Pop Culture Happy Hour
1,244 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10K ratingsGet obsessed with us. Five 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.
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Rethinking Killers Of The Flower Moon
November 23, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBMartin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is everything an Oscar contender might be: long, epic, morally complicated and expensive. While many movie-goers left theaters moved, others called the film a problematic disaster. Today, we're bringing you an episode of NPR's It's Been A Minute, where host Brittany Luse and guests talk about what Killers of the Flower Moon got wrong and how it fits into a broader history of Native Americans on screen. Learn more about sponsor message choices: pod...
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
November 22, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThe delightful Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off starts off in the same way as the 2010 movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and comic. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a dim-bulb young Torontonian who falls in love and must fight to win the hand of Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). But in the animated series, the show's focus shifts to Ramona. The show reunites the entire cast of the film including Chris Evans, Jason Schwartzman, and Aubrey Plaza. Learn more about sponsor ...
Napoleon And What's Making Us Happy
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIn the new film Napoleon, director Ridley Scott tells the story of French leader Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix). It's a lavish war epic that tracks Bonaparte's rise to power through epic military battles, and explores his tumultuous marriage to the love of his life Joséphine (Vanessa Kirby). Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Saltburn
November 20, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBSaltburn is a provocative and fun thriller. Barry Keoghan plays Oliver, an outcast at Oxford University who befriends one of his popular and posh classmates, Felix (Jacob Elordi). When Felix invites Oliver to spend the summer at his family's lush estate, a twisty game of obsession and manipulation ensues. The film is written and directed by Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), and it seems safe to say it will leave audiences in heated debate. Learn more about sponsor message choices: pod...
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes And What's Making Us Happy
November 17, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes is the latest adaptation in the beloved blockbuster franchise. The new prequel film follows the early life of Coriolanus (Tom Blyth), the man who would one day become the evil President Snow, and Lucy Gray Baird, (Rachel Zegler), the singer who becomes his mentee. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Next Goal Wins
November 16, 2023 08:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBThe underdog sports comedy Next Goal Wins is based on the true story of American Samoa's soccer team and its attempts to improve its status as a worldwide laughingstock. Directed by Taika Waititi, the film stars Michael Fassbender as the real-life coach tasked with helping the team compete in a World Cup qualifying match. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Killer
November 15, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBThe new Netflix movie The Killer is a stylish new thriller starring Michael Fassbender as a stoic and ruthlessly efficient international hitman. When a hit goes wrong, his very detached and methodical life begins to fall apart. The film from director David Fincher and also features Tilda Swinton. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Fellow Travelers
November 13, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBThe sweeping new Showtime series Fellow Travelers chronicles a relationship between two gay men played by Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. It spans the McCarthy Era of the 1950s through the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. One is perfectly content to stay in the closet and live a lie, and the other wants more out of their relationship. As the years pass the two men keep coming back together only to find the power dynamic between them shifting back and forth. Learn more about sponsor message choices:...
The Marvels And What's Making Us Happy
November 10, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBThe new movie The Marvels is one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's breezier outings, full of energy and jokes and zappy light powers. Brie Larson returns as Captain Marvel, and sees her teaming up with newer characters, Monica Rambeau (played by Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan (played by Iman Vellani). They must team up when their powers become entangled and cause them to switch places whenever they try to use them. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR...
Dream Scenario
November 09, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBIn the trippy new A24 absurdist comedy Dream Scenario, Nicolas Cage plays a schlubby, unremarkable biology professor. Suddenly and inexplicably, he starts appearing in the dreams of people around the world. This phenomenon brings him a weird and difficult-to-manage kind of fame for a while–until the dreams turn into nightmares. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Quiz Lady
November 08, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThe movie Quiz Lady is a fun new take on the classic comedic trope of polar opposites: Awkwafina plays Anne, an uptight, lonely trivia nerd. Her sister Jenny, played by Sandra Oh, is the outgoing, perpetual screw up. Together, they must set aside their differences to try and win a TV game show and save Anne's kidnapped dog. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Rap Sh!t
November 07, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThe Max series Rap Sh!t feels like a comedy for The Moment. Created by Issa Rae, the show focuses on Shawna and Mia (played by Aida Osman and KaMillion), two aspiring rappers from Miami, and documents the challenges they face as young women trying to break into the music industry. The show is about to return for a second season, so today we're revisiting our conversation about the series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Priscilla And What's Making Us Happy
November 03, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThe new film Priscilla tells the story of Elvis Presley's wife, but it's not a by-the-book biopic. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, the movie shows how Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) and Elvis (Jacob Elordi) first meet, fall in love, get married, and eventually split in the early '70s. But it's also a moodier look at the way Priscilla is walled off, isolated from family, and kept at a distance from his life of superstardom. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoi...
The Golden Bachelor
November 02, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBThe Golden Bachelor is the latest show in ABC's long-running Bachelor franchise, in which the bachelor is a 72-year-old widower named Gerry Turner. Gerry's potential matches are also significantly older than the usual crop, so the priorities are a little different. But the weird dates, the awkward conversations, and the fixations on who has kissed remain. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Five Nights At Freddy's
November 01, 2023 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBIn the new movie Five Nights At Freddy's, Josh Hutcherson plays Mike, a down-on-his-luck security guard who winds up getting hired to keep an eye on a family-friendly theme restaurant that's gone out of business. It also happens to be haunted by murderous animatronic mascots. The film is based on the hugely successful video game series, and now it's a box-office sensation. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Britney Spears' Memoir The Woman in Me
October 31, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBBritney Spears just released one of the most hotly anticipated celebrity memoirs of the year. The Woman In Me details her meteoric rise to fame, her family history, and her 13-year-long conservatorship. Today we're bringing you a special episode of It's Been a Minute, where host Brittany Luse and her guests discuss all the juicy, strange, and sad highlights from the new book. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Holdovers
October 30, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBIn the funny, melancholic and weirdly moving new film, The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti plays a widely disliked teacher at a prestigious New England boarding school in 1970. He's forced to look after the boys who can't go home for the Christmas break, including one kid (Dominic Sessa) who's a particular pain in the butt. The film is directed by Alexander Payne, and also stars Da'Vine Joy Randolph as the school cook, who's spending the first Christmas without her son. Subscribe to Pop Culture Hap...
Naked Attraction And What's Making Us Happy
October 27, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBIt's weird, it's funny, and it's very, very naked. The title of the dating show Naked Attraction tells you everything you need to know. A single person is presented with six entirely naked strangers and whittles them down to one person they want to go on a date with. The long-running U.K. dating show has recently found success in the U.S after streaming on Max. There's some controversy and consternation, but do a bunch of naked bodies really merit all this chatter? Learn more about sponsor m...
The Gilded Age
October 26, 2023 07:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBWith HBO's The Gilded Age, creator Julian Fellowes basically airlifts Downton Abbey's soapy plots, ball gowns, sneering servants and quippy old ladies out of Yorkshire and plops them down in the Manhattan of 1882. The series stars Christine Baranski, and Cynthia Nixon, plus a sprawling cast of socialites, servants, and members of the working class. The Gilded Age is about to return for a second season, so today we're revisiting our conversation about the series. Learn more about sponsor mess...
Bodies
October 25, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBThe bingeable new Netflix series Bodies has a great hook: The same murdered corpse turns up in the same London location in four different periods. The four detectives assigned to the cases are played by Kyle Soller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor and Shira Haas. What each of them doesn't know is that their investigations are inextricably linked to the same dark secret that can change the world forever. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Frasier
October 24, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBKelsey Grammer is back as Frasier Crane. After nine seasons on Cheers and 11 more on the spin-off Frasier, the snobby psychiatrist joins the long list of characters rebooted for the streaming age. In the new Frasier series on Paramount+, Dr. Crane returns to Boston with a new supporting cast and a new set of challenges. But what made the original series so watchable, and how does the new show stack up? Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about spon...
Killers Of The Flower Moon And What's Making Us Happy
October 20, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBThe compelling new film Killers of the Flower Moon is a sweeping three-and-half-hour-long crime saga, romance and Western. Directed by Martin Scorsese, it's told through the lens of a marriage in 1920s Oklahoma. It stars Lily Gladstone as an Osage woman and Leonardo DiCaprio as the low-level white thug who professes to love her. But he continues to do the bidding of his uncle (Robert De Niro), who's stealing from and murdering her people. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoi...
Bad Bunny's Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana
October 19, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBBad Bunny is one of the biggest stars in music. His previous album Un Verano Sin Tí topped the Billboard charts, won a Grammy, and helped him become most streamed artist on Spotify for a third straight year. Now he's back with a supersized new album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana. The record finds him wrangling with the trappings of fame amid the sounds of trap and electronic music, and the reggaeton sounds that helped make him an icon. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus....
Anatomy Of A Fall
October 18, 2023 07:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIn the complex and compelling French film Anatomy of a Fall, a husband is dead and his wife is the chief suspect. The investigation and trial expose the many rifts in their marriage, as the couple's young son yearns to understand what happened and why. Directed by Justine Triet and starring Sandra Hüller, the film won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Three Great Movies Over Three Hours
October 17, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBSometimes there's a time and place for a long movie — whether it's because you've got an afternoon off, or you just aren't in the mood to flip from one entertainment to another. Martin Scorsese's latest movie Killers of the Flower Moon clocks in at over three hours, so today we're recommending other great movies over three hours long. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Fair Play And What's Making Us Happy
October 13, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThe Netflix movie Fair Play stars Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich as a couple that's young, in love, and hot for one another. At least until one gets a promotion over the other at the hedge fund where they both work, and things get tense at home and in the office. Can their relationship withstand the pull of cutthroat ambition and male ego, or is their stock doomed for a free fall? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
October 12, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThe new Netflix horror miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher makes for a terrifically spooky October binge. It cleverly reimagines and remixes several works by Edgar Allan Poe in a modern setting. Created by Mike Flanagan, the series follows doomed siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), and the dark secrets that even their unimaginable wealth and privilege can't manage to keep buried. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour L...
Dicks: The Musical
October 11, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBThe frantic, absurdist new movie Dicks: The Musical is about a pair of misogynistic narcissists (played by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson) who discover they're long-lost twins. Also starring Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, and Megan Thee Stallion, the movie's got cheeky song and dance numbers — plus crude humor and a distinctly queer sensibility. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Scariest Movie I've Ever Seen
October 10, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBDo you like scary movies? It's spooky season, after all, so what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than plopping down in front of a film engineered to scare your pants off. Today we're talking about the scariest movie we've ever seen. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Exorcist: Believer And What's Making Us Happy
October 06, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBThe Exorcist came out 50 years ago, and it's still widely considered one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Now, The Exorcist: Believer serves as both a reboot and a sequel. Directed by David Gordon Green, the film stars a mostly new cast, including Leslie Odom, Jr., Lidya Jewett and Olivia O'Neill, but also brings back Ellen Burstyn, who reprises her iconic role from the original film. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Changeling
October 05, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThe Changeling is an ambitious new series spanning generations and continents to tell an epic tale of a family torn apart by spirits and fairies. The Apple TV+ series stars LaKeith Stanfield as Apollo, a new dad whose dreams of fatherhood morph into nightmares following the birth of his son. Apollo's rude awakening sets him on a horrifying journey to confront his demons, past and present. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Our Flag Means Death
October 04, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBThe hilarious comedy series Our Flag Means Death follows the misadventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a posh aristocrat who decides to give up his pampered life and become a swashbuckling pirate on the high seas. But when he meets the fearsome Blackbeard (Taika Waititi), the two men find they have much to teach one another about pirating – and about accepting who they are. The second season is about to return to Max, so today we're revisiting our conversation about the series. Learn more ...
Star Wars: Ahsoka
October 03, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBAhsoka is the latest Star Wars TV series on Disney+. This one's about a character who's beloved by fans of the franchise's animated series – but if you only know the Star Wars movies, you're likely meeting her for the very first time. Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) was once a Jedi who rejected the Order's stuffy, bureaucratic ways and is harboring a great sense of guilt over her mentor becoming Darth Vader. She's back with a new Jedi mentee of her own (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) as they try to stop ...
The Creator And What's Making Us Happy
September 29, 2023 04:10 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBIn the new movie The Creator, humanity is at war with artificial intelligence. It stars John David Washington as a former soldier who's been recruited to find and kill the creator of a powerful AI weapon. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film's big themes involve the role of AI, the brutality of war, and the building blocks of life and society. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense
September 28, 2023 04:10 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBTalking Heads' Stop Making Sense has been called the greatest concert film of all time. Directed by Jonathan Demme, the iconic 1984 film takes the audience onstage with the band and captures them at the height of their power. Now, a restored version of the film is back in theaters, featuring propulsive performances of early hits like "Psycho Killer," along with deeper and funkier cuts, too. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message ...
Cassandro
September 27, 2023 04:10 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBIn the new film Cassandro, Gael García Bernal plays the real-life Mexican-American wrestler who came to international stardom by adopting the persona of the flamboyant Cassandro, the Liberace of Lucha Libre. It's the story of a queer man who challenges a macho and homophobic system through sheer showmanship – and earns the respect of his fellow wrestlers and audiences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dumb Money
September 26, 2023 04:10 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThe snappy "eat the rich" comedy Dumb Money is about a sly bunch of Reddit users who made some Wall Street billionaires sweat, in an infamous stock market incident known as the Game Stop short squeeze. With a star-studded ensemble including Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Pete Davidson, the movie has got class warfare and needle drops galore. But will it inspire you to fight the power or just go out and buy some stocks? Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn mo...
Sex Education And What's Making Us Happy
September 22, 2023 04:10 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBNetflix's hit series Sex Education is a refreshing and frank coming-of-age story about modern teens learning about their bodies and themselves in awkward, relatable ways. In the final season, amateur sex therapist Otis (Asa Butterfield), his best friend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), and their friends juggle academic life and young adulthood. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Starfield
September 21, 2023 04:10 - 22 minutes - 21 MBStarfield is one of the biggest and most anticipated video game releases of the year. It's a massive open world game set in humanity's future, when we've settled on star systems throughout the galaxy. There's over 1000 planets to explore, multiple factions to join, spaceships to pilot and quests to go on. But does Starfield live up to the hype? Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Priv...
Three Great 90s Thrillers
September 20, 2023 04:10 - 9 minutes - 8.45 MBWhen you're talking about the movies of the 1990s, you have to mention the decade's huge assortment of thrillers. From courtroom standoffs and frantic chases to wild twists and A-list stars, today, we are recommending three of our favorite 90s thrillers. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Other Black Girl
September 19, 2023 09:43 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBPart blistering workplace satire, part creepy thriller, Hulu's The Other Black Girl packs a lot of punches. Nella (Sinclair Daniel) is a young editorial assistant who forms a fast-friendship with her new-coworker, Hazel (Ashleigh Murray) as they both navigate working in a mostly white publishing company. Hazel is confident, a bit mysterious, and full of secrets. The Other Black Girl is based on the novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/ad...
Fall Guide And What's Making Us Happy
September 15, 2023 04:10 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBToday we offer up a guide to some of the most exciting movies, TV, and music you can check out this fall. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS
September 14, 2023 04:10 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBOlivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour, was one of the biggest hits of 2021. Now, she's back with a new record called GUTS, which has already spawned two hits with "vampire" and "bad idea right?" The album sharpens a sound inspired by pop, punk and singer-songwriters. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour
September 13, 2023 04:05 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThis summer, millions of us got cozy with Beyoncé during the Renaissance World Tour. With stunning visuals, an array of costume changes, and the occasional Blue Ivy cameo, this is reportedly Beyonce's highest-grossing tour yet. Renaissance has been unlike any other Beyoncé experience, a truly communal and social media-hyped dance party. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jimmy Fallon And Strike Force Five
September 11, 2023 21:56 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBRecently, late night talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Jimmy Kimmel started the chat podcast Strike Force Five to raise money and support their staff during the actors and writers strikes. Shortly after it launched, an investigation in Rolling Stone outlined allegations of erratic and aggressive behavior by Jimmy Fallon and a generally terrible working environment at The Tonight Show. So now, this unusual project finds itself in an awkward position. ...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 And What's Making Us Happy
September 08, 2023 04:10 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThe family comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a very big hit back in 2002. So it was inevitable that the movie spawned a couple of sequels – thus, we now have My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. Writer and director Nia Vardalos is back as Toula, John Corbett is back as her husband, and this time, they're headed to Greece for a family reunion. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Are We Witnessing The Death Of Movie Stars?
September 07, 2023 04:10 - 12 minutes - 11 MBMovie stars are larger than life, and usually have some sort of mystique or mystery. And they defined the movies for generations, from Charlie Chaplin to Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts. But in an age of Disney and Marvel, the movie star seems to have been eclipsed by the franchises in which they appear. So are we witnessing the death of the movie star? Today we present an episode of NPR's Consider This podcast about the history of movie stars, and their place in Hollywood today. Learn m...
TV Guest Stars
September 05, 2023 04:10 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBNew seasons of FX's The Bear and Hulu's Only Murders in the Building are bringing in big talent like Jamie Lee Curtis, Olivia Coleman and Meryl Streep. So we decided to discuss: What makes a great TV guest star? And who are some of the best guest stars of all time? Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Suits And What's Making Us Happy
September 01, 2023 04:10 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBThe long-running lawyer show Suits is this summer's streaming sensation, and riding high on Netflix's top ten. Starring Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, the series originally ran on the USA Network and ended its run four years ago. So why is it now so popular? Is it nostalgia for a different kind of television? Is it Meghan Markle? And how good is this show? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
NewJeans
August 31, 2023 04:10 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn a little more than a year, NewJeans has become huge in the world of K-pop, with a reputation for upending industry conventions. They've become the fastest K-Pop act ever to reach one billion streams on Spotify, and their new EP, Get Up, just hit number one on the Billboard charts. Plus, their single "OMG" went viral on TikTok, spawning dance challenges and memes. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices....