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Will Superhero Movies Go The Way Of Old Westerns?
Western movies once ruled Hollywood the way comic book movies seem to now. NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Brooks Hefner of James Madison University about how Westerns faded from popularity, and whether the same thing will happen to superhero movies.

From India To North Korea, Via Japan: Curry’s Global Journey
From British colonials who fell in love with “curry powder” in India, to Koreans who encountered the taste in Imperial Japan, the story of curry is one of globalization writ on a dish.

‘Gateway To Freedom’: Heroes, Danger And Loss On The Underground Railroad
Historian Eric Foner recently won the American History Book Prize from the New York Historical Society for Gateway to Freedom, about the underground railroad. Originally broadcast Jan. 15, 2015.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Best Bad Movies And A Punishing Quiz
On this week’s show, original PCHH panelist Trey Graham returns to chat about bad movies and to be less humiliated than the rest of us by a quiz about pop culture returns.

Some Relationship Advice From Pope Francis
In his new exhortation, “The Joy of Love,” Francis addresses marriage, sex and love. For a 79-year-old man who has taken a lifelong vow of celibacy, the pontiff has some pretty solid tips.

An Ancient Route Rolls On: Questions For Peter Frankopan, Author Of ‘The Silk Roads’
It’s been centuries since camel caravans crisscrossed Eurasia along the Silk Roads. But historian Peter Frankopan’s new book puts the fabled roads at the center of a new view of world history.

A Family Drama Unfolds Through Shifting Viewpoints In ‘Louder Than Bombs’
Point-of-view is passed like a baton among the tortured main characters in Joachim Trier’s new film. Critic David Edelstein says Louder than Bombs is intimate, touching and “insistently alive.”

Samantha Bee On ‘Full Frontal,’ Feminism And The Freedom Of Her 40s
Since leaving The Daily Show, Bee has been busy with two new TBS shows. “I knew that there was something else that I wanted to do,” she says. “It’s very good for me to be creating my own thing.”

How Janice Min Transformed ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ Into A Glamorous Weekly
And they said print is dead. Janice Min turned around Us Weekly and now The Hollywood Reporter — transforming a trade daily into a glossy magazine relevant to advertisers and the movie community.

Melissa McCarthy Is Very Rich And Very Mean As ‘The Boss’
McCarthy and Kristen Bell can’t quite get the comedic fires going in the story of a super-wealthy woman whose unfortunate assistant winds up embroiled in her evil cookie-making scheme.

A Widower, A House, And A Plot Hammer That Hits A Little Hard
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man who starts literally destroying his surroundings out of grief in Demolition, from director Jean-Marc Vallee.

A Photographer’s Family Left Behind In ‘Louder Than Bombs’
A war photographer’s death leaves behind a family of men battling their own demons in the unusually structured film from Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier.

‘Star Wars’ Alert: The ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Is Here
The first teaser trailer for this year’s Star Wars movie has arrived. The film — set after the end of the prequels, but before the original series — is the first stand-alone movie of the franchise.

Searching For Home, Living For Art In ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’
Tin House editor Rob Spillman’s new memoir chronicles his search for a maybe-nonexistent home across decades and continents. He’s a winning writer despite occasional lapses into artsy self-importance.

A Fond (No, Really!) Farewell To ‘American Idol’
Built on telephone dialing and the sting of a British tongue, American Idol shuffles off this mortal coil on Thursday night, having provided just enough good moments to survive.

AMA Bonus: Jason Jones’ Ballsy Piece For ‘The Daily Show’
The actor and comedian from the new series The Detour and former Daily Show correspondent tells us about how he and then Daily Show host Jon Stewart fought to air a particularly ballsy story.

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In this final round, every answer contains a word that has the same vowel twice in a row. To the clue, “this former Daily Show correspondent hosts her own show on TBS,” you’d answer, “Samantha Bee.”

Jason Jones: Comfy Bunny Hug
Former Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones talks about the birds and the bees on his upcoming TBS series The Detour, and helps translate Canadian sayings into American.

Movie Mistakes
Some moviegoers demystify movie magic by pointing out plot holes. In this game, we read an actual movie mistake posted on IMDB — that’s the Internet Movie DataBase — and you tell us the movie.