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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 Switched on Pop episode about SZA, the movie Sharper, Burt Bacharach's legacy and more.
The cover of SZA's latest album <em>SOS</em>.

This week, we dove into Leo DiCaprio's dating history, ranked the Oscars' best original song nominees, and watched 80 for Brady ahead of the Super Bowl.

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

Switched on Pop episode about SZA

A couple of months ago, we did an episode on SZA's new album . and since then, I have been listening to it basically nonstop and just investing in everything that she's done and talked about. One thing I do want to recommend for those who, like me, are still on this SZA high and this abundance of riches is to listen to which is produced by one of our dear friends of the show Reanna Cruz. In , they go deep on SZA's melodic phrasing, how it

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