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Pop Culture Happy Hour · October 23, 2026 · 30m

Wicker and What’s Making Us Happy

The episode reviews the film Wicker, starring Olivia Coleman as a fisherwoman who commissions a husband made of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård. The movie is described as both cozy and horny, and it explores the romantic and societal repercussions in a medieval town, satirizing gender roles as women grow dissatisfied with their inattentive husbands. The hosts also share their latest cultural recommendations in the regular 'What's Making Us Happy' segment.

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Preview

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Wicker's Unusual Rom-Com Premise
The film centers on a fisherwoman who commissions a husband literally made of wicker, disrupting her medieval town.
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Cozy and Horny: A Unique Tone
Wicker is described as simultaneously the coziest and horniest movie of the fall.

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