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NPR's weekly roundtable on movies, TV, music, books, and comics, hosted by Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and a rotating cast of guests. Glen Weldon brings a dedicated comics perspective to the show, and graphic novels and superhero adaptations are regular topics.

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Aug 24, 2026

Lanterns

HBO’s new DC superhero show Lanterns is not the show you think it is. It’s about a couple of space cops: Kyle Chandler plays Earth’s Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, a grizzled, impulsive old-timer...

Aug 21, 2026

Tony and What’s Making Us Happy

In the new film Tony, we meet chef and author Anthony Bourdain before he was in the public eye. He was a wayward, overconfident young guy, and, as played by Dominic Sessa, kind of a...

Aug 20, 2026

What's Making Us Happy (1970s Version)

We're traveling way back in time to 1971 -- when Richard Nixon was president, the Beatles were newly broken up, and Fiddler on the Roof was one of the biggest movies at the box office. Today...

Aug 19, 2026

Phoebe Bridgers’ album Lost Weekend

Phoebe Bridgers is your favorite pop star’s favorite pop star. And she’s just released a gorgeous new solo album, Lost Weekend. It’s packed with guest stars including her boygenius bandmates,...

Aug 17, 2026

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

The new movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a bloody and bewildering queer slasher film. Directed by Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), it stars Hannah Einbinder as a que...

Aug 14, 2026

The End of Oak Street and What’s Making Us Happy

In the fun, entertaining new film, The End of Oak Street, Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as a married couple in the early 1980s. One night, their entire suburban neighborhood is transpo...

Aug 13, 2026

Summer blockbusters we somehow missed

Summer blockbusters are hugely popular and as a result, financially successful, and seen by lots of people. So with summer blockbuster season coming to a close, we decided to revisit our conversation...

Aug 11, 2026

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso is finally back. But is this new fourth season worth the wait, and does it have anything fresh to say? Ted (Jason Sudeikis) has returned to the U.K., only this time, he’s coaching a...

Aug 10, 2026

Our dream TV workplaces

We spend the majority of our adult lives at work. We also see so many depictions of working life on TV. So where’s the fictional place we’d like to work? We’ll talk about Ted Lasso, Game...

Aug 07, 2026

One Night Only and What’s Making Us Happy

One Night Only is set in an alternate universe where premarital sex has been outlawed, except for one 12-hour window a year. The film stars Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner as two beautiful N...