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A reminder: going forward, we'll be in your feed four days a week. Tuesday through Friday, you'll hear the same show you know and hopefully love. There will be a new episode in your feed tomorrow.
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PCHH is stepping away from Twitter, for a lot of reasons. (npr.org/2023/04/12/116926916…) But you can still keep up with us in a lot of other places.

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

NPR's official Twitter feeds have gone silent. The news organization cites the social media platform's decision to question NPR's editorial independence through a series of inaccurate labels.

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Best thing to do? Subscribe to our newsletter at npr.org/popculturenewsletter You can always drop us a line at [email protected] And if Facebook is still a thing for you, we’re there too: facebook.com/pchh
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You can follow some of the PCHH folks: Stephen: @idislikestephen Aisha: @craftingmystyle Glen: @ghweldon Jessica: @jessica_reedy Mike: @mikekatzif Hafsa: @hafsabadsha Thanks, everyone. We had some very good times and very bad puns on here.
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Aisha, Stephen and Gene Demby discuss AIR, a movie about shoe, business. npr.org/2023/03/27/116635171…

'Air' is a soleless podia-pic about the origins of a shoe : Pop Culture Happy Hour

Almost 40 years ago, a young Michael Jordan signed what was then the NBA's most lucrative sneaker deal with Nike. The new movie Air traces the origin of that deal and the creation of the culture-sh...

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Stephen, Ronald Young Jr., Amil Niazi and Daisy Rosario saw SUPER MARIO BROS. and report that the script is in another movie. npr.org/2023/03/31/116745903…

'The Super Mario Bros. Movie': It's-a meh! : Pop Culture Happy Hour

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie., Chris Pratt and Charlie Day play Mario and Luigi, two New York City plumbers who get transported to another world. Soon, Mario must team-up with Princess Peach (Anya...

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TOP CHEF is back, so here's an encore ep featuring Linda, Stephen, Kat Chow and E. Alex Jung talking favorite challenges, judges and (checks notes) cheftestants over the years. npr.org/2023/03/29/116687212…

We pack our knives and go deep on 'Top Chef' : Pop Culture Happy Hour

Even after 20 seasons, we still get a thrill every time we hear "hands up utensils down" on Top Chef. Controversial winners, heartbreaking losses, food that looks good enough to eat, and the foolis...

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Stephen, Aisha and Glen really dug THE BIG DOOR PRIZE on AppleTV+, a show with a Stephen King setup but a Schitt's Creek follow-through. npr.org/2023/03/28/116646496…

'The Big Door Prize' realizes its potential : Pop Culture Happy Hour

In The Big Door Prize, a small town is forever changed when a mysterious machine pops up in the local general store. Each person who gets in the "Morpho" machine receives a card that reveals their...

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Linda, Aisha, Monica Castillo and Cate Young take a walk down RYE LANE, a South London-set rom-com now streaming on Hulu. npr.org/2023/03/22/116529331…

It's a lovely day in London with the romantic 'Rye Lane' : Pop Culture Happy Hour

The snappy new romantic comedy Rye Lane follows Dom and Yas, two South Londoners who meet in the restroom of an art show and wind up spending the day together. It's a day of adventures, long conver...

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Stephen and Glen welcome Wailin Wong and Sam Yellowhorse Kesler for a 1d4-sided conversation about DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES. Plus What’s Making Us Happy. npr.org/2023/03/22/116537773… npr.org/2023/03/22/116537773…

'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' has high charisma : Pop Culture Happy Hour

In Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Chris Pine stars as a wise-cracking and charismatic thief who leads a band of misfits with different reasons to hate a malevolent ruler played by Hugh...

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And here’s Glen’s full review, in which he makes the same points he makes on the episode but with a lot more dependent clauses. npr.org/2023/03/31/116652347…

Rollicking 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' scores a critical hit

A game cast, solid jokes and a refreshingly light touch when it comes to adapting the deep lore of the beloved tabletop role-playing game make for a breezily fun film for Nerd and Normal alike.

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It makes its charisma saving throw. It casts Charm Audience. It’s chaotic, good. npr.org/2023/03/31/116652347…

Rollicking 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' scores a critical hit

A game cast, solid jokes and a refreshingly light touch when it comes to adapting the deep lore of the beloved tabletop role-playing game make for a breezily fun film for Nerd and Normal alike.

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In this encore ep, we review our listeners' rankings of Muppets. Justice for Rowlf. npr.org/2023/03/27/116631039…

Top 10 Muppets, as voted by listeners : Pop Culture Happy Hour

When we asked our listeners to tell us which Muppets were their favorites, we knew you'd all come through. More than 6,000 of you cast more than 18,000 votes — and we have the results.

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On this encore ep, the Core Four™️ discuss: 1. Which Muppet is the Best Muppet, and 2. The Muppet with which they most identify Two separate but distinct questions. npr.org/2023/03/27/116630785…

Our Favorite Muppets : Pop Culture Happy Hour

Today we are tackling two of the most important questions of our time: who are our favorite Muppets? And which Muppets do we most identify with? As they always say, the Muppets are the window to the...

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And, speaking strictly as an impartial observer, as the PCHH brand identity on Twitter -- you know, like when Netflix™️ or Pringles™️ gets all sassy on main -- we have to say: When it comes to Best Muppet, Glen is right.
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Linda and Aisha talk Netflix's THE NIGHT AGENT, a spy thriller featuring lots of skulking and sneaking. npr.org/2023/03/21/116509306…

Settle in for the spy-show pleasures of 'The Night Agent' : Pop Culture Happy Hour

An FBI agent working in a lonely, secret office in the White House basement gets a phone call. A woman needs help, right away. That's the beginning of The Night Agent, a Netflix spy thriller series...

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Stephen gets some great recommendations for books that you can find under the tag "No Biz Like Show Biz" on NPR's Books We Love package. npr.org/2022/12/20/114451863…

Books We Love: No Biz Like Show Biz : Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today we're recommending...

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That's only one tag of many (many many) that you can sort books under with Books We Love. apps.npr.org/best-books/#vie…
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