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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pop Culture Summer Stories And 'Playing House'

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pop Culture Summer Stories And 'Playing House'

On this week's show, we bring you a conversation we had with Audie Cornish from our recent live show in Brooklyn, and Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham talk about their USA comedy.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pop Culture Summer Stories And 'Playing House'

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Thursday

From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

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From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

As we light a candle on the Code Switch podcast's birthday cake, our team looks back on the stories that mattered.

From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

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Monday

Tituss Burgess Says He Plays The Most 'Everyman' Character On 'Kimmy Schmidt'

In the third season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Titus Andromedon (Tituss Burgess) gets through heartbreak by making his own version of Beyonce's Lemonade. Eric Liebowitz/Netflix hide caption

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Tituss Burgess Says He Plays The Most 'Everyman' Character On 'Kimmy Schmidt'

Titus Andromedon "doesn't have money to pay the rent; he can't keep a job; he gets racially profiled," Burgess says. "I mean, so what that he ... wears women's clothes?"

Tituss Burgess Says He Plays The Most 'Everyman' Character On 'Kimmy Schmidt'

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Sunday

Wednesday

Before Her Teacher's Murder, This 'Keepers' Witness Was Already Living A Nightmare

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Before Her Teacher's Murder, This 'Keepers' Witness Was Already Living A Nightmare

In the docuseries The Keepers, Jean Wehner shares her story of being abused by her high school chaplain. She says the teacher she confided in may have been killed for knowing too much.

Before Her Teacher's Murder, This 'Keepers' Witness Was Already Living A Nightmare

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Checking In On 'Better Call Saul' (And 'Breaking Bad') At The 3-Season Mark

In "Lantern," the Season 3 finale of Better Call Saul, brothers Chuck (Michael McKean) and Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) reach the end of their relationship. Michele K. Short/AMC hide caption

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Checking In On 'Better Call Saul' (And 'Breaking Bad') At The 3-Season Mark

Both shows track the moral decay of their main characters, so we compare Jimmy McGill's arc, as of Sunday's Better Call Saul season finale, to that of Walter White after three seasons of Breaking Bad.

Friday

Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

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Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

After 20 years as a television critic — and many more as a simple viewer — a reflection on how a kid who mostly grew up without a father learned how to become one himself by watching dads on TV.

Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

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Wednesday

For Our 30th Anniversary, Fresh Air Tapes Live With Seth Meyers Of 'Late Night'

In celebration of Fresh Air's 30th anniversary, Seth Meyers joined Terry Gross for a taping in front of a live audience on June 9, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pa. Paul Loftland/Paul Loftland Photography hide caption

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For Our 30th Anniversary, Fresh Air Tapes Live With Seth Meyers Of 'Late Night'

Fresh Air

The SNL veteran used to ruminate over shows that didn't quite hit the mark; now he resists the urge to look back: "It's nice to be in this place where you can be very forward focused," he says.

For Our 30th Anniversary, Fresh Air Tapes Live With Seth Meyers Of 'Late Night'

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Summer TV Starts Strong With These June Premieres

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Summer TV Starts Strong With These June Premieres

Critic Eric Deggans has a preview of all the good TV coming out in June, from a returning British cop drama (Broadchurch) to a show about the sports world's weirdest televised product (GLOW).

Summer TV Starts Strong With These June Premieres

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Monday

Sunday

Adam West Saved Batman. And Me.

Actors Adam West (L)and Burt Ward dressed as their characters (Zappp!) "Batman" and (Powww!) "Robin," on Jan. 27, 1989 at the "World of Wheels" custom car show in Chicago. Mark Elias/AP hide caption

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Adam West Saved Batman. And Me.

NPR's resident Bat-scholar Glen Weldon offers a personal remembrance of the late Adam West, explains how the actor rescued the character of Batman from oblivion, and explores his enduring legacy.

Saturday