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We launched Pop Culture Happy Hour 15 years ago this summer, and when each of us began, we had a lot of pent-up hot takes.

So we thought we'd play back some of our earliest moments and see how they've held up since.

I'm Linda Holmes.

And I'm Stephen Thompson.

Today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we are breaking open a time capsule to revisit

some of our memorable early moments.

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RWJF is a national philanthropy working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right. Learn more at RWJF.org. Joining us today are our wonderful co-hosts, Aisha Harris. Hey, Ayesha. Hello, Stephen. It is a pleasure. Also, Glenn Weldon.

Hey, Glenn.

Shut up.

Leave me alone.

I'll be in my room.

See, I'm 15.

15 is the joke there. That's the joke I did just then, seconds ago. We are salentines. Love it. This is how this episode is going to play out. for each of us, our producer, Liz Metzger,

found a piece of tape from our first few months on the show.

Then we'll see how that clip has aged. Each of us, our producer, Liz Metzger, found a piece of tape from our first few months on the show.

Then we'll see how that clip has aged. Like this clip from our very first, what's making us happy segment with our pal and founding host, Trey Graham.

I'm really just falling in love seriously for the first time with Netflix instant streaming.

Uh-huh.

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