Unapologetically basic TV and movies that we love
Pop Culture Happy Hour

Unapologetically basic TV and movies that we love

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 10, 202633 min

When you hear the words “pumpkin spice latte,” maybe you think of fall. But maybe you just think about the pleasures of something unapologetically basic. The same can be said for movies and TV. Today, we are revealing some of the most basic things we really love – including National Treasure, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Dateline NBC, and The People’s Court. Looking for more episodes like this? Check out: We talk pop culture pumpkin spice lattes: they're basic but we love them We debate the best movies to watch on an airplane ...

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This week on Consider This, the researcher who just resigned from anthropic, why he believes AI is a threat to humanity. Very soon, these things are going to be so capable that if they decide to go rogue, it's not going to be good.

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Plus his view of what guardrails could look like. This week on Consider This from NPR. You're listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour, the podcast that keeps you plugged in about the latest and greatest in pop culture. Now, if you're a pop culture enthusiast who is

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not following the show yet, we're recommending you fix that right away by following Pop Culture Happy Hour on your favorite podcast app. I'm defining Basic here as the familiar, right? The comfortable, the mainstream, not in any way challenging or difficult, because you know what this film interrogates? It's

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