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Recastable Episodes (1519)

1. Cooking Shows June 27, 2018
2. The Songs Of Summer June 29, 2018
3. The Mister Rogers Documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' July 4, 2018
4. Ant-Man And The Wasp, Plus What's Making Us Happy July 6, 2018
5. Jeopardy! July 11, 2018
6. Sharp Objects and What's Making Us Happy July 13, 2018
7. Hannah Gadsby's Netflix Special 'Nanette' With Kumail Nanjiani July 18, 2018
8. Skyscraper and What's Making Us Happy July 20, 2018
9. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again July 25, 2018
10. Mission: Impossible - Fallout and What's Making Us Happy July 27, 2018
11. Breath Of The Wild Aug. 1, 2018
12. Eighth Grade and What's Making Us Happy Aug. 3, 2018
13. Sorry to Bother You Aug. 8, 2018
14. Pop Culture Punching Bags and What's Making Us Happy Aug. 10, 2018
15. Blockers and Game Night: Playing Catch-Up On Comedies We Missed Aug. 15, 2018
16. Remembering Aretha Franklin Aug. 16, 2018
17. Crazy Rich Asians and What's Making Us Happy Aug. 17, 2018
18. 2018 MTV VMAs Aug. 21, 2018
19. BlacKkKlansman and What's Making Us Happy Aug. 24, 2018
20. Black Panther Aug. 29, 2018
21. Fall TV Preview and What's Making Us Happy Aug. 31, 2018
22. To All The Boys I've Loved Before Sept. 5, 2018
23. Pop Culture Serotonin and What's Making Us Happy Sept. 7, 2018
24. Celebrating Women in Music With Turning the Tables Sept. 12, 2018
25. On the Books: An All-Book Edition Sept. 14, 2018
26. 2018 Emmy Awards Sept. 18, 2018
27. Forever And What's Making Us Happy Sept. 21, 2018
28. All-Books Edition: Volume 2 Sept. 26, 2018
29. Fall Movie Preview Sept. 28, 2018
30. A Simple Favor Oct. 3, 2018
31. A Star Is Born and What's Making Us Happy Oct. 5, 2018
32. The Hate U Give Oct. 10, 2018
33. 'First Man' and What's Making Us Happy Oct. 12, 2018
34. Venom Oct. 17, 2018
35. Big Mouth and What's Making Us Happy Oct. 19, 2018
36. Halloween Oct. 24, 2018
37. Beautiful Boy and What's Making Us Happy Oct. 26, 2018
38. Wildlife Oct. 31, 2018
39. The Haunting of Hill House Nov. 2, 2018
40. Nobody's Fool Nov. 7, 2018
41. 'Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj' and 'Busy Tonight' Nov. 9, 2018
42. Remembering Stan Lee Nov. 13, 2018
43. Homecoming Nov. 16, 2018
44. Die Hard Nov. 21, 2018
45. Widows and What's Making Us Happy Nov. 23, 2018
46. Creed II Nov. 28, 2018
47. Ralph Breaks The Internet and What's Making Us Happy Nov. 30, 2018
48. Our Favorite Christmas Songs Dec. 5, 2018
49. Hallmark Holiday Movies Dec. 7, 2018
50. Sam Sanders Chats With Guy Branum Dec. 12, 2018
51. The Favourite and What's Making Us Happy Dec. 14, 2018
52. Mary Poppins Returns Dec. 19, 2018
53. Our 15 Favorite Things Of 2018 Dec. 21, 2018
54. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and a little Aquaman Dec. 26, 2018
55. Our Pop Culture Resolutions and Predictions Dec. 28, 2018
56. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jan. 2, 2019
57. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and What's Making Us Happy Jan. 4, 2019
58. The 2019 Golden Globes Jan. 7, 2019
59. If Beale Street Could Talk Jan. 11, 2019
60. The Masked Singer Jan. 16, 2019
61. Glass Jan. 18, 2019
62. We Get It Now Jan. 23, 2019
63. Roma and What's Making Us Happy Jan. 25, 2019
64. Tidying Up With Marie Kondo Jan. 30, 2019
65. Bohemian Rhapsody, Vice and Green Book Feb. 1, 2019
66. The 2019 Super Bowl Feb. 4, 2019
67. 'The Lego Movie 2' Feb. 8, 2019
68. The 2019 Grammys Feb. 11, 2019
69. The Oscar-Nominated Documentaries And Foreign-Laungage Films Feb. 15, 2019
70. A Pop Culture Quiz Feb. 20, 2019
71. 2019 Oscars Preview Feb. 22, 2019
72. 2019 Oscars Recap Feb. 25, 2019
73. Russian Doll March 1, 2019
74. Remembering Luke Perry March 4, 2019
75. Captain Marvel March 8, 2019
76. The All Songs Considered SXSW Preview March 10, 2019
77. The Other Two March 13, 2019
78. PEN15 March 15, 2019
79. Music Discoveries From SXSW 2019 March 20, 2019
80. Us March 22, 2019
81. Hulu's Shrill March 27, 2019
82. What We Do In The Shadows: A Comedy With Bite March 29, 2019
83. Boost Your Mood With Pop Culture Serotonin April 3, 2019
84. Shazam! And What's Making Us Happy April 5, 2019
85. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend April 10, 2019
86. The Twilight Zone and What's Making Us Happy April 12, 2019
87. We Offer Some Pop Culture Advice April 17, 2019
88. Our Summer Movie Preview April 19, 2019
89. Beyoncé's Homecoming April 22, 2019
90. 'Avengers: Endgame' and What's Making Us Happy April 26, 2019
91. Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos in Pop Culture May 1, 2019
92. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Comedies About Music May 3, 2019
93. Long Shot: Charlize Theron And Seth Rogen Mix Romance And Politics May 8, 2019
94. People We're Pulling For and What's Making Us Happy May 10, 2019
95. Pokémon Detective Pikachu May 15, 2019
96. John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum and What's Making Us Happy May 17, 2019
97. Game Of Thrones May 20, 2019
98. Aladdin and What's Making Us Happy May 24, 2019
99. Our Great Big Theater Roundup May 29, 2019
100. Booksmart and What's Making Us Happy May 31, 2019
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