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What do we do at the end of every year? We hope, we fear, and we make wild guesses.

We are predicting what's ahead for pop culture in 2024, but first we'll look back at what

we thought was coming on the pop culture front in

2023 and see how things turned out. I'm Stephen Thompson and I'm

Linda Holmes. It's Predictions time once again on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining us today are our Pop Culture Happy Hour co-hosts Aisha Harris.

Hey Aisha, Hey Linda.

And Glen Weldon, hello Glen. Hey Hey Linda what better way to bookend the year on either side than with failure?

The sweet smell of failure.

Oh boy it's true.

Well, we've been doing this for many years.

If you've been with us for a while, you know the drill.

We go around the table.

We check on how we did making predictions for 2023. And even though they're usually wrong we boldly make new

ones for 2024.

We prove we're bad at this and then we do it.

Yes, accurate. Without further reduce, Stephen, I want to hear And then we do it. Yes. Accurate.

Without further ado, Stephen, I want to hear first what your 2023 prediction was.

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