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Pop Culture Happy Hour: In Conversation With Fred Armisen And 'Welcome To Night Vale'

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: In Conversation With Fred Armisen And 'Welcome To Night Vale'

January 29, 2016 • The gang's been snowed in, but there's still a new episode of the show, thanks to Linda Holmes' onstage discussions — one with Armisen and one with Night Vale creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: In Conversation With Fred Armisen And 'Welcome To Night Vale'

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Television 2015: The Future In Questions

August 30, 2015 • We've spent two weeks looking at the state of television, and now it's time to ask some questions about where it's going from here.

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Television 2015: Some Writing About Writing About TV

August 28, 2015 • Television coverage is in more places than ever, doing more work than ever, involving more people than ever. In that way, it's a lot like the medium it's analyzing.

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Television 2015: Five Shows They Will Never Stop Making

August 27, 2015 • Sure, the landscape of television has changed a lot in recent years. But some shows just recur over and over again, and it seems they always will.

Television 2015: How TV Is Embracing And Nervously Sweating On YouTube

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Television 2015: How TV Is Embracing And Nervously Sweating On YouTube

August 26, 2015 • Traditional television providers love YouTube. They also have to be nervous about it, given how popular it is.

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Television 2015: Are We Done Hating Television?

August 24, 2015 • We're supposed to be in the new golden age of television, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still face a certain slippery stigma for some people.

Television 2015: Hammering On The Door Of Diversity

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Television 2015: Hammering On The Door Of Diversity

August 21, 2015 • Network executives repeatedly affirm their commitment to more diverse programming. Progress, particularly with regard to producers, is spotty. So what now?

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Straight Outta Compton' And Too Much TV

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Straight Outta Compton' And Too Much TV

August 21, 2015 • Audie Cornish and Gene Demby join the show to discuss a new N.W.A biopic and the idea that there are more TV shows than the public could ever watch. Plus, What's Making Us Happy this week.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Straight Outta Compton' And Too Much TV

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Television 2015: A Whole Lotta Guys In Ties

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Television 2015: A Whole Lotta Guys In Ties

August 20, 2015 • As much experimentation as we see in TV, you also still see some old formats — late-night, awards shows and news among them — unsure about whether they need to change anything.

Television 2015: Too Much In Too Many Ways

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Television 2015: Too Much In Too Many Ways

August 19, 2015 • There's an awful lot of TV and an awful lot of ways to watch it. In fact, there may be too much entirely.

Television 2015: Too Much In Too Many Ways

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Television 2015: Netflix Is A Video Store That Saved A Western

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