Youth
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Youth

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202616 min
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We all love actor/writer Sharon Horgan, and she’s got a new show on HBO called Youth. Horgan stars as Alex, a 50-year-old divorcée who finds herself at several simultaneous personal and professional crossroads. But where does this new show fall in the Horgan canon? Is it essential, or is it more of a vestigial Horgan? Looking for more TV and movies about navigating mid-life? Check out these episodes: ‘The Invite’ is a marriage comedy with sex and heart A twisty scam goes haywire in the fun 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed' In Tina Fey’s ‘The Fou...

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This week on Up First, the midterms less than 15 days away. President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and former President Obama all crisscrossing the country, rallying voters in key races from Michigan to Georgia to North Carolina. Join us every morning as we guide you through the home stretch of this election season

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and bonus episodes for a wide variety of NPR shows. Join us at plus.npr.org. Look, you love Sharon Horgan. We all love actor writer Sharon Horgan. Whether you know her from Catastrophe or Bad Sisters or somewhere else, well, let the word go forth from this time and place. Sharon Horgans got a new show on HBO, it's called Youth. She created it and stars in

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