300 episodes

Get 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.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

Pop Culture Happy Hour Pop Culture Happy Hour

    • TV & Film

Get 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.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

    Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer

    The new Netflix series Baby Reindeer has a lot of people talking, including us. It tells the haunting semi-autobiographical story of a man (Richard Gadd) who becomes the romantic obsession of a mentally ill woman (Jessica Gunning) who proceeds to stalk him. Eventually, her threatening actions force him to address a past trauma in his own life that leaves him shaken and confused.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy

    • 23 min
    Summer Guide

    Summer Guide

    Today, we're offering up a guide to spotlight some of the movies, TV, and music we are most excited about this summer.

    Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy

    • 24 min
    Dead Boy Detectives

    Dead Boy Detectives

    The new show Dead Boy Detectives is a spinoff of Neil Gaiman's beloved series The Sandman – both the comic and the Netflix series. It's about a pair of detective ghosts (played by George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri) who refuse to move on to the afterlife. Aided by a young psychic (Kassius Nelson), they stick around and solve mysteries that will resolve the unfinished business of other ghosts.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy

    • 18 min
    Challengers And What's Making Us Happy

    Challengers And What's Making Us Happy

    The terrific new film Challengers is about being intense about tennis, sex, and competition. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Zendaya as Tashi, a tennis coach and object of desire to two men. She's married to Art (Mike Faist), who is facing his old friend Patrick (Josh O'Connor) at a Challengers event. This reopens all the trio's old wounds, and they excavate all of their relationships with each other.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy

    • 27 min
    What Makes A Good Sex Scene?

    What Makes A Good Sex Scene?

    It's easy to notice when a sex scene is bad. But what makes a sex scene good? Today, we are recommending films with good sex scenes, including Bound, Love & Basketball, Magic Mike's Last Dance, and Oppenheimer.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy

    • 21 min
    Mary & George

    Mary & George

    In the new Starz series Mary & George, Julianne Moore plays a low-born, scheming woman who recognizes that her handsome son George (Nicolas Galitztine) could seduce the king and become his favorite. Inspired by the true story of King James I, the series is packed with seduction, vicious dialogue, and ruthless political intrigue.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy

    • 15 min

Top Podcasts In TV & Film

Bridgerton: The Official Podcast
Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
Dodge This: Action Movies Unleashed
Simon Feilder
Out of the Pods
Out of the Pods
Back to the Beach with Kristin and Stephen
Dear Media
Daytime Confidential
Daytime Confidential
Gilmore To Say: A Gilmore Girls Podcast
Tara Llewellyn & Haley McIntosh

You Might Also Like

It's Been a Minute
NPR
Fresh Air
NPR
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Conde Nast & Vanity Fair
Slate Culture
Slate Podcasts
Vibe Check
Stitcher, & Saeed Jones, Zach Stafford, and Sam Sanders
Up First
NPR

More by NPR

Life Kit: Health
NPR
The NPR Politics Podcast
NPR
Life Kit
NPR
Fresh Air
NPR
TED Radio Hour
NPR
NPR News Now
NPR