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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Lady Audaci-Tea, a summer of good movies and Hair Plugs & Heartache.
The excellent summer movie season is what's making Chris Klimek happy this week. Above, a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford in <em>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. </em>

This week we read some thrillers, spun the Wheel of Fortune and chatted with a gal named Bob.

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

Lady Audaci-Tea

I have been loving a new podcast called That's because the hosts are all about spilling the tea on the aristocracy. ended. So it's smart, it's funny, it's frothy. The hosts, Alex and Meredith, are just terrific. I have so much fun every time a new episode comes out. —

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