Euphoria
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
4.5 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The HBO drama Euphoria depicts a world in which modern teenagers navigate a minefield |
| 0:09.9 | of traumas. |
| 0:10.9 | We see heavy drug use, illicit sex, destructive technology, damaged parents, physical violence |
| 0:16.3 | and so much more. |
| 0:17.8 | The show starts Zendaya as a girl whose drug addiction threatens both her life and the |
| 0:22.1 | stability of those around her. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Stephen Thompson and today we are talking about Euphoria on Pop Culture Happy Hour |
| 0:28.7 | from NPR. |
| 0:31.5 | Joining us today is NPR Music Editorial Assistant Latisha Harris. |
| 0:38.1 | Hey Latisha. |
| 0:39.1 | Hi Stephen. |
| 0:40.1 | It is great to have you and making her pop culture happy hour debut is NPR Music Editor |
| 0:45.0 | Hazel Sills. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome to the show Hazel. |
| 0:47.0 | Hi Stephen. |
| 0:48.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:49.0 | So great to have you both here. |
| 0:50.8 | So Euphoria made its debut on HBO with an eight episode run back in the summer of 2019 |
| 0:57.2 | with two specials in between seasons one and two. |
| 1:00.6 | The second season began dropping at the beginning of this year and it packs a lot of plot and |
| 1:06.1 | characters into those episodes. |
| 1:08.4 | Zendaya plays Rue who begins the show fresh out of rehab and soon meets a new best friend |
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