People We Meet On Vacation and What's Making Us Happy

January 9, 2026·22 min·2 clips

Waylon Wong explains why the People We Meet on Vacation movie feels oddly inert compared to Emily Henry's sparkling novel.

The hosts and guests discuss the Netflix adaptation of Emily Henry's romance novel People We Meet on Vacation, critiquing its failure to capture the book's charm, specificity, and relationship development. They explore issues like generic changes, pacing problems, and lost thematic depth, while also sharing personal pop culture recommendations in the segment What's Making Us Happy.

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