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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Watching the WNBA, celebrities throwing first pitches, the novel The God of the Woods, and the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble.

Astronomical summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere — amidst a heat wave — at 4:51 p.m. ET. It's the earliest start to the season since 1796, thanks to quirks in the calendar.

The NFL season begins Thursday as the reigning champion Los Angeles Rams take on the Buffalo Bills. New rule changes, blockbuster trades, retirements and un-retirements mark the start of the season.

Emergency preparedness officials in Canada say this year's wildfire season could be worse. Part of the problem could be so-called 'zombie fires,' which are buried but refusing to die.

Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab wrote a new children's book inspired by affirmations they share with their daughter and scores of young people they meet through their activism.

As election season ramps up, Vice President Kamala Harris made another stop in North Carolina on Wednesday. She spoke at Johnson C. Smith University, an HBCU, as part of a tour highlighting economic opportunity.

Four years after a winter storm led to a massive power blackout in Texas, a podcast examines the role the state's natural gas system played in the disaster.

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.

The largest chunk of funding — about $40 billion — would be for FEMA's disaster relief fund, so that it has enough money to last through the coming year. But there are requests for 16 agencies.

As Week 1 of the college football season approaches, NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Pat Chun, athletic director for the University of Washington, about his school's decision to join the Big 10.