Summer Guide And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

There was Barbenheimer Summer, then Brat Summer, what will this year bring? Maybe it's the season of actually good superhero movies, like The Fantastic Four and Superman. We've got a guide to the movies and TV we're most excited about this summer, including M3gan 2.0, Pixar's Elio, and Mission: Impossible.

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0:00.0	Shortwave thinks of science as an invisible force, showing up in your everyday life.
0:07.8	Powering the food you eat, the medicine you use, the tech in your pocket.
0:12.7	Science is approachable because it's already part of your life.
0:17.2	Come explore these connections on the Shortwave podcast from NPR.
0:26.7	Music Come explore these connections on the shortwave podcast from NPR. Big action, beloved heroes, abject terror, the company of good pals.
0:32.2	The summer of 2025 really is set to have something for everybody.
0:36.8	But how do you figure out which spectacles are worth a trip to the theater?
0:40.4	Which shows are worth your time?
0:42.2	That's why we're here.
0:43.5	I'm Stephen Thompson.
0:44.6	And I'm Linda Holmes.
0:45.6	Today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we offer up a guide to some of the TV and movies.
0:51.1	We're eager to join you in checking out this summer.
0:54.8	Joining us today are our co-hosts, Aisha Harris.
0:58.1	Hello, Aisha.
0:59.2	Hello, Linda.
1:00.3	And Glenn Weldon, hello, Glenn.
1:02.7	Summer Breeze makes me feel gross, hey Linda.
1:06.1	Nice, good to see, everybody.
1:07.7	We are just going to dive into some of the picks that we have.
1:11.8	Glenn, your first pick came as an absolute shock to me.
1:15.7	Never saw it coming.
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