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Let's face it, election days, election weeks, election months, they can all be pretty stressful.

And it never hurts to have some emergency distractions on hand if you just need

to shut down for a while. One of our favorites is YouTube. YouTube is a place for the good,

the bad, the bizarrely detailed, and the wildly specialized. And sometimes when you follow your

curiosity, you can wind up in some really interesting places. I'm Stephen Thompson.

And I'm Linda Holmes, and today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're talking about our

YouTube rabbit holes that are great distractions.

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