This week, Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo won titles in Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. Gentleminions took over movie theaters.
And we said a sad goodbye to James Caan.
Here’s what the NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.
I love a good beach read during summertime, so I want to recommend a book by Marcelle Karp called Getting Over Max Cooper, which came out recently. (Full disclosure, Marcelle is someone that I know. She was a co-founder of Bust Magazine.) This is her first novel and it’s set on Fire Island, and the details of the island are so fun and rich. She’s someone who has actually spent a lot of time there.
It has been a wonderful transport from my inland home to the shores of the water and being a teenager again. Young adult lit can feel like the greatest escape, and I think we all kind of need a pick-me-up right now. — Daisy Rosario
