Best podcasts of the week: Chanté Joseph is back for another round of weekly pop culture chat

In this week's newsletter: The Guardian's own pop culture podcast is back again every Thursday to break down the latest in entertainment. Plus: five of the best surprise hit podcasts

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The Happiness Lab x Sesame Street
Widely available, episodes weekly from Monday
If The Happiness Lab - a podcast by Laurie Santos, the professor behind Yale's happiness courses - isn't life-enhancing enough, here comes a special collaboration with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organisation trying to make kids smarter, stronger and kinder. Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and Grover tackle problems with sparkly socks, the ups and downs of a typical day and the magic of gratitude - there are lessons for all ages. Hannah Verdier