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Pop Culture Happy Hour

The White Lotus

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Season three of The White Lotus just wrapped up, but not before serving up a tropical buffet of sex, betrayal, violence, revenge, privilege, incest, drugs, death, and spirituality. We finally found out whose dead body was floating in the pond way back in the season premiere. From creator Mike White, this season stars Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood, Parker Posey, and Lisa of BLACKPINK fame.

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The latest season of The White Lotus just wrapped up, but not before serving up a tropical

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buffet of sex, betrayal, violence, revenge, privilege, incest, drugs, death, and this at least

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was new, spirituality.

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Yes, and in keeping with White Lotus tradition, we finally found out whose dead

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body was floating in the pond way back in the season premiere. I'm Aisha Harris. And I'm Glenn Weldon.

0:45.9

It's just the two of us today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, and we've got so much to talk about.

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So the White Lotus is the creation of Mike White. Y'all know this, and each season has featured egregiously privileged white folk

0:57.0

coming into contact with cultures not their own.

1:00.3

That contact always starts out indirect because the white folk in question are staying at

1:04.9

luxury hotels.

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So there's a buffer.

1:07.2

But before the season is over, the walls of privilege inevitably crumble.

1:12.5

This season was no different. It was set in Thailand. And look, we want to concentrate on the finale, of course,

1:17.1

but there's so much to talk about. I think the best way to handle this season, Aisha, and all the

1:21.3

revelations of the finale, is to tackle each storyline one by one. You up for that? Yeah. Yep.

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Let's do this. Let's do it.

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So we've got to start with Rick and Chelsea, played by Walton Goggins and Amy Lou Wood.

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