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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Fast X And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

More than 20 years into the Fast & Furious franchise, the saga keeps roaring on with the latest installment, Fast X. With a star-studded cast including Vin Diesel and Jason Momoa and many more, the film has plenty of absurd action sequences and logic-defying stunts that have become a trademark. But after all this time, does the magic of fast cars, backyard BBQs and family persist?

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We're more than 20 years into the Fast and Furious franchise and the Saga keeps roaring on with the latest installment.

0:12.0

The movie Fast Ten is predictably over the top and

0:14.8

silly. It has plenty of absurd action sequences and logic-defying stunts that

0:19.8

have become its trademark. But after all this time, does magic of fast cars, backyard bebeqs, and

0:26.5

family persist? I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about Fast10 on Pop Culture

0:32.0

Happy Hour from NPR.

0:34.5

Joining me today is Waylon Wong.

0:36.1

She's co-host of NPR's Daily Economics Podcast,

0:38.9

the Indicator from Planet Money.

0:40.9

Hey, Waylon.

0:41.7

Hello. Hey, heyailin. Hello.

0:43.0

Hey, hey.

0:44.0

Also with us is Ronald Young Jr.

0:45.5

He is the host of the Film and Television Review Podcast, leading the theater.

0:49.7

Welcome back, Ronald.

0:50.7

It's all about family, Aisha.

0:52.4

But you got to say family.

0:53.6

Family. That's the only way to say it.

0:57.6

And rounding out our panel is Volchre TV critic Roxana Hadadi. Welcome back to you too, Roxanna. Thank you. Thank you,

1:04.9

yes, I can already tell this is going to be fun. In Fast 10, Vin Diesel plays

1:11.8

Dom Turretto, a street racer turned heist leader working with a government

1:15.3

group known as the agency. Dom is faced with a new adversary played by a very flamboyant

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