Who's claiming power this election?

What's happening in battleground states?

And why do we still have the electoral college?

All this month, the ThruLine podcast is asking big questions about our democracy

and going back in time to answer them.

Listen now to the ThruLine podcast from NPR.

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Today on Pop Culture Happy Hour, we've got a little treat for you.

It's an episode of a new NPR podcast called How to Do Everything.

It comes from the same team behind Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR quiz show.

On how to do everything, they talk to actors and writers like Josh Gads, Sir Patrick Stewart, Amy Sedaris.

And in the episode you're about to hear, they talk to Tom Hanks.

But instead of a regular celebrity interview on how to do everything, they ask celebrities how to do absurd but useful things.

So for instance, there's an episode where they ask Moripovich, how to tell someone their fly is undone.

There's one where they ask Nick Offerman, how to cure hiccups.

I would assume he knows. He knows everything.

And in the episode coming up, they ask Tom Hanks how to deal with something Tom Hanks has to deal with all the time. Attention. Celebrities aside, they also help listeners with everyday problems like how to tell if you smell, how to win a mascot race, and how to carry a trapper keeper so you look cool.

I mean, you're always going to look cool.

This is advice we all need, right?

So please enjoy this episode of how to do everything.

It is film festival season, and all reports say that standing ovations are out of control.

The room next door, filmed by Pedro Almodovar, got 18 minutes at Venice last week.

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