Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': is 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' stuck in nostalgia?

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🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this special episode from our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour, guest host Ayesha Rascoe joins co-hosts Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson as well as NPR contributor Cyrena Touros to talk about the new movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife. They discuss why it's hard to recapture the original Ghostbusters magic and if the latest installment of the franchise added more to its world — or not.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR.
0:03.2	I'm Aisha Roscoe, filling in for Sam Sanders.
0:06.0	And today we're gonna share an episode
0:08.2	from our friends at another NPR show,
0:10.8	Pop Culture Happy Hour.
0:12.9	So this episode is all about the new movie,
0:15.5	Ghostbusters Afterlife.
0:17.2	My friends, Glen Wellden and Steven Thompson,
0:19.6	co-host of Pop Culture Happy Hour,
0:21.8	called me an NPR contributor, Serena Turos,
0:25.0	to talk all about it.
0:26.5	We talk about why it's hard to recapture
0:28.7	the original Ghostbusters magic.
0:31.3	Enjoy.
0:38.0	The Ghostbusters franchise produced two blockbuster movies
0:41.7	in the 80s, as well as a 2016 reboot.
0:45.0	The latest film is called Ghostbusters Afterlife.
0:47.8	It brings together a new generation of Ghostbusters
0:50.4	who discover that they need to pick up
0:52.2	where the old 80s films left off.
0:54.2	I'm Glen Wellden.
0:55.0	And I'm Steven Thompson.
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