Pop Culture Happy Hour

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.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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How to Train Your Dragon

Episode Date: June 13, 2025

Disney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success – Lilo & Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now....

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Almost Famous

Episode Date: June 12, 2025

In Almost Famous, writer and director Cameron Crowe looks at the ecosystem surrounding a rising rock band in the early '70s. Starring Patrick Fugit, K...

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Summer Blockbusters

Episode Date: June 10, 2025

Fifty years ago Steven Spielberg's Jaws was released in theaters, kicking off the summer blockbuster phenomenon. And you know a summer blockbuster wh...

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The Phoenician Scheme

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

Wes Anderson's new film The Phoenician Scheme is classic Wes Anderson, complete with a great cast delivering heightened dialogue and stylized cinemato...

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Adults

Episode Date: June 4, 2025

Every generation gets its versions of a "20-somethings hang out and make mistakes" sitcom, such as Living Single, Friends, New Girl and Broad City. No...

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Watch This: Mountainhead

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong is back with Mountainhead, a new movie with characters who are just as wealthy, powerful, and insecure as the Roy f...

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Bring Her Back

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The hit Australian horror movie Talk To Me was both very good and deeply unsettling. Now its directors (Danny and Michael Philippou) have returned wit...

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Lilo & Stitch

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

The new Lilo & Stitch is mostly live-action and retells the original Disney animated film's story of two orphaned Hawaiian sisters and the chaotic ali...

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The Last Of Us

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

Season two of The Last of Us just ended, and to say the story has gone in some new directions is an understatement. The HBO series starring Bella Rams...

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Post-Credits Scenes

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The movie ends, and the credits roll. That used to be your cue to start heading to the parking lot to debrief with your friends. That was before the e...

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Watch This: Murderbot

Episode Date: May 20, 2025

Murderbot is a very smart, very funny new sci-fi comedy series on Apple TV+. The show stars Alexander Skarsgård as a cyborg who works security for a t...

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Friendship

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

In the cringe comedy Friendship, a deeply strange and intense guy forges a troubled friendship with his new neighbor, a TV weatherman, played by Paul...

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The Star Wars Prequels

Episode Date: May 15, 2025

When the Star Wars prequels came out, they were polarizing for fans of George Lucas' beloved space opera. The three films - The Phantom Menace, Attack...

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Forever

Episode Date: May 14, 2025

It's not easy being a teenager in love. The hormones are raging, the parents are parenting, and the pressure is on to figure out life after senior yea...