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It's Been a Minute

2024's ACTUAL Sexiest Men Alive? We have thoughts.

It's Been a Minute

NPR

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🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

PEOPLE Magazine has done it again. Last month they revealed this year's "Sexiest Man Alive"...John Krasinski. And, Brittany and the hosts of the Who Weekly podcast, Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, are not satisfied.

The three of them get into the disconnect between who Hollywood thinks is hot versus who the internet is thirsting after. All with the mission of answering: what makes someone sexy in our year 2024?

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0:20.0

Hello, hello. I'm Brittany loose, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.

0:40.0

Okay, first things first.

0:45.5

What is your reaction to John Krasinski is this year's sexiest man alive?

0:51.2

People magazine has done it again.

0:57.7

Last month, they released their annual sexiest man alive issue. And John Krasinski has been crowned the sexiest man alive. Yes, the guy who is most famous for being

1:03.9

your average good guy on NBC's The Office 15 years ago, that guy is 2024's hottest man.

1:12.2

I'm completely unsurprised.

1:14.1

I wanted to say that I was shocked and appalled, but after you think about it for one second,

1:19.0

you're like, that makes perfect sense.

1:20.9

The person checking me out at the register was like, this pick has been very controversial.

1:26.1

Wait, that's funny.

1:28.7

Oh, my God.

1:30.3

She's like, you're buying this?

1:31.5

What?

1:36.2

I know what you're thinking.

1:37.3

John Krasinski?

1:38.7

Controversial?

1:40.4

He's so inoffensive.

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