A lot of us have a work self and a real self, but in the fascinating new Apple series

Severance, a group of office workers are experiencing that at a whole other level.

They've undergone brain surgery that completely separates their memories of work from their

memories of their regular lives.

Starring Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, and John Turtural among others, Severance is

a workplace satire, a futuristic thought experiment about identity, and a drama about

the dimensions of grief on Glen Weldom.

And I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about Severance on Pop Culture Happy Hour

from NPR.

Joining us today is Vulture TV critic Roxana Hadadi.

Hello Roxana, welcome back.

Hey guys, thank you.

And also joining us is writer Chris Klimake, Chris.

Good to see you as always.

Very happy to be with you Linda.

So Severance was created by writer Dan Erickson, but the big creative name that's been most

associated with it has been Ben Stiller, who is an executive producer, and the director

of some of the episodes, including the opener in which you kind of learn about this whole

world.

The idea is that this company, which is called Lumen, has employees go through a process

called Severance and Severance is brain surgery.

It makes it so that when you're at work, you don't remember anything about your life outside

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