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| Title | Date published | ||
| Platonic | 2025-08-12 | ||
| Weapons | 2025-08-11 | ||
| Freakier Friday And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-08-08 | ||
| Y2K Pop Culture | 2025-08-07 | ||
| Together | 2025-08-06 | ||
| Wednesday | 2025-08-05 | ||
| The Naked Gun And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-08-01 | ||
| The Hunting Wives | 2025-07-31 | ||
| Happy Gilmore 2 | 2025-07-30 | ||
| Song Of The Summer | 2025-07-28 | ||
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-07-25 | ||
| Our Favorite YouTube Channels | 2025-07-24 | ||
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | 2025-07-22 | ||
| Watch This: Sorry, Baby | 2025-07-21 | ||
| Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media | 2025-07-20 | ||
| Eddington And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-07-18 | ||
| KPop Demon Hunters | 2025-07-17 | ||
| 2025 Emmy Nominations | 2025-07-16 | ||
| Too Much | 2025-07-14 | ||
| Superman And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-07-11 |