My favorite food host of the year is a three-way tie. If you were put off by the talk about The Marvels falling flat at the box office, don't let that keep you from checking it out.ġ5.

Iman Vellani's performance as Kamala Khan in The Marvels bubbles with energy, and a scene where she and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) keep switching places, disappearing and reappearing in her parents' house, is a kinetic, rambunctious delight. Iman Vellani, Brie Larson, and Teyonah Parris in The Marvels.ġ4. You never forget an episode that makes you cackle in your car. Start with their January episode about John Gray's Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. You're just being handed a lot of slippery things. It's very funny and deeply researched, and in a world where it's easy to feel like you're losing your grip, it's a good reminder: your grip is fine. The premise is that they dive into 'airport books' from self-help to political posturing to investigate their claims. The best podcast I started listening to this year was If Books Could Kill, hosted by Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri.

But it never hurts to look back on the year and realize that in fact, delight was upon you over and over.ġ.

There were far more than 50 wonderful things to admire this year, and there is far (far) more that I never saw or read or heard at all. The usual caveats apply: These are not objectively the best things they are just wonderful things. Culture The best movies and TV of 2023, picked for you by NPR critics

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