A Special Year-End Edition

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 29 December 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee), NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis (@DaviSusan), and R. Eric Thomas (@oureric), playwright and 'person on the internet' join Sam to talk about the year that was. Plus year-end music highlights with Radio Menea host Verónica Flores (@veroconplatanos) and NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael (@rodneyology). Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, this is our last episode of 2017 and before we start the episode, I just want to say thanks for everything.
0:06.4	Thank you for listening, thank you for being a part of something new in helping us launch this podcast this year.
0:12.4	And thank you for sharing your best things all week, every week.
0:16.2	So this episode is pre-taped, which means we will not be playing any best thing audio in this episode, but it'll be back in the new year.
0:23.9	Also, last thing, thank you for supporting public media and this show with your donations.
0:30.6	Yep, one more time I'm going to ask you to give.
0:33.0	You can still donate to support your local NPR station and this show by going to this link, donate.npr.org slash SAM.
0:43.1	That helps out local stations across the country and this show as well.
0:47.2	Alright, here is someone I've been thankful for as long as I can remember.
0:50.9	I'm Betty.
0:52.3	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:54.8	This week on a special year-end edition of the show, the host of NPR's Top Culture Happy Hour, Linda Holmes, NPR Congressional Correspondence, Susan Davis, and Playwright, Humorous, and Person on the Internet are Eric Thomas.
1:12.2	Alright, Happy New Year, let's start the show.
1:16.2	She's in the pocket now.
1:19.2	Yeah, she's got it down.
1:21.2	Oh my gosh.
1:24.2	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
1:26.2	It's been a minute bringing you a special year-end edition of the show.
1:29.2	It's so special that I have not one, not two, but three guests with me in studio today.
1:34.2	Linda Holmes from the wonderful NPR podcast, Pop Culture Happy Hour.
1:38.2	Also, runs NPR's Monkey C-Blog.
1:40.2	Also, I've seen you at a lot of holiday parties recently.
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