America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk
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'12 Years' And Rites Of Passage
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR Code Switch team members Kat Chow and Gene Demby to talk about the movie 12 Years a Slave. Next they'll talk about Pop Culture rites of passage - movies that helps kids through to adulthood. They'll also discuss the sometimes messy passage into adulthood for young celebrities, and talk about untimely deaths of young talents. All that plus What's Making Us Happy This Week.
Pop Culture That Makes Us Cry & Somali Pirates
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and special guest Chris Klimek open up, spilling the movies, songs and various other ephemera that make them cry. Also, a discussion of the film Captain Phillips. All that, Plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
'Gravity' And The Thrill Of The Fiasco
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Glen Weldon are joined by NPR's Code Switch blogger Gene Demby to discuss the new movie Gravity and choose their favorite -sometimes awe-inspiring- pop culture fiascos. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
Breaking Bad, Bad Boys, Bad Choices
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about Breaking Bad, and — without spoilers — compare it to past antihero-laden series like The Wire and The Sopranos. Then, the gang talks video games and the new Grand Theft Auto V. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
The Emmy Statue And The One-Hit Wonder
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon discuss the funerial feeling at the Emmys and delve into the world of one-hit wonders. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
Autumn Leaves, Cumberbatches, And More Fall Amusements
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon again pick what fall TV shows they think might last, from ‘Masters of Sex’ to ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’, and look forward to some upcoming movies. All that, plus What’s Making Us Happy this week.
Requested Reboots And 'Duck Dynasty'
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Stephen Thompson, Trey Graham and Glen Weldon are joined by guest Tanya Ballard Brown to discuss movie franchises that could stand to be revisited. Then it's on to the A&E reality TV sensation Duck Dynasty. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
'Blue Jasmine' And A Summer Movie Postmortem
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about the summer movie season that was, Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, and Ben Affleck as Batman. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
The Shambolic VMAs And Hollywood In The White House
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro discuss twerking and the MTV Video Music Awards, share their thoughts on the carnage-filled Olympus Has Fallen and choose favorite Hollywood takes on the White House. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
Voices And Changing Bands
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Trey Graham, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about a new film about the world of voiceovers and try to figure out how many band members have to leave before it's not the same band. All that plus What's Making Us Happy this week.