Today we are tackling two of the most important questions of our time.

Who are our favorite muppets and which muppets do we most identify with?

As they always say, the muppets are the window to the soul.

I'm Aisha Harris and I'm Linda Holmes and in this encore episode of NPR's Pop Culture

Happy Hour, we're talking with our co-host Stephen Thompson and Glenn Weldon about our favorite muppets.

The first thing we are going to do is we are each going to tell you who is our favorite muppet.

And Glenn has promised that his pick is going to just be clearly correct.

Glenn, hit me.

I mean, I'm really looking forward to this discussion because one thing you can say is that

people's opinions about muppets are deeply felt.

Look, the answer is Ralph.

Ralph's the best.

This is known.

It is an unassailable fact.

It has been frequently articulated over the years.

As recently as February of this year, Josh Kurp over at Uperox wrote an article called,

sorry, Kermit, but Ralph is the best muppet of all time.

So I got the receipts and he lists a couple of reasons.

He lists a few.

So he should go read the article, but I'll summarize what he said.

Basically, he's number one, longevity.

Ralph was the first muppet to rise to national prominence.

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