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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Will they or won't they? Unpacking TV's eternal question

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Pam. Mulder and Scully. Janine and Gregory. Carmy and Sydney. Meredith and McDreamy. You know how it goes: two television characters with obvious chemistry who fight or look at each other longingly. You know that there's only one question: will they, or won't they? Today, we break down the different types of will-they-won't-they couples and discuss some of the best and worst couples in television, including Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Cheers, Grey's Anatomy, Dawson's Creek, and more.

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Prime Minister Norengra Modi is the most powerful man in Indian politics,

0:04.7

but big questions remain about how he's held on to power.

0:08.0

India is really in danger now.

0:11.6

All the democratic structures have been compromised.

0:15.0

Cyberhacking, mass arrest, and what it means for India's democracy on the latest

0:20.2

episode of a Sunday story from NPR's Up First Podcast.

0:24.0

You know how it goes.

0:30.0

Two television characters, obvious chemistry, maybe they look at each other longingly, maybe they fight,

0:36.5

but you know deep down that there's only one question, will they or won't they?

0:42.0

Sometimes you wait a season or two seasons or more than that,

0:46.0

maybe it never happens at all.

0:48.0

And sometimes, honestly, it shouldn't.

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I'm Aisha Harris.

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And I'm Aisha Harris.

0:52.6

And I'm Linda Holmes and today on NPR's pop culture happy hour we're talking about will they or won't they

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