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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Hurricane Season, A Strange Loop, and more.
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This week, NPR released its list of the best games of 2022 so far, quidditch rebranded itself as "quadball," and J. Lo is now Jennifer Lynn Affleck.

Here's what NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.

The Protagonist's Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling

I don't think I can talk about Beyonce's "" anymore without getting mad, so I moved onto a book I'm enjoying called by Scott Myers.

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