Thunderbolts*

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Thunderbolts* is the latest Marvel movie and this one's a bit more fun than they've been lately. It stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour and emotionally broken super-people who've done some very bad things. Will they manage to put their guilt aside and come together to form a rag-tag team of losers who somehow manage to save the day?

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0:00.0	On the latest pop culture happy hour bonus episode, we're talking about movie theater etiquette.
0:06.1	Are there rules of etiquette for the movie theater?
0:08.7	What are you nuts?
0:09.5	Of course there are.
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0:13.8	pop culture happy hour plus episodes at plus.npr.org slash happy.
0:26.2	Music dot org slash happy. Thunderbolts is the latest Marvel movie, and this one's a bit more fun than they have been lately.
0:30.9	It stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbor, and others as a bunch of emotionally
0:35.3	broken super people who've done some very bad things.
0:38.5	Will they manage to put their guilt aside and come together to form a rag-tag team of losers
0:43.1	who somehow managed to save the day? Are you seriously asking that question in 2025?
0:48.7	I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about Thunderbolts on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:53.3	Joining me today is Ronald Young Jr.
0:55.3	He's the host of the film and television review podcast leaving the theater.
0:58.9	Hello, Ronald.
0:59.7	Hello, Glenn.
1:00.4	Hello.
1:01.0	Also with us is Daisy Rosario.
1:02.9	She's the senior supervising producer of Audio at Slate, where she works with shows like
1:06.6	death, sex, and money, and I see why am I.
1:09.4	Hey, Daisy.
1:10.2	Hey, Glenn.
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