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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Station Eleven

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven begins with a highly contagious and deadly virus wiping out 99 percent of humanity. That might not sound like comfort viewing, but hear us out. The show follows many characters as their individual stories intersect — both in the 100 days after the virus hits, and 20 years later, as civilization attempts to rebuild. Based on Emily St. John Mandel's novel, the series stars Himesh Patel, Mackenzie Davis, Gael García Bernal, Danielle Deadwyler, and Lori Petty.

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The HBO Max mini-series station 11 begins with a highly contagious and deadly virus wiping

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out 99% of humanity.

0:13.7

Now that might not sound like comfort viewing, but hear me out.

0:16.4

It's a show about loss and grief, sure, but it's also about resilience, empathy, humor,

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and how difficult it can be to figure out what to keep and what to leave behind as we all

0:26.3

move collectively into an uncertain future.

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I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about station 11 on Pop Culture Happy Hour

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from MPR.

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Joining us today is Ingo Kang.

0:39.4

She's the TV critic at the Washington Post.

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Welcome back Ingo.

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Greetings from the future.

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Absolutely.

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Also with this is writer Katie Presley, Howdy, Katie.

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Howdy.

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Station 11 is based on Emily St. John Mendel's best-selling novel, though showrunner Patrick

0:52.2

Somerville and the writers do make significant changes.

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The net effect is to round down many of the book's sharper edges, its more bleak aspects,

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in favor of mining its humanity and its humor.

1:03.0

Over the show's 10 episodes, we follow several different characters as their individual

1:06.8

stories intersect, both in the 100 days after the virus hits, and 20 years later, as civilization

1:12.4

attempts to rebuild.

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