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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: The Fifth Season, Bad Sisters, and more.
Eve Hewson, Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle and Sarah Greene in <em>Bad Sisters</em> on Apple TV+.

This week, Merriam-Webster added "sus" and "cringe" to its dictionary, and Brendan Fraser makes a Hollywood comeback. And we remember the Queen.

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

The Fifth Season

I finally figured out how to get into audiobooks. For a person who listens to probably 40 hours of podcasts a week, it was shocking that I could not

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