Hannah Montana
Pop Culture Happy Hour
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4.5 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour, the podcast that keeps you plugged in about the latest and greatest in movies, TV, music, and more. |
| 0:07.6 | If you're a pop culture junkie who's not following the show yet, we're recommending you fix that right now by following Pop Culture Happy Hour on your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:17.1 | Now, on to the show. |
| 0:22.9 | This year marks 20 years since Hannah Montana premiered on the Disney Channel. |
| 0:28.8 | The show made a global phenomenon of star Miley Cyrus and her pop star alter ego. |
| 0:34.3 | It's been streamed millions of hours since going off the air and influenced the |
| 0:39.4 | next generation of pop stars like Chapel Rome. I'm Stephen Thompson, and today we are talking about |
| 0:45.3 | Hannah Montana on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR. |
| 0:52.7 | Joining us today is NPR music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento. Hey, Isabella. Howdy. |
| 0:58.5 | Glad to have you. Also with us is the former host of Slate's Internet Culture podcast, I see YMI, and former pop culture happy hour producer Candace Lim. Hey, Candice. |
| 1:08.2 | Hello. |
| 1:09.1 | Oh, great to have you back, buddy. |
| 1:16.9 | All right, for those of you who have not seen Hannah Montana, it was a TV sitcom about a girl named Miley Stewart. |
| 1:18.7 | Humble teenager by day, massive pop star by night. |
| 1:21.9 | Miley Stewart was played, of course, by a young Miley Cyrus, who starred alongside |
| 1:26.4 | her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus. |
| 1:29.3 | As the show went along, Miley's double life grew more complicated as more of her friends |
| 1:34.2 | discovered her secret. But her best friend Lily, played by Emily Osment, finds out in the very |
| 1:39.5 | first episode. |
| 1:40.7 | Hey, I have a lucky bracelet just like that. I loaned it to my best friend yesterday. |
| 1:45.1 | Of course, mine says Lily on the back. Just like that. |
| 1:51.6 | Tadda! |
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