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Pop Culture Happy Hour

John Wick: Chapter 4 And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In previous John Wick films, Keanu Reeves played a retired hitman out of revenge. In the latest entry, John Wick: Chapter 4, his reasons are a little more simple — he just wants to be left alone. Wick's quest for freedom takes him all across the world, as encounters would-be assassins, busy traffic, and a sadistic French aristocrat.

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0:00.0

In prettiest John Wick films, Keanu Reeves played a retired hitman out for Revenge.

0:09.9

In John Wick chapter 4, he decides to go after the international criminal organization that's

0:14.5

put a price on his head for an even simpler reason.

0:17.4

He wants to be left alone.

0:19.1

His quest for freedom takes him around the world through endless waves of woodbeast assassins,

0:24.3

through busy traffic, up a hell of a lot of sires, and finally to a showdown against a

0:29.0

sadistic French aristocrat.

0:31.5

I'm Aisha Harris.

0:33.0

And I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about John Wick chapter 4 on pop culture

0:36.6

happy hour from NPR.

0:38.3

Here with me and Aisha is writer and critic Walter Chao.

0:41.1

Hey Walter.

0:42.1

Hey good morning everybody.

0:43.1

Good morning to you and making her pop culture happy hour debut is Waelin Wong.

0:47.3

She's co-host of NPR's Daily Economics Podcast, the indicator from planet money heard of it.

0:52.1

Hi Waelin.

0:53.1

Hello, I will serve.

0:54.1

I will be of service.

0:55.4

Yes you will.

0:56.4

Welcome, welcome.

0:57.4

And John Wick chapter 4, Keanu Reeves is back.

0:59.9

Yeah, I think I'm back as the Leconic assassin who's targeted for assassination by the

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