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What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. Today it's the Fear Street trilogy, Biz Markie's "Just a Friend," and Viet Thanh Nguyen's book, The Committed.
Maya Hawke as Heather in<em> Fear Street Part 1: 1994.</em>

This was a big week for sports, as (Fear The Deer!) and a little overseas athletic competition got . It was a big week for who went from "dropping hints" to in the span of just a few days. And it was a big week for remembering — thanks to this — that Denis Villeneuve's remake is finally, actually, literally going to be released in just three more months. But until then, here's what's making us happy this week:

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