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 ...
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Amid a peasant uprising, a feckless prince masquerades as a commoner and blunders his way through low society. And falls for the leader of the revolution.
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A snackable sports podcast covering various topics related to Chicago sports hosted by two average Chicago fans. We'll keep you up to date with what's going on around the Windy City as well as add our own twist on past/current events. Brought to you by Highbrow Lowbrow.
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Just Between Us is a comedic variety show where Allison Raskin and Gabe Dunn openly discuss everything from mental health to sex and all the stuff in-between. Each week, they’ll answer a question from a listener seeking advice, interview someone fascinating, participate in a rarely winnable game show and discuss a random topic affecting the world. Jump from highbrow to lowbrow in a single episode! Sometimes multiple times! Nothing is off limits for these New York Times best selling authors w ...
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The Voice of car culture, a podcast powered by Murpho’s Publishing, the folks who bring you Car Kulture Deluxe and Ol Skool Rodz magazines. This show features all the latest and greatest in the world of kustom cars, lowbrow art, pinup troupes and more. If its chopped, dropped, nosed and decked, we’re probably looking for its story. For the enthusiast of both car culture and the lifestyles that go hand-in-hand, pull up a chair in the shop and welcome to...the Custom Kulture Rodcast! Music cre ...
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A Love Island UK podcast for American viewers focused on cultural translation, questionable scholarship, and lowbrow humor. Every week, we dive into a (hopefully) interesting aspect of British culture or history--whether it's the most popular sexual fetishes or legends of Celtic mythology. We also spend way too much time talking about a specific episode, go over any new slang terms, and review the islanders' questionable fashion choices. New episodes publish every Saturday on Patreon, and th ...
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The world is a lot, and we could all use some help existing in it. Each week, award-winning journalist and author of OPEN Rachel Krantz will interview different experts, authors, teachers, and friends, all of whom can offer various pieces of advice on specific aspects of existing. This is going to be a show where highbrow and lowbrow topics happily co-exist, or really where we don't even believe in the concept of high and low brow. You could have one week talking about how to confront your f ...
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Fame with Greg Behrendt, Expressing Feelings For Someone Whose Heart You Broke and Microfeminism [Minisode]
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Gabe is hustling to...workout. A listener wonders if it's fair to share feelings for a friend after turning her down years earlier. Greg Behredt then joins the chat to discuss his rise and fall from fame following his hit book, He's Just Not That Into You. What happens when you lose control of your career and image? (Nothing good!) And finally, mic…
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Exploding Kittens is a simple card game turned wild cartoon
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The best-selling card game Exploding Kittens has been adapted into a new Netflix animated series. It does plenty of its own world-building: God (Tom Ellis) and the devil (Sasheer Zamata) are sent to earth, where they take the form of talking cats — and meddle in the lives of a struggling family. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoi…
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They're calling it the scariest movie of the year. The new horror film Longlegs follows FBI special agent Lee Harker (Mika Monroe) tracking a serial killer in the 1990s. If that sounds like familiar ground, consider this – the clues she follows hint at the involvement of the occult in general and Satanism in particular. And the killer in question: …
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Fly Me to the Moon and what's making us happy
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The cheeky new romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon stars Scarlett Johansson as a NASA publicist at the height of the space race. She must stage a top-secret fake version of the moon landing as backup, just in case the real attempt fails. No one else at NASA can know about it — especially the upstanding launch director, played by Channing Tatum. The…
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Sports aren't just games. They're intertwined with epic stories about struggle, human behavior, historic greatness and grand emotions. In other words, sports make for great documentaries. And if you're looking for some good ones, we've got recommendations: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks, The Armstrong Lie, and Athlete A. Learn …
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Too Long Did Read [It]: If I Have A Kid Then I'll Have Stuff To Do
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Allison hates art. Gabe hates dating. r/datingoverthirty brings us confusion over the meaning of "exclusive" vs. "in a relationship". r/cemetaryporn has some fun tombstones and absolutely no kink! r/adulting is a window into Allison's ennui. And finally, r/jung explains pop culture figures and shadow selves including Gabe's favorite Eminem*. *Gabe …
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Despicable Me 4 serves up 90 minutes of bankable mayhem
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Despicable Me 4 is the latest film in an animation franchise that made household names of reformed supervillain Gru (Steve Carrell) and his army of nattering Minions. The franchise has grossed billions of dollars, and the latest movie topped the weekend box office. But are these films growing up with their audience, or continuing to cater to young …
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How we entertain and amuse ourselves on a road trip
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It's summer, so we're talking all about road trips. Should you blast music that's familiar or unfamiliar? What makes for a good road trip audiobook? What are some road trip games we hate? Pop Culture Happy Hour talked all about how to entertain and amuse ourselves in the car way back in 2012. Today, in this encore episode, we're revisiting that con…
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The new movie MaXXXine stars Mia Goth as an adult-film actress who gets her big break in Hollywood, only to be revisited by horrors from her past. Set in 1985 Los Angeles, it's the final film in director Ti West's beloved horror trilogy that began with the movie X. MaXXXine also features performances from Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Debicki, and Giancar…
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Bowen Yang thinks being present is overrated
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The Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today, so we're bringing you an episode of the NPR podcast Wild Card with Rachel Martin. This episode is an interview with Bowen Yang. He is the first Chinese American cast member on SNL, the co-host the podcast Las Culturistas, and he starred in the rom-com Fire Island. He talks to Rachel about living too muc…
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Trans Vocal Training with Isabella Ferrari, Throuple Communication and Secret Divorce [MINISODE]
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Allison can't smush her nose around. A polyamorous listener writes in because they are having difficulty having tough conversations with one of their partners. Vocal coach Isabella Ferrari then joins the chat to talk about feminizing and masculinizing voices through specific, trauma informed training. Gabe even does a voice exercise live! And final…
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Megan Thee Stallion sheds her skin on Megan
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A lot has happened to rapper Megan Thee Stallion over the last couple of years including a highly publicized trial after being shot by a former friend, a messy breakup, and a feud with artist Nicki Minaj. She confronts all of that and more on her boastful and vulnerable new album Megan. But she also has fun on playful tracks like 'Down Stairs DJ' a…
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Yes, chef: The Bear has a lot going on in its third season
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The Bear just returned for its third season and it's still one of the most stressful and most interesting shows on TV. Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) are launching their new fine dining restaurant, but he's estranged from some of the people who are closest to him just as he sneaks up on a new level of success. The series is str…
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