. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. And listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. All Things Considered host Audie Cornish and Weekend Edition Books Editor Barrie Hardymon join Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon for a look back at Downton Abbey. Brie Larson stars as a badass space-warrior fighting in an intergalactic war between two alien races. It's coming back for a sixth season starting on January 10th, and we thought that would make it just the right time to revisit our conversation about it. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. From 'Mork and Mindy' to 'Modern Family,' they'll cite examples of fully fleshed out characters, as well as women relegated as props to their on-screen husbands. What looks awful and what looks interesting? Then the return of the Regrettable Television Pop Quiz and What's Making Us Happy. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, we've convened a special panel to tackle our favorite songs for the season. 'Tidying Up With Marie Kondo' Is A Spark Of Joy. They'll then use the Sharknado phenomenon as a jumping off point to discuss the concept of so bad it's good. Then What's Making Us Happy. Then, Code Switch co-host Shereen Marisol Meraji and the panel dive into what happens when auteur directors helm big film franchises. A New Podcast Explores 'Dolly Parton's America'. 260 14th St. NW Just want to say that on the record. But it shouldn't have. Glen will then make the panel take an epic quiz about superhero sidekicks. The much-praised Hulu series PEN15 is about two middle-school girls who feel like they might never figure out how to grow into adults. You can still get a ticket to watch the stream, which is an interesting example of a more "produced" live show video that doesn't just look like somebody stood in the back with a camera. They also discuss the more technical aspects of the 'The Hobbit': how did it look on screen? And it's also just an interesting commentary on white masculinity in so many different ways. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about secondary characters and spin-offs. Ocean's 8 great cast and some clever commentary about women and Hollywood make it a whole lot of fun. Pop Culture Happy Hour: We Give Thanks, Try Comics, And Debate Happiness. Just you wait, just you wait Small Batch: The Election and Political Comedy. In the second half of our live show from the Bell House in Brooklyn, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Glen Weldon are joined by a variety of special guests for a few silly quizzes. I'm not sure it's all that good, but I do think she has some fascinating moments, and if you watched Candy on Hulu, you might find the compare-and-contrast fascinating. But we had to wait for it. We're diving into the Oscar-nominated documentaries and foreign language films. I could listen to like four or five seasons of "Erotic 90s" because you're now in the sweet spot of the movies that kind of were coming out when I was developing an interest in film and thinking about film. Guest: Aisha Harris, host of Slate's Represent Podcast. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pain Revolution! Finally, the long-awaited return of the Regrettable Television Pop Quiz. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson and Code Switch's Gene Demby talk about the new film Steve Jobs and portrayals of other real and fictional moguls. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Don't Sneeze On Us During 'The X Factor,' Please. Favorites include 'House Hunters,' 'Scandal,' 'Mad Men,' 'Friday Night Lights' and more. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld WARNING: this podcast extra is meant for those who have seen the movie and/or read the novel, or for those who don't like to be surprised. So from time to time, we pause just to single out some of the people whose work we're appreciating. I don't mind raunchiness, but raunchiness for the sake of raunchiness doesn't work for me. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson are joined by special guests Gene Demby and Kat Chow, of NPR's Code Switch team. Today we're diving into the complicated and tangled world of Netflix's Russian Doll, a series anchored by a dynamic performance from Natasha Lyonne. The jokes were there, talking about the script. The movie continues the story of this very wealthy group and their loyal staff. Then they'll defend some Pop Culture Punching Bags, among them The Monkees, Billy Joel, the Kardashians and the so-called movie flop 'John Carter.' by Linda Holmes. Plus, What's Making Us Happy this week. It's New Year's Day, so it's time to make some resolutions for 2020. Then they'll talk about why some favorite kids entertainment endures while other favorites don't stand the test of time. Then, NPR Books editor Petra Mayer reports on Wonder Woman fandom in honor of her 75th birthday. And we really, really like it. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest and Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction. Then it's time for a discussion of holiday music and, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week. Small Batch: A Report From New York Comic-Con. And we need it too. What were the first albums Trey Graham owned, and why does it take him so long to work up the nerve to tell us? And the broker is really funny. Sometimes we want something that will calm us down and slow our heart rates. The story about the twisted relationship between a dressmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his muse (Vicky Krieps) just earned six Oscar nominations. Last month at an Advertising Week event in New York, Linda Holmes had the chance to sit down with a legend of public radio and of good conversation. They also briefly discuss the "underwhelming" Tony Awards. Then they'll discuss pop culture debuts, covering everything from beloved child stars, blockbuster directors, and favorite first albums. **Pop Culture Happy LIVE: The Oscars Omnibus Featuring Bob Mondello**When: Tuesday February 17th, 2015 at 7:00pmWhere: Studio 1, NPR Headquarters, 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002Tickets go on sale February 3rd at 12PM ET at events.npr.org. for Vulture. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR Code Switch's Kat Chow to talk brothers and sisters, just in time for the release of Thor: The Dark World. Because wow. They'll discuss TV shows and movies that feature autistic characters, some more openly than others. Tracee Ellis Ross On 'Black-ish' And 'The High Note'. Pop Culture Happy Hour Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Then Pop Culture New Year's Resolutions and Things Making Us Happy. Teams of three try to cross a course made of furniture and obstacles without touching the ground. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Schitt's Creek is a Canadian comedy from the minds of Eugene Levy and his son Daniel follows a wealthy family that falls on hard times. The new Starz half-hour drama tells the story of two young women who learn a lot about their mother when they go home to deal with the consequences of her death. The Tony Awards paid off for The Band's Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Angels in America revival and a scrappy theater kid named Bruce Springsteen. I love it so much. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, the PCHH gang is still taking time off. Now he's back with a movie that's equally ambitious, and much more personal. This year The Princess Bride turns 30, so we decided to discuss the film and its enduring legacy. It's just as strong, but finds her going in an entirely new direction. But he gets repeatedly frustrated by a series of deeply disturbing obstacles that may be real, or may be entirely of his own making. version, Writers Guild of America calls for a strike, Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Legend, Dies At 84, 7 bodies have been found during a search for missing Oklahoma teens, Thousands fleeing violence in Sudan are crossing the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. NPR film critic Bob Mondello joins us for our annual Oscars Omnibus: We talk the nominees for Best Picture, some of the hottest races, and make some predictions we may regret later. Even some who don't know Emma might know Clueless, the 1995 Amy Heckerling film that's now 25 years old. Bring On The Sunscreen! This time, he adapts a James Baldwin novel for the screen. That, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. And she plays a good cop who is paired up with a bad lady cop from Scotland Yard. We follow the couple for a few years as they drift toward adulthood, sometimes apart and sometimes together. The comedy series What We Do In The Shadows imagines what a slacker reality show might look like if all the roommates were vampires. Code Switch's Kat Chow joins the panel as they say goodbye to 2017 by revisiting their resolutions and predictions from last year and making new ones for 2018. This week, we'll drop in on the volatile suburban surroundings of HBO's Big Little Lies, and we'll consider Ryan Murphy's high-drama look at Hollywood legends in Feud. We're Russian To Finish 'The Great'. Aniston plays the female anchor left to pick up the pieces with a new partner, and Witherspoon is the local reporter who unexpectedly gets hired by the show after she goes on a rant while she's working at her previous job and the video goes viral. Melancholidays, Sisters and 2015 Highlights. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week. The LEGO Batman Movie and MasterChef Junior. Guests: Writer Chris Klimek and Daisy Rosario of NPR member station WAMU. Then a look at videogames past and present. And it's also just an interesting commentary on white masculinity in so many different ways. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon look back at their favorite moments of 2011: the singers, the comics, the books that made us feel them all the way to our toes, and more. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Fearless Predictions For 2012. Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Barbecue Smackdown And Other Local Interests. Then they'll talk about The Boy Next Door and other erotic thrillers. Ryan Reynolds once again assumes the role of a deadly mercenary who makes many references to various pop culture properties while disemboweling folk a lot. They'll chat about the film and why collaborations between Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig work so well. At last, we take a deep, overdue dive into the sweet, tangy jars of emotional marmalade that are the Paddington films. The two of them play a middle-aged married couple named Oscar and June, who are in a bit of a rut. Today, we're talking about the all-singing, all-dancing, all-silly extravaganza that is Mamma Mia! All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. there's an HBO Max (I guess just MAX now?) We have a Dear Prudence advice column. Then the gang discusses pop culture geography and if it's important to accurately capture a sense of place. Pop Culture That Makes Us Cry & Somali Pirates. Pop Culture Summer Stories And 'Playing House'. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and La La Land. ), Queer Eye is back for a fourth season, so we figured it'd be interesting to review our first impressions of the series, back when it premiered last year. So far, we've unmasked football player Antonio Brown, and comedian Tommy Chong. Murphy has gathered another of his impressive casts: Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bob Balaban, Bette Midler, and of course Jessica Lange. I would also say one of the things the show does really well is not trying to humanize young immigrants what it's doing is celebrating them and showing the ways that immigrants enrich our culture and the beauty and warmth and love and great flavors of it. We discuss the sun-drenched Scandanavian creepiness. But then he returned to it. You'll hear bells in our winter holiday episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour, along with lots of other stuff, as NPR's Linda Holmes and the PCHH gang explore some Christmas specials, some not-particularly-Christmas-y movies that show up this time of year anyway, and -- as always -- the things that are making us happy this week. Guest: New York Times editor Aisha Harris. Aladdin is the latest Disney live-action remake of an animated classic. You learn about the history of broker fees, and why they exist. Green Book is your best picture, and Bohemian Rhapsody and Roma took a bunch of the top prizes, too. 'Toy Story 4' Mixes Nostalgia And Existential Dread. It's an epic tale of grief, abandonment, friendship, drugs, and a stolen painting of a goldfinch. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy. Guest: Code Switch's Gene Demby. All Things Considered Audie Cornish and NPR Music's Katie Presley join the PCHH gang for a look at the 2016 SXSW Festival. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon talk about their pop culture resolutions for the New Year. In our first episode, Stephen and Gene talk about '4th and 26,' an NFL play so infamous it has its own Wikipedia page. Then they'll return to one of our favorite segments, people we're pulling for. The panel chats about why they love Lady Bird, the coming-of-age film written and directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan. Roman (Kieran Culkin) really wants this deal to happen, but then again, does he? It's Me, Margaret. Sarah Weinman wrote a very good piece last weekend about truth and true crime, and even if these seem like well-covered topics, give it a read she's one of the genre's real experts and enthusiasts. Based on a South Korean format, each week we learn the identity of the elaborately costumed "celebrity" who gets voted off. When To Break Up With Television And Pop Culture Advice With Mallory Ortberg. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour: The second half of our December live show, featuring lots of our pals (and one relative) answering questions we like to affectionately think of as bonkers., In One Year, Out the Other: Resolutions And Predictions for 2014. All that plus a special gift from Stephen Thompson. Parks and Recreation and Better Call Saul. The Giant Foam Finger: What's Your Walk-Up Music? (A shorter version of the interview aired on Morning Edition on August 19, 2016. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Hobbits And Food Trucks And Freedom, Oh My! Kristy, Claudia, Mary-Anne and Stacey are back. That's the philosophy of Sima, the matchmaker at the center of the new Netflix reality series Indian Matchmaking. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week. In this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, Linda Holmes and Margaret Willison chat about why they love audiobooks, and share a few of their favorites. The Masked Singer isn't your everyday singing competition. Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Favorite Moments Of 2011. The dark comedy from director Taika Waititi won the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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