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The NPR Politics Podcast

Our Favorite Political TV Of 2021

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Miles Parks, Kelsey Snell, and Barbara Sprunt are joined by Aisha Harris of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast to discuss the year in political television.

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting and misinformation.

0:08.8

I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress. And I'm Barbara Sprent, I cover politics.

0:13.0

And spoiler alert, 2021 is almost over and like most of you, we probably are not that

0:18.8

sad to see it go, but there were still some highlights, most of which we did experience

0:25.2

through our screens or our headphones. So, with that in mind, we're going to close

0:29.6

out 2021 by going through our best or most relevant politically adjacent art this year.

0:37.2

Today, we're going to be talking about TV. Tomorrow, we're going to talk about music. And

0:42.0

to do all that, we're partnering up with our dear friends at NPR's pop culture happy

0:46.4

hour. So, everyone, please give a warm welcome to NPR TV expert and critic Aisha Harris.

0:53.0

Hi, Aisha. Hi, thank you for having me. Aisha, we're so glad you're here.

0:56.7

Yeah, I'm excited to talk about political TV. I'm excited to be talking about something

1:03.6

other than Congress. So, I will say before we start a warning for listeners, at the outset,

1:11.6

I cannot promise that we will not spoil any of these television shows for you, but hopefully,

1:16.8

if we do, it will be worth it. And you will enjoy yourself. So, Aisha, why don't you start?

1:22.4

What was your favorite or best political television show for 2021?

1:28.4

For me, there were clearly a lot of contenders because there's a lot of political TV this year.

1:34.8

It shows like the white lotus were just hammering home the politics in the most obvious

1:40.2

of ways to various degrees of effectiveness. But for me, the one that stood out the most was

1:46.8

season three, the final season of pose. Now, what I love about the show pose, and if you're not

1:53.2

familiar with it, just a brief recap or summary of the show is that it's about this collective

2:00.0

of queer people from the bottom seen in the 80s and 90s. They're all black and brown for the most

2:06.4

part. And it's about their family, their chosen family, living with HIV, and also just what it

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