Best Fictional Bands And What's Making Us Happy
Pop Culture Happy Hour
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🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On the Ted Radio Hour, linguist Anne Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person. |
| 0:10.0 | I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me but it can't be |
| 0:14.8 | singular and I will say but it is. |
| 0:17.5 | The history behind words causing a lot of debate that's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR. |
| 0:24.0 | Sometimes our favorite musical artists are too good to be true. |
| 0:32.0 | They're the fictional band sprung from the imaginations of Hollywood screenwriters. |
| 0:37.0 | But what makes a fake band great? |
| 0:39.0 | Is it the songs, the personalities, that thing they do when the story reaches its third-act |
| 0:44.7 | climax. I'm Stephen Thompson and I'm Aisha Harris and today on NPR's |
| 0:49.3 | pop culture happy hour we're debating what is the best fictional band? |
| 0:55.2 | Joining me and Stephen today is our fellow co-host, Glenn Weldon. |
| 0:58.2 | Hey, Weldon. |
| 0:59.2 | Hey, friend. |
| 0:59.7 | Hey, Glenn. |
| 1:01.2 | No, it's okay. |
| 1:01.9 | I've been called Weldon before. |
| 1:03.0 | And also with us is Margaret H. Willison, faculty with Not Sorry Productions. |
| 1:09.0 | Hi, Margaret. |
| 1:10.0 | Hi, Aisha. I'm so honored to be here today. |
| 1:12.0 | Oh, we are very, very, very honored to have you. |
| 1:15.0 | So today we're talking about what makes for a great fictional band, |
| 1:19.0 | and we each brought in our own picks. |
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