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Pop Culture Happy Hour · October 2, 2026 · 22m

Digger and What’s Making Us Happy

The Pop Culture Happy Hour panel discusses the Tom Cruise film 'Digger,' a loud, surprising, and audacious Oscar contender. Cruise plays a powerful oil baron who unleashes an existential threat, bringing in the president (John Goodman) and a well-intentioned scientist (Riz Ahmed). The film takes big narrative swings and is expected to be polarizing. The hosts debate whether it will resonate widely, and also share what they're enjoying this week.

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Digger film review
The panel reviews 'Digger,' a polarizing Oscar contender starring Tom Cruise as an oil baron, with John Goodman as the president and Riz Ahmed as a scientist facing an existential threat.

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