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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: the movie Earth Mama, a recent episode of Vibe Check and albums from Aqua and The Japanese House.
Tia Nomore stars in <em>Earth Mama </em>as Gia, a single, pregnant mother of two, working to reclaim her children from foster care.

This week we said goodbye to Tony Bennett, we looked ahead to a very different Comic-Con, and we braced ourselves for Barbenheimer.

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

Earth Mama

is a small, quiet indie film directed by She is a former Olympian turned filmmaker and it's her debut feature. in this part. She's one of those actors who really kind of reels you in with just the intensity of her face.

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