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Jul 11
1h 7m

Episode #410: '40 Acres' with Aisha Harr...

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About this episode

It’s week two of our inadvertent two-week celebration of the post-apocalypse on film. This time around, Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes head up a family fighting to protect their land and their lives from murderously hungry intruders in 40 ACRES. NPR Pop-Culture Happy Hour’s co-host Aisha Harris joins us to discuss this feature debut from RT Thorne.

What’s Good?
Alonso - Making pignoli cookies
Drea - Wedge Live Cat Tour
Aisha - Finally falling for Love Island USA
Kevin - Tinder Box by James Andrew Miller

ITIDIC

  1. John M. Chu to direct Mattel’s Hot Wheels movie
  2. Behind-the-scenes creative meddling on Pixar’s Elio

List of “Down on the Farm” Movie Quiz Movies

Staff Picks
Drea - Sovereign
Alonso - Before We Forget
Aisha - The Annihilation of Fish
Kevin - The Girl with All the Gifts

All of Aisha’s links can be found at AishaHarris.com 

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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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