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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend 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 Willem Dafoe film Inside and the podcast Louder Than A Riot.
Willem Dafoe stars as Nemo in <em>Inside, </em>directed by Vasilis Katsoupis.

This week, we rooted for drag queens who refuse to be silenced, mourned the loss of Bobby Caldwell, and enjoyed a satirical novel that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith itself.

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

Inside

is a film that's in theaters now in limited release. It stars Willem Dafoe as an art thief

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