Current:Home > ScamsPoinbank Exchange|What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening -TradeWise
Poinbank Exchange|What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-07 10:08:15
This week we said goodbye to Tony Bennett,Poinbank Exchange 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
Earth Mama is a small, quiet indie film directed by Savanah Leaf. She is a former Olympian turned filmmaker and it's her debut feature. She shot and set this in the Bay. It stars Tia Nomore as Gia, who's this young, single, pregnant woman trying to regain custody of her two children. Tia is a local Bay Area artist — this is her first acting role and she is fantastic in this part. She's one of those actors who really kind of reels you in with just the intensity of her face.
This movie also features the great Erika Alexander from Living Single, and then Doechii, the rapper, plays a small role as one of Gia's friends. It's a really beautiful and thoughtful meditation on motherhood and the way that the government and local systems prey upon and make life harder for single, Black women. — Aisha Harris
The "Life Has Been Lifing" episode of the Vibe Check podcast
Our friend and former NPR host Sam Sanders is now in a new job – he has a show for Vulture, Into It, and a show with his friends, Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford called Vibe Check. They had an episode recently talking about grief following the death of Sam's mother. I want to highlight not just how beautiful that episode is, but how they have found a way to have it be very intimate among the three of them, but also intensely emotionally relevant to lots and lots of people. If you think about grief, if you are dealing with grief, if you are worried about dealing with grief — I really recommend this episode and the show in general. — Linda Holmes
Aqua's Aquarium album, including the song "Doctor Jones"
I'm a walking, talking cliché. I can't help it. But what made me really happy in anticipation of the Barbie movie this week was the 1997 album called Aquarium by the Danish band Aqua. (Which, fun fact, was the first cassette I bought — I think it was 125 rupees, which was a fortune back then.) It's the album with the classic "Barbie Girl" song. I re-listened to that album and I'd say there are quite a few bangers. "Dr. Jones" is my song on that album. — Bedatri D. Choudhury
The Japanese House's In the End It Always Does album
This is my favorite album of this summer so far. It's by an artist named Amber Bain who records under the name The Japanese House. And she plays this kind of moody, electropop music, kind of in the vein of like, the softer side of the band MUNA. It's called In the End It Always Does, and it's got this mix of soft, electropop bangers and then these gauzy, beautiful ballads that are just gorgeous. I think this record gets better and better as it goes along. I've just been listening to it over and over again and couldn't recommend it more. — Stephen Thompson
More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter
by Linda Holmes
James Poniewozik wrote a terrific piece for The New York Times about the ways in which, as he puts it, we are all background actors.
It's easy to understand why many people might have thought GWAR at NPR's Tiny Desk was extremely unlikely. But thanks to the long efforts of NPR Music's Lars Gotrich, it happened. (Caution: contains explicit ... visuals and ideas and so forth.)
I was fascinated this week by the developing story of the trimmed trees by some of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA picket lines.
Beth Novey adapted the Pop Culture Happy Hour segment "What's Making Us Happy" for the Web. If you like these suggestions, consider signing up for our newsletter to get recommendations every week. And listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
veryGood! (29)
Related
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- Israel has told White House that IDF troops will have rest and refit, NSC's John Kirby says
- Trump’s abortion statement angers conservatives and gives the Biden campaign a new target
- A 7-year-old Alabama girl set up a lemonade stand to help buy her mom's headstone
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- New Mexico Supreme Court upholds 2 murder convictions of man in 2009 double homicide case
- Morgan Wallen's Ex KT Smith Speaks Out Amid Reports Her Elopement Was Behind Bar Incident
- Conservative hoaxers to pay up to $1.25M under agreement with New York over 2020 robocall scheme
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- 'Mary & George' fact check: Did he really love King James? And what about all the orgies?
Ranking
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Tiger Woods' Masters tee times, groupings for first two rounds at Augusta National
- What should I do with my solar eclipse glasses? What to know about recycling, donating
- Southern Charm’s Madison LeCroy Mother's Day Gift Ideas Include a TikTok Fave She Uses Every Night
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- Spring is hummingbird migration season: Interactive map shows where they will be
- Rebel Wilson Reveals Whether She’d Work With Sacha Baron Cohen Again After Memoir Bombshell
- More Amazon shoppers are scamming sellers with fraudulent returns
Recommendation
The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
The NCAA women’s tourney had everything: Stars, upsets, an undefeated champion. It’s just the start
Tennessee grandmother Amy Brasher charged in 3-year-old's death the day after Christmas
Wyoming’s Wind Industry Dodged New Taxes in 2024 Legislative Session, but Faces Pushes to Increase What it Pays the State
From family road trips to travel woes: Americans are navigating skyrocketing holiday costs
Severe storm to unleash heavy rain, large hail and possible tornadoes across southern US
Score 53% Off Peter Thomas Roth, 80% Off ASOS, 20% Off Sephora, 70% Off Wayfair & Today's Best Deals
Reba McEntire Shares a Rare Glimpse at Inseparable Romance With Actor Rex Linn