In Almost Famous, writer and director Cameron Crow looks at the ecosystem surrounding a rising rock band in the early 70s.

It's a coming-of-age story that touches on journalism, sex, rock and roll, parenthood, and the perils of trying to be cool.

Almost Famous turns 25 this year,

so we thought it was a perfect time

to revisit our conversation about the movie.

I'm Stephen Thompson,

and today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour,

we're talking about Almost Famous.

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Joining us today is the weekend host of NPR's All Things Considered and a co-host of

the Consider This podcast, Scott Detro.

Hey, Scott.

Hey there.

Great to have you.

Also with us as writer and editor, Serena Torres.

Hey, Serena.

Hey, Stephen.

Nice to see you.

That's great to see you too. So Almost Famous was written and directed by Cameron Crow, who based it on his own experiences as a very young writer for Rolling Stone.

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