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Les Miserables, Now Less Miserably White

Newsflash: brunettes don't count as diversity and period pieces need to do better. Also, we chat with 'Orange Is The New Black' star Lauren Lapkus, dig into the college admission scam and try to make sense of the Britney Spears musical.
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A more inclusive Les Miserables. (BBC One / PBS)

Inspired by the PBS / BBC new adaptation of Les Miserables, we're talking about why your favorite period dramas are likely wildly inaccurate.

We're also chatting with comedian and Orange Is The New Black star Laura Lapkus...

...walking you through the bonkers AF plot of the new Britney Spears musical...

https://www.kqed.org/pop/110336/britney-spears-musical-features-princesses-reading-the-feminine-mystique-no-joke

...digging into the college admission scam that sent Felicity Huffman, Aunt Becky from Full House and dozens of other rich people to prison...

...and celebrating the return of Dido.

Listen to hear all about it:

Les Miserables, Now Less Miserably White

Les Miserables, Now Less Miserably White

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