A stensibly, HBO's The Rehersal is a reality show aimed to help real people practice for

real moments in their real lives.

Host Redder Director Nathan Fielder sets out to have them enact an artificial version

of that life decision and then puts them through every possible permutation attempting

to account for every variable.

That's the idea, anyway, what The Rehersal quickly turns into, however, is something very

different, cringier, darker, and if you're in the right headspace for it, funnier.

I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about The Rehersal on Pop Culture Happy Hour

from NPR.

Joining me today is co-host of NPR's Code Switch podcast, Jean Danby.

Welcome back, Jean.

What's good man?

It's good to be here.

It's great to have you also with us as a Vulture TV critic, Roxana Haddaddy.

Hello, Roxana.

Hello, hello.

And rounding out the panel is Catherine Van Arendonk.

She is also a critic for Vulture in New York magazine who writes about TV and comedy

hey, Catherine.

Hello.

All right, let's do this.

Whatever this is.

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