Season 3 of HBO's Succession

Had us all yet again asking ourselves that perennial question.

Why do I love watching this show about terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad people?

We may still not know the answer, but it's been a wild ride with the Roy Dynasty nonetheless.

The Empire has been threatened and is sputtering and these mega-lomaniacs continue to do what

they do best look out for themselves.

I'm Linda Holmes and I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about succession on Popculture

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You've already met Linda Holmes.

Joining us from his home studio is Glenn Weldon of the NPR Culture Desk.

Hello Glenn.

Hey Aisha.

Now there's just one more episode of Season 3 left so we thought we'd check in and assess

how the saga hasn't folded this time around.

You should be for warned that there will be spoilers up through to the pen-ultimate episode

which aired last Sunday.

Yeah, that will.

Yeah, we've got a lot to talk about there.

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