There have been many Superman's, Supermen, and now after much anticipation, there is another.

And the new Superman movie is pretty great, and it's bringing exactly what we are looking for.

Hope. We'll tell you why on Pop Culture Happy Hour. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

From NPR, WBEC, Chicago, this is, wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR News Quiz.

Des Moines Meet Demand.

I'm Bill Curtis, and here is your host at the Des Moines Civic Center in Des Moines, Iowa.

Peter Segal.

Thank you, Bill.

Thank you, everybody.

It's so great to be back here in Des Moines, especially because, and this is true, all the other times our show has been here has been, of course, during the Iowa presidential caucus in January, and it is amazing to

discover that Iowa exists at other times as well. We thought it was always miserably cold here.

Now we know it's also miserably cold here.

Now we know it's also miserably hot.

Later on, we are going to be talking to Jan Jensen,

the coach of the legendary University of Iowa Women's Basketball Team.

But first, we want to see how you handle the ball, so give us a call. The number is 1-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-2-4. Let's welcome our first list of your contestant. Hi, you're

running. Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me. Hi, my name is Olivia. I'm calling from Pittsburgh,

North Carolina. Hey, Olivia, how are you? And how are things in North Carolina? They're good. They're hot. Um, recently got a lot of

rain, so a little wet, but overall good. What do you do there? Um, I work as an occupational

therapy assistant, and I also work on a horse farm. You do? You work on a horse farm. I do. That's an

awesome thing. What sort of jobs do they have you do on the horse farm? Oh, you know, all the fun stuff, like cleaning up after the horses, feeding them,

giving them in their meds.

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