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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

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What's Making Us Happy: Recommendations From 'Pop Culture Happy Hour'

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Shiny Happy People, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, Jessie Ware's new album, and more.

Joan Rivers was a gifted comedian and she was extremely organized

After her death in 2014, Rivers left behind a collection of 65,000 jokes — typed on cards and cross-indexed. Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, is donating the collection to the National Comedy Center.

Joan Rivers was a gifted comedian and she was extremely organized

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Christine and the Queens' new album is an operatic exploration of grief and angels

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Christine and the Queens' new album is an operatic exploration of grief and angels

French pop artist Christine and the Queens' new album, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love, is both dreamlike and hyperpersonal.

Christine and the Queens' new album is an operatic exploration of grief and angels

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'Never Have I Ever' is the show we wish we had in high school

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'Never Have I Ever' is the show we wish we had in high school

In the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan plays Devi, an overachieving high schooler, who will go to extreme lengths to climb the social ladder. In the show's final season, Devi's dealing with raging hormones and doing whatever she can to get into her dream college, stumbling a lot along the way.

'Never Have I Ever' is the show we wish we had in high school

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Thursday

Three great songs for your next road trip
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Three great songs for your next road trip

It's summer, and if you've maybe thought about taking a road trip, you're gonna need road-trip music. You might need a pick-me-up, a sing-along, or something for when you need a break from podcasts. Today we're recommending three songs to blast on your next road trip.

Three great songs for your next road trip

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Eric André on pulling a prank in late stage capitalism
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Eric André on pulling a prank in late stage capitalism

The prince of pranks, Eric André, changed the comedy landscape with his long running series on Adult Swim, The Eric Andre Show. After a 3-year hiatus, the show is back. Brittany Luse sits down with André to talk about the new season, his pranks on Amber Rose and Jaleel White, and why his humor seems to always flip the script of figures of authority and create heroes out of average joes.

Eric André on pulling a prank in late stage capitalism

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Books We Love: Love Stories
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Books We Love: Love Stories

Love stories are close to many of our hearts. We want to swoon, maybe laugh and cry, we want that romance. Today we're recommending great books for people who love love stories.

Books We Love: Love Stories

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Monday

Friday

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' thrills in every dimension

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'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' thrills in every dimension

The new animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the sequel to the Oscar-winning Into The Spider-Verse. It continues the story of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), as he battles a new villain, The Spot (Jason Schwartzman). The stakes grow as Miles and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) face greater conflicts as they traverse the multiverse.

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' thrills in every dimension

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