About this episode
It’s week two of our inadvertent two-week celebration of the post-apocalypse on film. This time around, Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes head up a family fighting to protect their land and their lives from murderously hungry intruders in 40 ACRES. NPR Pop-Culture Happy Hour’s co-host Aisha Harris joins us to discuss this feature debut from RT Thorne. What’s Good? Alonso - Making pignoli cookies Drea - Wedge Live Cat Tour Aisha - Finally falling for Love Island USA Kevin - Tinder Box by James Andrew Miller ITIDIC John M. Chu to direct Mattel’s Hot Wheels movie Behind-the-scenes creative meddling on Pixar’s Elio List of “Down on the Farm” Movie Quiz Movies Staff Picks Drea - Sovereign Alonso - Before We Forget Aisha - The Annihilation of Fish Kevin - The Girl with All the Gifts All of Aisha’s links can be found at AishaHarris.com Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher