Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus

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Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus reviews the Netflix series *Crew Girl*, a coming-of-age drama about a wealthy student navigating a boys-only prep school crew team.

Glenn Weldon and Linda Holmes recap the 2026 Emmys, celebrating *Widow’s Bay* as the surprise comedy winner and Matthew Rhys’s historic double lead actor victory.

In this bonus episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus, hosts Glenn Weldon and Linda Holmes discuss their decision-making process for the "What Is Making Us Happy" segment.

Pop Culture Happy Hour discusses the release of *Practical Magic 2*, debating whether the sequel successfully balances its comedic charm with a disjointed narrative and distracting aesthetics.

Hosts Linda Holmes, Aisha Harris, Stephen Thompson, and Glenn Weldon share their unapologetically basic pop culture favorites, dubbed "pumpkin spice lattes.

Host Ayesha Harris joins film critics Badri De Chaudhry and Monica Castillo to discuss Rafael Manuel’s debut feature, Filiana.

NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus explores the rise of undisclosed paid music promotion on social media, where influencers receive money from labels to hype artists without disclosing sponsorship.

Stephen Thompson, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, and Candace Lim discuss the Amazon Prime series *Sterling Point*, praising its naturalistic teen dialogue…

Hosts Linda Holmes and Glenn Weldon recommend five daily mobile games beyond Wordle: Mapap for geography, Catfishing for obscure Wikipedia trivia,…

Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts Ayesha Harris and Glenn Weldon, along with guest Jordan Crucchiola, discuss the psychological horror film *It Ends*.

Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts Ayesha Harris and Glenn Weldon, joined by Chris Klimek, discuss Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic film *The Dog Stars*.

Pop Culture Happy Hour reviews "Coyote vs.