Glen Weldon appears in the following:
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading and listening
Friday, September 15, 2023
Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The audiobooks Mythos and Why We Love Baseball, and the new albums Jaguar II and Blame My Ex.
Have you run out of TV? Our 2023 fall streaming guide can help
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
As Hollywood's strikes stretch on, viewers are sitting down on the couch and asking: What's next? We scoured the streaming sites to find fantastic new releases as well as great shows worth revisiting.
'Blue Beetle' offers a 3-step cure for superhero fatigue
Thursday, August 24, 2023
The current state of superhero cinema may look bleak, but the latest DC film adopts an approach that wrings new life and humor out of a tired formula.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading and listening
Friday, August 18, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery series, Good One podcast and The Kaiju Preservation Society.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading, watching and listening
Friday, August 11, 2023
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.
Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up
Monday, July 31, 2023
Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing
Friday, July 28, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Barbie, Praise Petey, and the musical legacy of Sinéad O'Connor.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and reading
Friday, July 14, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Flyana Boss, Project Runway All Stars, and new nonfiction about queer representation and media.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Saturday, July 01, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Lady Audaci-Tea, a summer of good movies and Hair Plugs & Heartache.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading, viewing and listening
Friday, June 23, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Beware the Woman, Dungeons and Drag Queens, and the DVD menu of The Social Network.
'The Flash' throws off intermittent sparks
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The latest DC film seeks to reboot Warners' troubled cinematic universe. The script boasts solid jokes and knowing winks, but flat characterizations keep it from taking off.
Pride vs. Prejudice
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Glen Weldon is among the cohort of LGBTQ+ folk constitutionally averse to crowds, midday sun and dancing. But Pride feels more needed, more urgent than ever this year — and he'll be out there.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening
Friday, June 09, 2023
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Shiny Happy People, Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, Jessie Ware's new album, and more.
These are the new movies and TV shows we can't wait to watch this summer
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Studios raced to finish summer attractions ahead of the writers strike. So we're back with a great big, filterable guide of what to watch — and where to find it — as the days get hotter and longer.
You're overthinking it — how speculating can spoil a TV show
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Shows like Lost or The X-Files are carefully packed with secrets and hidden connections for viewers to untangle. But plenty of shows aren't high-concept puzzle boxes and you can just ... watch them.
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing
Friday, May 12, 2023
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Jury Duty, The Other Two, Every Frame a Painting and Rutherford Falls.
Where the stage is littered with glitter: The top 10 acts of Eurovision 2023
Thursday, May 11, 2023
For the first time ever, viewers in the U.S. can vote for their favorite act in the lavish international spectacle that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Our critic shares his top 10 songs.
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing
Friday, May 05, 2023
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Fake Doctors, Real Friends, Bupkis, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal and Weird Al Yankovic.
Superhero fatigue: Does Marvel still have audiences' attention with its 32nd film?
Friday, May 05, 2023
Some of Marvel Studios' recent movies have been more critically divisive and less profitable at the box office than their predecessors. Is superhero fatigue starting to kick in?
'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' sends off its heroes with a mawkish mixtape
Wednesday, May 03, 2023
The third Guardians film assumes a strangely somber tone and a plot that features more cruelty to animals and children than audiences have any reason to expect from a wacky space yarn.