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    What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading, watching and listening

    Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy: This week, Burn It Down, Seed&Spark, Brandy Clark, and the musical episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
    by Cyrena Touros Aug 11, 2023 3 minutes
    "Subspace Rhapsody" is a special musical episode of <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. </em>It's episode 9 of Season 2, and most shows wait a bit longer to pull out a stunt like this — but turns out it actually works.

    This week we paid homage to an epic summer trifecta, saw new efforts to unionize in Hollywood, and bid farewell to DJ Casper, William Friedkin and Mark Margolis.

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

    Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan

    I have been reading by Maureen Ryan. It is one of those books that, while you read, you're screaming, you're gasping, you're tearing your about. It is an incredible feat of reporting of how many sources Ryan talked to, how much knowledge she has collected, and how carefully she's thought about a lot of these issues. If you are a lover of media, this is recommended reading.

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