Glen Weldon

Hey, Linda.

And Glen Weldon.

Hello there, Glen.

Hey, it's our fall guide.

All right.

That brings us to the end of our show.

Glen Weldon, Aisha Harris, Steven Thompson, thank you so much for being here.

Thank you.

So we figured we'd take a beat to highlight some new documentaries that are worth your time.

I'm Glenn Weldon, and today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're recommending some great documentaries you don't wanna miss.

Joining me is my co-host, Aisha Harris.

Hey, Aisha.

This episode was produced by Mike Katzif, Caden Mills, and Lennon Sherburne, and edited by our showrunner, Jessica Reedy, and Holokomom provides our theme music.

Thank you for listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR, and if you are not already following the show, do that right now.

I'm Glenn Weldon.

We'll see you all next time.

There is plenty to talk about.

I'm Glenn Weldon.

It is 12:08 in the AM, and we are recapping the 2026 Emmy Awards.

Joining me tonight is my fellow NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour host, Linda Holmes.

It was absolutely, as I said, essential, but it ended more than five years ago, and John Moe went on to start other shows, like Depresh Mode, the sleep aid podcast Sleeping with Celebrities, which I also highly recommend if you ever struggle to sleep.

Both Glenn Weldon and Linda Holmes have appeared on that show, and I'm bitterly jealous of that fact.

[laughs]

Anyway, John Moe has just reacquired and rebooted The Hilarious World of Depression, and ironically, I am very happy [laughs] about that fact.

I'm Linda Holmes.

And I'm Glen Weldon.

Let's get right into it, no need to shilly-shally.

Linda, you play lots and lots of these games, so we're gonna follow your lead.

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I'm Glen Weldon, and we'll see you all next time.

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Are they dead? Is it aliens? Or have they stumbled upon a great big old honking metaphor? I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Glen Weldon, and joining us on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour is Jordan Crucchiola.

She's a writer and producer and the host of the podcast Feeling Seen on Maximum Fun.

Hey, Jordan.

So it's both deep but not deep, and I think it toes that line really, really well for me, which is why I liked it so much.

Yeah.

What you were saying, Glen, uh, like, the restraint of the script I found to be really satisfying over the course of the runtime of this movie because I think part of kind of a situation like this is it's like unless you're checking off day by day by day, how long have we been out here, how long have we been doing this, how long has this been going on-

Mm-hmm

I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Glen Weldon.

And joining us today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour is writer and host of the film spotting podcast Movie Death Match, Chris Klimek.

Hey, Chris.

This episode was produced by Leonard Sherburn and Mike Katzif and edited by our showrunner Jessica Reedy, and Hello Come In provides our theme music.

Thank you for listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

I'm Glen Weldon, and we'll see you all next time.

1A is named for the First Amendment, which protects the freedom of the press and your freedom to speak out.

I'm Stephen Thompson.

And I'm Aisha Harris, and joining us today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour is our co-host, Glen Weldon.

Hey, Glen.

Hey, Aisha.

All right, well, there's not much setup needed here.

This is in that tradition, and I enjoyed it enormously.

Yeah, yeah.

Glen, how about you?