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I had the pleasure of co-hosting the podcast this week with movie critic Bob Mondello. We listened to Bob's review of the apocalyptic blockbuster 2012 and talked a little about blowing things up.

After that, it was on to Wes Anderson's The Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on a Roald Dahl story. In an interview with Scott Simon, Anderson talks about his love for the book, and then NPR's Elizabeth Blair provides some context about Dahl's understanding of children's fears.

We heard from author Zadie Smith about her new book of essays, and then Michael Urie of Ugly Betty talked about his character and the ways in which he is, and isn't, groundbreaking.

As always, you can subscribe to the podcast, or you can listen to it right here.

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