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Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 1078

Trying to keep up with the latest in pop culture? We’ve got you covered. The Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast helps you find the best new binge-worthy tv shows, movies, music, and videogames.

Join hosts Linda Holmes, Aisha Harris, Stephen Thompson, and Glen Weldon four episodes a week - plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture enthusiasts. It’s your fix for reviews, recommendations, and recaps of the pop culture everyone is talking about. From lowbrow reality TV to Oscar-winning movies to the stuff in between, we take it all with a shot of cheer. On the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, we watch everything so that you never miss anything.

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🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
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#1
🇨🇦 Canada - tvAndFilm
05/07/2026
#7
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmReviews
05/07/2026
#4
🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvAndFilm
05/07/2026
#21
🇩🇪 Germany - filmReviews
05/07/2026
#13
🇩🇪 Germany - tvAndFilm
05/07/2026
#54
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05/07/2026
#1
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#5
🇫🇷 France - filmReviews
05/07/2026
#27
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
04/07/2026
#1

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Episode 2007

jeudi 30 janvier 2025 • Duration 18:55

The excellent Netflix series Mo is about a man who figures out how to get by: how to find work as someone who can't work legally, how to navigate the asylum process as a Palestinian refugee in Texas, and how to care for the people he loves. The show's star and co-creator is the standup Mo Amer. The story dives into immigration, identity, and a family as they work to map out a secure future. Mo just returned for a second season, so in this encore episode, we revisit our conversation about the series.

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Presence

Episode 2006

mardi 28 janvier 2025 • Duration 20:27

In the new Steven Soderbergh film Presence, a family moves into an old house, and weird stuff starts happening. But what's different about this haunted house story is that the movie told from the point of view of the ghost. We only get glimpses of the family, but gradually we start to piece together their brittle dynamic.

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Companion And What's Making Us Happy

Episode 2008

vendredi 31 janvier 2025 • Duration 18:24

In the smart, twisty thriller-comedy Companion, three young couples gather at a swanky lake house for the weekend. One of the couples is not like the others – that's because the girlfriend (Sophie Thatcher) turns out to be a companion robot, built to satisfy the boyfriend's (Jack Quaid) every fantasy. Inevitably, things go wrong, which sets off a chain of twists and revelations that comes with a body count.

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2025 Sundance Film Festival: Best Movies

Episode 2010

mardi 4 février 2025 • Duration 20:42

We watched many films at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Today, we're recommending some of the best things we saw, including a thrilling debut from a writer on The Bear, a timely doc about the wave of book bans across America, and a bizarro horror comedy starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco.

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2025 Grammys Recap

Episode 2009

lundi 3 février 2025 • Duration 25:53

This year's Grammys was a huge night for Beyoncé, who finally won album of the year for Cowboy Carter. Kendrick Lamar picked up record and song of the year for "Not Like Us." And Chappell Roan edged out a crowded field to win best new artist.

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Love Hurts And What's Making Us Happy

Episode 2012

vendredi 7 février 2025 • Duration 21:16

In the new action movie Love Hurts, Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan stars as a real estate agent who has remade his life after leaving the employ of his terrifying gangster brother. But when a beautiful and mysterious former associate (Ariana DeBose) returns into his life, everything goes haywire. The movie has hand fighting and a touch of romance--just in time for Valentine's Day.

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You're Cordially Invited

Episode 2011

mercredi 5 février 2025 • Duration 16:52

In the raunchy movie You're Cordially Invited, Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon face a mortifying conundrum: Their families' destination weddings have been double-booked for the same weekend. They reluctantly agree to share the venue, but, unsurprisingly, nothing goes smoothly as planned. Directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Neighbors), the movie feels like a familiar throwback to the 2000s.

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2025 Super Bowl

Episode 2013

lundi 10 février 2025 • Duration 17:17

At this year's Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. During the halftime show, Kendrick Lamar performed his Grammy-winning diss track "Not Like Us," and brought out special guests Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams, and SZA. And we watched plenty of commercials featuring celebrities.

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Guide To Great Shows On Network TV

Episode 2014

mardi 11 février 2025 • Duration 22:44

In the age of streaming content and "Prestige TV" it's easy to forget that old school TV networks are still out here, pumping out television shows. ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC have launched new series that adopt familiar formats – cop shows, lawyer shows, doctor shows – but each has something special to recommend it. So we're talking about St. Denis Medical, Doc, Doctor Odyssey, Matlock and High Potential.

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Captain America: Brave New World And What's Making Us Happy

Episode 2016

vendredi 14 février 2025 • Duration 26:01

Anthony Mackie is the new Captain America, and he's finally got his own movie. In Captain America: Brave New World, Cap finds himself battling President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) who is hiding quite a few secrets.

In the run-up to the Oscars, Pop Culture Happy Hour is watching all 10 best picture nominees – and you're invited to join us! Sign up for the NPR Movie Club newsletter series and tell us what you thought of the movies you watched this week.

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