What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing

Pop Culture

Stephen Thompson , Barrie Hardymon , Greta Johnsen , Linda Holmes , Maison Tran | NPR

July 15th, 2022

Quinta Brunson attends the TIME100 Gala celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in New York. Brunson is nominated for three Emmys for "Abbott Elementary," the ABC sitcom she created and in which she stars. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

This week, the list of the 2022 Emmy nominations dropped, hundreds of couples celebrated love, and Paul Rudd — in Ant-Man fashion — made a bullied kid feel big.

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

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