Insecure

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🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

When Insecure premiered on HBO in 2016, Issa Dee (played by the show's co-creator Issa Rae), her bestie Molly (played by Yvonne Orji) and the rest of their cohort were a bunch of millennials who were stuck in unhappy relationships and jobs, and didn't have a clue how to make better choices for themselves. After five seasons, we're bidding farewell to Insecure — only now, these characters have finally seen some growth.

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0:00.0	When insecure premiered on HBO back in 2016, ESAD, Miley Carter and the rest of their
0:10.0	cohort were a bunch of millennials who, to put it mildly, didn't have their stuff together.
0:15.4	They were stuck in unhappy relationships, jobs, and or friendships and didn't have a clue
0:19.8	how to make better choices for themselves.
0:22.2	After five hella messy seasons, we're bidding farewell to insecure.
0:26.5	Only now these characters have finally seen growth.
0:30.2	But how much growth has there been?
0:32.2	Really?
0:33.2	I'm Eisha Harris and today we're talking about insecure, including the series finale
0:37.5	on pop culture happy hour from NPR.
0:43.8	Joining us today are the hosts of the podcast for Colored Nerds, Brittany Loose and Eric
0:47.5	Eddings.
0:48.5	Hello to you both.
0:49.5	Hey, hey, hey.
0:50.5	Thank you, it's good to be here.
0:51.5	And also joining us is film and culture critic Kate Young.
0:54.1	Welcome Kate.
0:55.1	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:56.8	I'm so excited.
0:57.8	Yes, me too, because I have a lot of thoughts.
1:00.0	I'm sure you all have a lot of thoughts.
1:03.5	But first, in case it's been sometimes since you tuned into insecure, here's a brief refresher.
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