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Nov 15, 2024 | 
npr.org | J.C. Howard |Margaret H. Willison |Linda Holmes
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listeningThis week, The Onion , My Little Pony and we . Here's what NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend. It's Florida, Man on Max is based on the endlessly meme-able "Florida man" headlines that we've always seen go viral. The show is basically interviews with everyday Floridians telling unbelievable ripped-from-the-headlines stories.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
npr.org | Linda Holmes |J.C. Howard |Margaret H. Willison |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif | +1 more
'Red One' is a Christmas buddy comedy for fans of muscleIn the deeply goofy Christmas action comedy Red One, the holiday season comes to an emergency halt when Santa (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped. It's up to his head of security, played by Dwayne Johnson, and a ne'er-do-well played by Chris Evans to save Christmas. Amazon supports NPR and pays to distribute some of our content.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Glen Weldon |Margaret H. Willison |Bedatri D. Choudhury |Hafsa Fathima |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif | +1 more
Decameron7 hours agoReview | ‘The Decameron’ is the best apocalyptic ensemble comedy since ‘Clue’The Washington Post - Lili Loofbourow • 7h“The Decameron” is TV’s answer to “Clue.” That was my takeaway (as a superfan of the 1985 cult classic) after bingeing Kathleen Jordan’s piquant take on the 14th-century masterpiece by Giovanni Boccaccio, which drops on Netflix on Thursday. Granted, the parallels aren’t obvious.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
wliw.org | Jessica Reedy |Glen Weldon |Margaret H. Willison |Rommel Wood
Am I OK? is a about what happens when you finally come to accept your sexuality much later in life than many do. It stars Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno as two women in their 30s who have been best friends a long time. But Johnson’s character is grappling with the possibility that she’s queer – and with the fact that her most treasured friendship is in trouble. Directed by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, it’s streaming on Max. We want to hear your opinions about summer snacks.
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May 31, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Aisha Harris |Glen Weldon |Stephen Thompson |Margaret H. Willison
This week, Olivia Pope and a whole bunch of other potential murder suspects (or victims!) were welcomed into the Knives Out universe, the MLB’s history books became a little more legitimate, and a theater legend announced she’d be stepping into the shoes of an iconic Broadway role. Here's what NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.
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May 15, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Anne Helen Petersen |Margaret H. Willison
I spent years of my life studying celebrity images and what makes them meaningful to us. A celebrity’s actions or words can make or deepen our connection to them — or they can really piss us off. But why? Is it just a classic case of dashed expectations? What makes, oh, Taylor Swift hanging out with Matty Healy so disappointing? For this episode, I asked celebrity feelings expert Margaret H.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
npr.org | Aisha Harris |Margaret H. Willison |Mallory Yu |Jessica Reedy
You'll love 'Girls5eva' 5eva, because forever is too short Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197962955/1238249333" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Sara Bareilles, Paula Pell, Busy Philipps, and Renee Elise Goldsberry in a season three episode of Girls5eva.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
npr.org | Margaret H. Willison |Bedatri D. Choudhury |Guy Branum |Glen Weldon
Time Bomb Y2K looks back on the time when we thought civilization might collapse because computers wouldn't be able to handle the switch from the 1900s to the 2000s. Brian Langley/HBO hide caption toggle caption Brian Langley/HBO Time Bomb Y2K looks back on the time when we thought civilization might collapse because computers wouldn't be able to handle the switch from the 1900s to the 2000s.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
npr.org | Glen Weldon |Bedatri D. Choudhury |Guy Branum |Margaret H. Willison |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif | +1 more
GLEN WELDON, HOST: A warning - this episode contains explicit language, including detailed discussion of body parts and sex acts. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)WELDON: In her smart and very funny Netflix comedy special, "Get On Your Knees," performer Jacqueline Novak delivers a kind of TED Talk on the subject of fellatio. It's also a passionate and thoughtful coming-of-age tale, delivered in language that's been finely honed to accomplish its very funny purpose.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
everand.com | Margaret H. Willison
This week, Jon Stewart came back (part-time), you were not the only person to occasionally mix up Tom Holland and Tom Hollander, and Madonna got sued for being late for work. Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.
