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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'GLOW' And Lena Waithe

The gang tackles Netflix's new wrestling-themed dramedy, and then Linda Holmes interviews Master Of None costar Lena Waithe onstage in Los Angeles. All that, plus What's Making Us Happy this week.
Alison Brie as Ruth, in the ring on <em>GLOW</em>.

This week's episode of coincides exactly with Netflix's release of , a 10-episode TV series starring Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin and Marc Maron. Presenting a fictionalized history of the late-'80s syndicated TV show , carries the formidable DNA of executive producer Jenji Kohan (, ) and producers Liz, ) and Carly Mensch (, , ).

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