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Technology speeds our relationships up so quickly that they are over before they begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So instead of just crying myself to sleep while watching \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>, I’ve channeled each of the four girls on the show to teach me ways of coping with my ambiguous loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Emily\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/12/fixing-your-dating-life-with-pretty-little-liars/tumblr_mslxw5n9q61r78fh8o4_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8307\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8307\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250.gif\" alt=\"Pretty Little Liars Emily\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250.gif 245w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mslxw5N9q61r78fh8o4_250-75x75.gif 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look confused. Furrow your eyebrows. Look sad. Look really confused. Spread ointment on your sore shoulder that has become sore because you’ve been rejected without actually being rejected. Be confused. Talk to your platonic male friend. Talk to your other platonic male friend who actually has a creepy thing for you. Talk to your girlfriend. Talk to your friends. Get an ulcer. Don’t talk to your friends. Be the weakest link. Look confused. Look sad. And then swim it off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Aria\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/12/fixing-your-dating-life-with-pretty-little-liars/shayleybitch/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8308\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/shayleybitch.gif\" alt=\"Pretty Little Liars Aria\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pout. Pout in the mirror. Pout into a pillow. Pout while putting on three inch black leather heels. Put on huge dangling earrings. Put on some chunky bracelets and maybe a fringe necklace. Don’t forget copious amounts of lip gloss. Stalk hurriedly out the door. Stare off moodily during class. Look distracted while your friends chatter around you at lunch. Tell them “nothing” when they ask what’s wrong with you. Find your mom and have a heart-to-heart with her and then go pout some more. 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Decide that you can’t take it any more and stomp over to the culprit, either in person or digitally and tell them that you can’t take it anymore. Tell them what you really think. Try to use some big words and do so only slightly off mark. And then just call them a really bad name (or as bad as can be said on ABC Family) like “jerk.” Storm off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Spencer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/12/fixing-your-dating-life-with-pretty-little-liars/tumblr_mqgd5lym7u1rfzqobo8_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8310\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8310\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250.gif\" alt=\"Pretty Little Liars Spencer\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250.gif 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/tumblr_mqgd5lyM7U1rfzqobo8_250-75x75.gif 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drink coffee. Drink another coffee. Google search them. Find them on Facebook and creep on their feeds, but don’t actually friend them. Find them on Twitter. Read every tweet. Find them on Instagram. Be meticulously careful not to accidentally like any of their photos. Talk to friends of their friends. Ambush a co-worker in the parking lot and act surprised and flustered even though you are obviously not. Drink coffee. Randomly see them get in their car one night and follow them as they pick up groceries and drive home. Sit outside their house until the lights turn off. Go home and realize you’ve been acting like a crazy person and find someone new to crush on. Delete or block their profile, message history, phone number, and email address. Realize this is what you should have done all along. Read an interminable Russian novel. Stay up all night. 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Furrow your eyebrows. Look sad. Look really confused. Spread ointment on your sore shoulder that has become sore because you’ve been rejected without actually being rejected. Be confused. Talk to your platonic male friend. Talk to your other platonic male friend who actually has a creepy thing for you. Talk to your girlfriend. Talk to your friends. Get an ulcer. Don’t talk to your friends. Be the weakest link. Look confused. Look sad. And then swim it off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Aria\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/12/fixing-your-dating-life-with-pretty-little-liars/shayleybitch/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8308\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/shayleybitch.gif\" alt=\"Pretty Little Liars Aria\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pout. Pout in the mirror. Pout into a pillow. Pout while putting on three inch black leather heels. Put on huge dangling earrings. Put on some chunky bracelets and maybe a fringe necklace. Don’t forget copious amounts of lip gloss. Stalk hurriedly out the door. Stare off moodily during class. Look distracted while your friends chatter around you at lunch. Tell them “nothing” when they ask what’s wrong with you. Find your mom and have a heart-to-heart with her and then go pout some more. 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Decide that you can’t take it any more and stomp over to the culprit, either in person or digitally and tell them that you can’t take it anymore. Tell them what you really think. Try to use some big words and do so only slightly off mark. 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Drink another coffee. Google search them. Find them on Facebook and creep on their feeds, but don’t actually friend them. Find them on Twitter. Read every tweet. Find them on Instagram. Be meticulously careful not to accidentally like any of their photos. Talk to friends of their friends. Ambush a co-worker in the parking lot and act surprised and flustered even though you are obviously not. Drink coffee. Randomly see them get in their car one night and follow them as they pick up groceries and drive home. Sit outside their house until the lights turn off. Go home and realize you’ve been acting like a crazy person and find someone new to crush on. Delete or block their profile, message history, phone number, and email address. Realize this is what you should have done all along. Read an interminable Russian novel. Stay up all night. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_8281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/11/the-only-3-reasons-you-need-to-watch-drunk-history/bonet/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8281\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-8281\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/bonet.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Bonet as Mary Ellen Pleasant in Drunk History\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/bonet.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/bonet-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Bonet as Mary Ellen Pleasant in \u003cem>Drunk History\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Post by contributor Suzanne Barnecut\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wouldn’t go so far as to say that people always tell the truth when they’re drunk, but certainly there is a candid quality to the narrative of a cocktail-fueled evening. Boisterous and unpredictable, slurred and digressive, these are the words that might describe a rowdy night out with friends -- or an episode of Derek Waters’ \u003cem>Drunk History\u003c/em>. What began as a series of video clips on \u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/drunkhistory\">Funny or Die\u003c/a> has graduated into a weekly half-hour show, currently in its first season on \u003ca href=\"http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/drunk-history\">Comedy Central\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The premise, as Waters explains in \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/arts/television/derek-waters-explains-his-tv-series-drunk-history.html?_r=0\">an interview with \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is that he asks someone to have a few drinks before regaling the camera with a historical tale. Footage of the guest historian (sometimes throwing up, taking their pants off, forgetting what they’re talking about, or just lying on the floor) is interspersed with historical reenactments of the narrative by celebrity actors. The results are some of the funniest things I’ve seen since the fourth season of \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>. It’s the kind of laugh-out-loud funny that smacks of inappropriate, non-condonable behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Drunk History\u003c/em> is probably not for everyone, but here are three reasons why it’s worth a shot (pun intended!):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>The celebrity reenactments\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the video clips that ran on Funny or Die and the episodes on Comedy Central feature A-list comedians and actors. Waters had the idea for the show while talking over drinks with his buddy Jake Johnson (a.k.a. Nick from \u003cem>New Girl\u003c/em>). Their conversation was a recounting of a tale about Otis Redding gone wrong. 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Instead, the ridiculousness of the entire scenario creates -- or recreates, as it were -- a moment in time unlike any other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings me to…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>You might learn something\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However broken the narrative, the stories are true. The show employs a researcher and the inebriated narrators are people who know a lot about their subject matter. The first season on Comedy Central is structured a bit differently from the Funny or Die clips. Instead of presenting a single vignette, current episodes take place in a specific locale and feature multiple narrators telling anecdotes about the place, or about events that occurred in the vicinity. A recent episode took place in San Francisco and featured stories about Patty Hearst’s kidnapping (played by Kristen Wiig), Mark Twain’s unlikely beginning as a writer, and Mary Ellen Pleasant (played by Lisa Bonet), who was an abolitionist and businesswoman in the 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\n\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px\">\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:4px\">\u003ciframe src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:arc:video:comedycentral.com:7c595d18-9379-4285-85d4-af7f612e2c77\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px\">\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"http://www.comedycentral.com\">Comedy Central\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The Boston episode features none other than Winona Ryder as Mary Dyer, a feminist Puritan who rails against the establishment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\n\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px\">\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:4px\">\u003ciframe src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:arc:video:comedycentral.com:cf0bc078-5488-4815-93c3-0041bb7e9d2d\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px\">\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"http://www.comedycentral.com\">Comedy Central\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Need I say more? Winona as a bonnet-wearing Puritan? It might be that my own knowledge of history is sorely lacking (and it is), but many of the tales are among some of the lesser-known pieces to the much larger picture that is our nation’s complex, rich, and storied history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Drunken storytelling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show has a Falstaffian quality. Waters claims the guest historians are only meant to have a buzz, though more frequently than not they’re completely wasted. At times I worry a bit for the narrator, though they always manage (mostly) to pull it together and finish their story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearing a story told aloud breathes new life into an old tale. The language is alive and shifting, and the nice thing about inebriation, in this context, is that the narrators seem less able to remain politically correct, or to sidestep the dark underbelly of truth. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/fall/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8122\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8122\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg\" alt=\"fall\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a deep breath. Fall is finally here (technically...everyone knows summer is just starting in SF) and that means all the good cultural stuff is about to happen. No more staring slack-jawed at the worthless Hulu options. No more summer disaster movies to avoid. No, now is the time for the GOOD things. The things their creators hope will win awards. We here at KQED Pop couldn't be more excited. Here are our picks for what you should watch, read and listen to this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lizzyacker/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzy Acker'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/square_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8112\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8112 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"square_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>MaddAddam\u003c/em>, written by Margaret Atwood\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/preview\">\u003cimg src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2013/08/29/artspreviewfall2013inset.png\" alt=\"Get all our critics' fall picks\">\u003c/a>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 3, 2013\u003cbr>\nI've loved Margaret Atwood's version of the future since I first got my hands on \u003cem>Handmaid's Tale\u003c/em> sometime inappropriate like sixth grade. Since then, I've been down with everything she writes. Even the books that don't blow my mind and change my world (\u003cem>The Robber Bride,\u003c/em> for example), keep me engaged the whole way through, which seems like a tall order sometimes. Her most recent trilogy, consisting of \u003cem>Oryx and Crake \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Year of the Flood\u003c/em> and the new and wonderful \u003cem>MaddAddam,\u003c/em> is some of her best work. The books have everything: pre- and post-apocalypse America, romance, strange hybrid animals, religious sects, sex. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of \u003cem>MaddAddam \u003c/em>and truly the only negative thing I can say about it is that it ended too soon and I read it too quickly and, as a result, I was really sad for about a day and a half. Dear Margaret Atwood: WRITE MORE BOOKS. Your humble servant, Lizzy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/28007224_be_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8114\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8114 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"28007224_BE_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Four of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premiers on September 8, 2013 at 9pm on HBO\u003cbr>\nI guess I've been slowly infected by \u003cem>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/em> until it has become one of my favorite shows on TV (okay, on my laptop). Why is the gangland drama of Prohibition in New Jersey so intriguing? It's some magical mix of characters, writing, authenticity, beauty and tragedy that just works, season after watch-us-kill-your-favorite-character season. Fingers crossed the guy with half a face makes it out alive in Season Four, because he is one of the best bad/good guys HBO has ever dreamed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ge7MGTo6XVE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/21dd905b/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8115\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8115 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg\" alt=\"21dd905b\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-32x32.jpeg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-64x64.jpeg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-96x96.jpeg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-128x128.jpeg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Chvrches\u003cem>: The Bones of What You Believe\u003c/em> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 24, 2013\u003cbr>\nI'm going to be honest, I have no idea what \"The Mother We Share\" is about. But I also FEEL like I actually do know what it's about. Lines like \"If I told the truth, I would always be free\" and \"When it all f***s up, you put your head in my hand/It's a souvenir for when you go\" are very true, in the poetic sense of the word. So I'm pretty excited for Chvrches full-length album, coming out right before I turn 31, at a time when I will need some weepy emo truth to keep me going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/_mTRvJ9fugM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8116\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8116 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Three of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Homeland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premieres on September 29, 2013 at 9pm on Showtime\u003cbr>\nCarrie on \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em> is, of all the characters on all the TV shows ever created, the character I feel most connected to, which is insane because the only real thing we share is our gender and our general age and race. However, Claire Danes has taken playing a emotionally unstable CIA agent to a transcendent level. My hopes for Season Three are so high, I almost don't want to watch it. But then again, I am so excited for it to start I can barely breathe. More crying! More Brody! More of his daughter, taking being the teenage daughter of a war hero/terrorist to the next level!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/iXOUIsu-E0Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/her_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8117\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8117 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"Her_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Her\u003c/em>, directed by Spike Jonze\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: December 18, 2013\u003cbr>\nIn the future, we will all fall in love with our phones because they will be programmed to be our perfect soul mate. This seems totally possible to me because what is harder and more important and more elusive than true love? Wouldn't you pay for it? I would. Luckily for humanity, Spike Jonze, creator of two of the Best Movies of All Time (\u003cem>Being John Malkovich\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Adaptation\u003c/em>) is tackling the subject early. I cannot wait so much, I am thinking of camping out in front of the theater and dressing up like a cellphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/rS8zOLOcPMQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/emmanuelhapsis/\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Hapsis'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/counselor-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8119\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8119 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg\" alt=\"counselor-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Counselor\u003c/em>, directed by Ridley Scott\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: October 25, 2013\u003cbr>\nThis movie should have just been called An Embarrassment of Riches, for its subject matter (luxury sponsored by drug trafficking!) and the talent behind the project. Penelope Cruz would have been enough, but, on top of that, there's Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. And it's written by Cormac McCarthy! And directed by the man responsible for \u003cem>Blade Runner\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Legend\u003c/em>, Ridley Scott! Not sold yet? There are explosions and a pet cheetah. See you at the theater on October 25, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/AxeIeDBomrU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/barwick/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8120\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8120 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg\" alt=\"barwick\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Julianna Barwick: \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's already out! Lucky you!\u003cbr>\nSome songs take you back to places you know: your childhood bedroom or the roof where you shared your first kiss. And other songs take you somewhere you've never been. Julianna Barwick accomplishes the latter with minimalistic music composed almost entirely by layering her own voice. The songs usually lack actual words, but manage to evoke an emotional landscape. I listen to her music every time I'm on a plane to escape the claustrophobia and am taken from cramped middle seat arm wrest wars to anywhere else: wind-lashed tundras, fog-filled forests, haunted convents, and underwater havens. Her latest album \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em> is named after a drug mentioned in \u003cem>The Odyssey\u003c/em> that served as a remedy for grief, a way to forget sorrow. That's not too surprising since that's exactly what her music can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/cTuxswB_Rew\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/crazy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8129\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8129\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg\" alt=\"crazy\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg 144w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Premieres on September 26, 2013 at 9pm on CBS\u003cbr>\nFall TV is a battlefield. Tons of brand new shows asking you to love them. Sometimes things click and you do fall in love, only to have the network axe it (R.I.P. \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em>), so it's understandable to not want to put yourself out there again. But that's no way to live! Onward into the arms of Robin Williams (San Francisco native!) and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In \u003cem>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>, they play a father-daughter duo who work at a struggling advertising agency. If your debt to Mrs. Doubtfire and Buffy isn't enough to check out the pilot trailer, then a guest spot by Kelly Clarkson certainly is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Qz-8JoUQzE0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/lorde-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8121\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-8121 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg\" alt=\"lorde-2\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Lorde: \u003cem>Pure Heroine\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>September 26, 2013\u003cbr>\nFeeling disillusioned by the recycled uninspired pop music you're hearing on the radio? Fear not; Ella Yelich-O’Connor a.k.a. Lorde is here to rescue your eardrums! The 16-year-old (yep, feel old) New Zealand native was discovered at the age of 13 and has been writing and making music ever since. With only an EP out there, she has already made an impact: she's the first woman to top the Billboard Alternative Songs chart since Tracy Bonham in 1996 (which happens to be the year she was born). Her full-length \u003cem>Pure Heroine\u003c/em> is out on Septmeber 26, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/D8Ymd-OCucs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/whatever/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8130\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8130\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever.jpg\" alt=\"whatever\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever.jpg 144w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Whatever this is.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New episodes are on their way!\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/02/seven-web-series-you-should-get-into/\">We've written about web series before\u003c/a>, the art form that allows storytellers to do exactly what they want to do without the constraints of being under a big network's thumb. \u003cem>The Outs\u003c/em>, Adam Goldman's story of two 20-something gay men dealing with the aftermath of a messy breakup, accomplished the sort of impact most shows strive for over many years on air in just six episodes. Despite the selfish desire for the storyline to continue, the ending felt right, like going out on top. Thankfully, Goldman didn't make us wait too long before coming up with a new idea in the form of \u003cem>Whatever this is\u003c/em>. The show follows a team of production assistants as they try to pay the rent with their souls intact. The premise is reminiscent of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-party-down-reunion/\">Party Down\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, in that they tackle a new gig each episode. If you're gonna borrow, \u003cem>Party Down\u003c/em> is a great place to start. \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/71362753\">Check out the first episode\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/AwA4szT2SyY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/fall/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8122\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8122\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg\" alt=\"fall\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a deep breath. Fall is finally here (technically...everyone knows summer is just starting in SF) and that means all the good cultural stuff is about to happen. No more staring slack-jawed at the worthless Hulu options. No more summer disaster movies to avoid. No, now is the time for the GOOD things. The things their creators hope will win awards. We here at KQED Pop couldn't be more excited. Here are our picks for what you should watch, read and listen to this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lizzyacker/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzy Acker'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/square_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8112\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8112 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"square_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>MaddAddam\u003c/em>, written by Margaret Atwood\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/preview\">\u003cimg src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2013/08/29/artspreviewfall2013inset.png\" alt=\"Get all our critics' fall picks\">\u003c/a>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 3, 2013\u003cbr>\nI've loved Margaret Atwood's version of the future since I first got my hands on \u003cem>Handmaid's Tale\u003c/em> sometime inappropriate like sixth grade. Since then, I've been down with everything she writes. Even the books that don't blow my mind and change my world (\u003cem>The Robber Bride,\u003c/em> for example), keep me engaged the whole way through, which seems like a tall order sometimes. Her most recent trilogy, consisting of \u003cem>Oryx and Crake \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Year of the Flood\u003c/em> and the new and wonderful \u003cem>MaddAddam,\u003c/em> is some of her best work. The books have everything: pre- and post-apocalypse America, romance, strange hybrid animals, religious sects, sex. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of \u003cem>MaddAddam \u003c/em>and truly the only negative thing I can say about it is that it ended too soon and I read it too quickly and, as a result, I was really sad for about a day and a half. Dear Margaret Atwood: WRITE MORE BOOKS. Your humble servant, Lizzy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/28007224_be_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8114\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8114 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"28007224_BE_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Four of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premiers on September 8, 2013 at 9pm on HBO\u003cbr>\nI guess I've been slowly infected by \u003cem>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/em> until it has become one of my favorite shows on TV (okay, on my laptop). Why is the gangland drama of Prohibition in New Jersey so intriguing? It's some magical mix of characters, writing, authenticity, beauty and tragedy that just works, season after watch-us-kill-your-favorite-character season. Fingers crossed the guy with half a face makes it out alive in Season Four, because he is one of the best bad/good guys HBO has ever dreamed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ge7MGTo6XVE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/21dd905b/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8115\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8115 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg\" alt=\"21dd905b\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-32x32.jpeg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-64x64.jpeg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-96x96.jpeg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-128x128.jpeg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Chvrches\u003cem>: The Bones of What You Believe\u003c/em> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 24, 2013\u003cbr>\nI'm going to be honest, I have no idea what \"The Mother We Share\" is about. But I also FEEL like I actually do know what it's about. Lines like \"If I told the truth, I would always be free\" and \"When it all f***s up, you put your head in my hand/It's a souvenir for when you go\" are very true, in the poetic sense of the word. So I'm pretty excited for Chvrches full-length album, coming out right before I turn 31, at a time when I will need some weepy emo truth to keep me going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/_mTRvJ9fugM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8116\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8116 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Three of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Homeland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premieres on September 29, 2013 at 9pm on Showtime\u003cbr>\nCarrie on \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em> is, of all the characters on all the TV shows ever created, the character I feel most connected to, which is insane because the only real thing we share is our gender and our general age and race. However, Claire Danes has taken playing a emotionally unstable CIA agent to a transcendent level. My hopes for Season Three are so high, I almost don't want to watch it. But then again, I am so excited for it to start I can barely breathe. More crying! More Brody! More of his daughter, taking being the teenage daughter of a war hero/terrorist to the next level!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/iXOUIsu-E0Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/her_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8117\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8117 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"Her_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Her\u003c/em>, directed by Spike Jonze\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: December 18, 2013\u003cbr>\nIn the future, we will all fall in love with our phones because they will be programmed to be our perfect soul mate. This seems totally possible to me because what is harder and more important and more elusive than true love? Wouldn't you pay for it? I would. Luckily for humanity, Spike Jonze, creator of two of the Best Movies of All Time (\u003cem>Being John Malkovich\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Adaptation\u003c/em>) is tackling the subject early. I cannot wait so much, I am thinking of camping out in front of the theater and dressing up like a cellphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/rS8zOLOcPMQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/emmanuelhapsis/\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Hapsis'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/counselor-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8119\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8119 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg\" alt=\"counselor-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Counselor\u003c/em>, directed by Ridley Scott\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: October 25, 2013\u003cbr>\nThis movie should have just been called An Embarrassment of Riches, for its subject matter (luxury sponsored by drug trafficking!) and the talent behind the project. Penelope Cruz would have been enough, but, on top of that, there's Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. And it's written by Cormac McCarthy! And directed by the man responsible for \u003cem>Blade Runner\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Legend\u003c/em>, Ridley Scott! Not sold yet? There are explosions and a pet cheetah. See you at the theater on October 25, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/AxeIeDBomrU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/barwick/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8120\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8120 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg\" alt=\"barwick\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Julianna Barwick: \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's already out! Lucky you!\u003cbr>\nSome songs take you back to places you know: your childhood bedroom or the roof where you shared your first kiss. And other songs take you somewhere you've never been. Julianna Barwick accomplishes the latter with minimalistic music composed almost entirely by layering her own voice. The songs usually lack actual words, but manage to evoke an emotional landscape. I listen to her music every time I'm on a plane to escape the claustrophobia and am taken from cramped middle seat arm wrest wars to anywhere else: wind-lashed tundras, fog-filled forests, haunted convents, and underwater havens. Her latest album \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em> is named after a drug mentioned in \u003cem>The Odyssey\u003c/em> that served as a remedy for grief, a way to forget sorrow. That's not too surprising since that's exactly what her music can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/cTuxswB_Rew\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/crazy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8129\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8129\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg\" alt=\"crazy\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg 144w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Premieres on September 26, 2013 at 9pm on CBS\u003cbr>\nFall TV is a battlefield. Tons of brand new shows asking you to love them. Sometimes things click and you do fall in love, only to have the network axe it (R.I.P. \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em>), so it's understandable to not want to put yourself out there again. But that's no way to live! Onward into the arms of Robin Williams (San Francisco native!) and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In \u003cem>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>, they play a father-daughter duo who work at a struggling advertising agency. If your debt to Mrs. Doubtfire and Buffy isn't enough to check out the pilot trailer, then a guest spot by Kelly Clarkson certainly is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Qz-8JoUQzE0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/lorde-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8121\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-8121 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg\" alt=\"lorde-2\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Lorde: \u003cem>Pure Heroine\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>September 26, 2013\u003cbr>\nFeeling disillusioned by the recycled uninspired pop music you're hearing on the radio? Fear not; Ella Yelich-O’Connor a.k.a. Lorde is here to rescue your eardrums! The 16-year-old (yep, feel old) New Zealand native was discovered at the age of 13 and has been writing and making music ever since. With only an EP out there, she has already made an impact: she's the first woman to top the Billboard Alternative Songs chart since Tracy Bonham in 1996 (which happens to be the year she was born). 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/26/miley-cyrus-does-her-best-miley-cyrus-impression-everyone-freaks-out/miley-lg2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7861\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7861\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/miley-lg2.jpg\" alt=\"miley-lg2\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/miley-lg2.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/miley-lg2-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miley Cyrus at the VMAs/Jeff Kravitz for Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last night there was an awards show in Brooklyn. Depending on who you talk to, there were some shocking aspects to this show. If you ask my uncle, it was probably the very existence of Barclays Center destroying the romance/character/life/parking of Brooklyn. If you ask anyone else, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1713017/miley-cyrus-robin-thicke-vma-twerk.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\">it was Miley Cyrus, being as Miley as she could be\u003c/a>, dancing around in a teddy bear swimsuit, sticking her tongue out and humping stuff, on live-ish television, for us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reaction to her hypersexualized dance/sing-a-long to her own song was not exactly mixed. People either hated it because \u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/jody-rosen-miley-cyrus-vmas-minstrel.html\" target=\"_blank\">it was \"racist,\"\u003c/a> hated it because it was \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-gets-embarrassingly-raunchy-vmas-8C10996038\" target=\"_blank\">\"embarrassingly raunchy\"\u003c/a> or hated it just because it was \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/mika-brzezinski-pathetic-disgusting-miley-cyrus-has-an-eatin\" target=\"_blank\">\"disgusting.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dear internet: get over it and accept that Miley Cyrus just won the VMAs. Sure her singing was a little terrible but I mean, so was Robin Thicke's, the man who is technically old enough to be Miley's dad and didn't seem to have a problem with her doing her whole imitation-of-sexy-by-a-little-girl-who-watches-too-much-TV thing all over him. And just as no one was too bothered by Robin Thicke and his group of sexy girl back-up dancers and the fact that he was clearly down with Miley touching his swimsuit area with a large We're #1 hand, no one is freaking out about 2 Chainz, later in the same number, also having anonymous lady back dancers doing sexy moves. So it appears that the only person at the MTV Music Video Awards who isn't allowed to objectify women is Miley Cyrus. Does this seem unfair to you? It seems unfair to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First: everything she sees in pop culture tells her that to be successful, and by successful I mean REALLY successful, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/07FYdnEawAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Timberlake\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/URO2VlLpZ5c\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Wayne\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/Oz_-VaTHpc8\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Z\u003c/a> successful, she needs to make women sex objects in her videos. That's \u003ca href=\"http://www.ehow.com/how_5497512_become-music-video-girl.html\" target=\"_blank\">pretty much what music videos are about\u003c/a> (and this was the Music Video Awards, right?). And she wants to be that kind of successful because \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/QYjl7e0qnhQ\" target=\"_blank\">she grew up on the Disney Channel\u003c/a> with a dad who sang \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/byQIPdHMpjc\" target=\"_blank\">\"Achy Breaky Heart\"\u003c/a> (lots o' nice-looking country ladies in that video by the way) and it's pretty likely that the only way she measures her self-worth is by retweets, YouTube views and record sales. So if the boys are allowed to take this path to super-fame, why isn't she?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Answer: because she's a girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Miley doesn't care about all that. Instead she cares about getting your attention, which she did last night, in a way that would \u003ca href=\"http://www.virginmedia.com/images/britney-madonna-kiss-gal-mtv.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">make Madonna proud\u003c/a>, by acting like both the objectifier man and the sexy object girl. Not only that, she got the exact reaction she wanted under her own terms, unlike previous VMA winners \"I'm-gonna-let-you-finish\" West and \"Sad-little-girl\" Swift, who got their VMA glory/opposite of glory due to alcohol consumption and Beyoncé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So as much as I wish women weren't treated like disposable blow-up dolls in a lot of our culture and as much as I wish Miley would have sounded better, I approve of her glass ceiling breaking because in my heart I have always thought girls should be able to do anything boys can do, even if that thing is objectifying women on live TV. And if people are shocked about this, then maybe it will make them think about why, for at least a second. Why they aren't shocked by the hypersexualization of young girls whose names they don't know, who weren't once Disney princesses and who aren't in control of their own image, on TV, in ads and as back-up dancers. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/21/let-miley-dance-jezebel-and-their-cultural-appropriation-problem/\" target=\"_blank\">As I've said before\u003c/a>, Miley isn't the problem. If anything, she might be the one pointing the problem out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, I'm sure she doesn't care. As she says: \"it's our party/we can do what we want.\" Right now, we are all just guests at Miley's party.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/23/5-reasons-why-adapting-reality-bites-is-a-terrible-idea-winona-ryder-ben-stiller/rb2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7803\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7803\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/rb2.jpg\" alt=\"rb2\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/rb2.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/rb2-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winona's expression says it all\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The past 24 hours have been a bit rough. First, it was announced that Ben Affleck is set to become the next Batman (\u003ca href=\"http://31.media.tumblr.com/6037593ab86cf7aec687414c28d72016/tumblr_mksmx79guI1s34g32o1_400.gif\">him?\u003c/a>). And now this: Ben Stiller is plotting to \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/23/reality-bites-set-for-tv-remake\">adapt \u003cem>Reality Bites\u003c/em> for television\u003c/a>. Is the name Ben cursed? Is it April 1st? Are these two developments the beginning of a \u003cem>10 Commandments\u003c/em>-style series of plagues? Is nothing sacred?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we all freak out and break our computer screens and head into the deserts and forests to form communes, let's take a breath and remember that this happened last year when Bravo planned on ruining another perfect Winona Ryder film \u003cem>Heathers\u003c/em> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/theres-not-going-to-be-a-tv-adaptation-of-heathers-any-time-soon\">destiny was benevolent enough to destroy their evil scheme\u003c/a>. So there is hope that Ben Stiller and his minions will mess up or just forget that they promised to ransack our memories. But the question remains: When did Hollywood get so lazy? Grave robbing is not creativity! Let our sacred texts and mummies rest in impenetrable, climate-controlled display cases!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are just a few reasons why \u003cem>Reality Bites\u003c/em> should be left alone (I would write out the full list of reasons, but I have somewhere to be this holiday season).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1. Recasting Winona Ryder (and Everyone Else) Is Impossible.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/23/5-reasons-why-adapting-reality-bites-is-a-terrible-idea-winona-ryder-ben-stiller/tumblr_mnf6qgo0xu1qi9dhho1_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7800\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7800\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250.gif 245w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mnf6qgo0XU1qi9dhho1_250-75x75.gif 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/23/reality-bites-set-for-tv-remake\">According the \u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \"With Ryder herself now 41, the role is likely to be recast.\" First off, \u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnjql7m1vi1qafrh6.gif\">how rude\u003c/a>! Have they not seen her lately? She is \u003ca href=\"http://intothegloss.com/2013/05/winona-ryder-looks-just-as-good-as-ever-may-interview-magazine/\">an ageless goddess\u003c/a>. But really, who are they going to find to have a meltdown over the definition of irony as convincingly as Wino? Selena Gomez? I \u003cem>can\u003c/em> believe it's not butter and I'm not happy about it. Same goes for recasting Ethan Hawke and Janeane Garofalo. Those actors inhabited their characters so thoroughly that I still think of Janeane keeping a diary next to her bed that harbors the names of all her sexual conquests and Ethan stealing Snickers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. Insanity is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over and Expecting Different Results.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/23/5-reasons-why-adapting-reality-bites-is-a-terrible-idea-winona-ryder-ben-stiller/tumblr_lygpmoirwr1ro944ao1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7801\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7801\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_lygpmoiRwR1ro944ao1_400.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_lygpmoiRwR1ro944ao1_400\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering Ben Stiller directed and starred in the original, shouldn't he know how this is going to play out? His well-meaning-but-mercilessly-square character takes Lelaina's artistic documentary and turns it into an embarrassing, shallow reality show. And then he is humiliated and broken up with and judged for eternity. Apparently, once wasn't enough. In case he didn't receive the message clearly enough when Troy let him have it, here it is again: you have indeed stepped over some line in the sands of coolness with us and no there is no secret handshake, just an IQ prerequisite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. What Else Is There To Say?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/23/5-reasons-why-adapting-reality-bites-is-a-terrible-idea-winona-ryder-ben-stiller/tumblr_m8u25rsasx1qdoy3ao1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7799\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7799\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_m8u25rSasx1qdoy3ao1_500.gif\" alt=\"reality bites chokers\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Reality Bites\u003c/em> already summed up the clumsy post-college existential crisis. One would hope that Ben Stiller and co. have fresh ideas and new insights into this growing pain stage, but let's be real: if they did, wouldn't they just come up with a brand new idea? Picture the risk: Lelaina and her friends just graduated from NYU and are now slumming it in Brooklyn or Queens and Vickie is folding clothes at American Apparel instead of the Gap and Michael says hashtag in real life and Lelaina wallows at home watching Netflix instead of talking on the phone to a psychic with a Southern accent. This is assuming the adaptors plan on updating the narrative to present day. If they intend to keep it in the '90s, that's its own problem and will basically be what Vickie feared her funeral would be like: everyone wearing halter tops or chokers or some shit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4. Broadening Its Appeal Means Killing It Dead.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FIbPJx7HJ4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it was released in 1994, \u003cem>Reality Bites\u003c/em> wasn't exactly a smash hit. It was only afterwards that the movie found its audience and reached cult status. Word is that this TV adaptation is meant for NBC (where good shows are murdered every year). The very idea of moving something from the silver screen to the smaller one involves turning the product into something more mainstream or relatable by softening its eccentricities, i.e. the very things that make the product worth revisiting. Lest we forget the TV adaptation of \u003cem>Clueless\u003c/em>! 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Those actors inhabited their characters so thoroughly that I still think of Janeane keeping a diary next to her bed that harbors the names of all her sexual conquests and Ethan stealing Snickers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. Insanity is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over and Expecting Different Results.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/23/5-reasons-why-adapting-reality-bites-is-a-terrible-idea-winona-ryder-ben-stiller/tumblr_lygpmoirwr1ro944ao1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7801\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7801\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_lygpmoiRwR1ro944ao1_400.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_lygpmoiRwR1ro944ao1_400\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering Ben Stiller directed and starred in the original, shouldn't he know how this is going to play out? His well-meaning-but-mercilessly-square character takes Lelaina's artistic documentary and turns it into an embarrassing, shallow reality show. And then he is humiliated and broken up with and judged for eternity. Apparently, once wasn't enough. In case he didn't receive the message clearly enough when Troy let him have it, here it is again: you have indeed stepped over some line in the sands of coolness with us and no there is no secret handshake, just an IQ prerequisite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. 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Everyone I’ve spoken to about the show, \u003ca href=\"http://www.avclub.com/articles/why-the-end-of-breaking-bad-doesnt-and-does-matter,101411/\">every\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.avclub.com/articles/how-breaking-bad-broke-free-of-the-clockworkuniver,101278/\">blog\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-08/entertainment/41193205_1_creator-vince-gilligan-breaking-bad-walter-white\">post\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2012/08/27/120827crte_television_nussbaum\">article\u003c/a> I read, and everyone I follow on Twitter, have a certain collective understanding about how the show will end. It will be grim. There will be justice for protagonist-turned-antagonist Walter White, but it will come at the expense of innocents. We’re happy with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think we’ve all come to this conclusion in part because we’re rooting for the show to be great—something else that’s unique about \u003cem>Breaking Bad.\u003c/em> I loved the first season of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, thought it faltered a little in the second and third seasons, became amazing again, and by last season, I was happy to write about it \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/08/mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not/\">for this site\u003c/a> in a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/20/mad-men-is-it-time-to-give-up-on-don-drapers-soul/\">glibly ambivalent manner\u003c/a>. I have no idea how \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> will end, just as I was in a great deal of suspense with how \u003cem>The Wire\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Sopranos\u003c/em> would end, but I feel like I was more open to the idea of those shows failing me than I am about this one doing the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe we root for the show so hard because, in a lot of ways, it’s not really as great as \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> or \u003cem>The Wire\u003c/em> or \u003cem>The Sopranos.\u003c/em> With the exception of the pilot episode—which, unlike those of many great shows, is perfect and gives an ideal preview of what’s to come—much of the first season of \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>, if I recall correctly, focuses on Walt lurching around suffering from cancer and berating his young partner Jesse Pinkman, having just enough close calls to keep the viewer going for another episode. The humor isn’t great early on, especially before the introduction of Bob Odenkirk’s flamboyantly smarmy lawyer character, Saul Goodman. Walter’s wife, Skyler, takes a long time to develop as a character. The first drug dealer Walter squares off with, Tuco, is ridículo. We tell people, “You have to watch \u003cem>Breaking Bad!\u003c/em>” all the time, but to ask somebody to watch seven hours of something that isn’t great yet is pretty absurd, more absurd even than saying, “The first 70 pages of the novel are a little slow, but it really gets going later.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not a big sports guy, and I’ve tried to be, but I understand the joy of rooting for a team in great moments. My parents met in Boston, and I was with them when the Red Sox won their first World Series in three millions years. My undergrad school’s basketball team gained “Cinderella” status and went to the Final Four just after I graduated. I was here for the sweep. \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em> is kind of like Giants baseball: sometimes you’re excited or vindicated, but mostly you’re just tortured. Like sports fans, my fellow bloggers and I root for \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em> to turn out to be as good as \u003cem>Hamlet\u003c/em> and \u003cem>A Good Man Is Hard to Find\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Sopranos\u003c/em> all rolled into one, as though our conscious extreme liking of it will actually make it better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watching last night’s episode, as is almost always the case, I felt a great deal of joy at watching the grim events unfold, despite that nothing truly unexpected happened. The episode begins with further hints of Walter’s inevitable dramatic fall—he tours his old house, now deserted, with his crime name, “HEISENBERG” spray-painted across a wall and kids shooting rad skateboarding videos in his pool. Hanging around an abandoned building with skateboarders, growing a beard, wearing big glasses—the true tragedy, apparently, is that Walt becomes a hipster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colors are important on \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>, and when we first see Walter and Skyler at their front of a carwash, they are both wearing all white, confident they have blanched their past. Walter’s D.E.A. agent brother-in-law, Hank, gets a lot of screen time in this episode, because he is dealing with having just finally discovered Walter’s criminality. Walter is still the most compelling character, though—the Walter of the second half of Season 5 is a nauseating mixture of the smug imperialist of the first half of the season and the scrambling liar of the first four seasons: he’s on top, but he’s caught. Jesse does not show up for the first nineteen minutes, but in the end he has a meltdown that I think will go down as one of the great Jesse Pinkman meltdowns—he drives around a bad neighborhood tossing his ill-begotten money at houses and crying, like a low-rent version of the guy from \u003cem>You Shall Know Our Velocity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, Hank confronts Walt—something the show has been building up to since the first episode. Walter in messianic white stands across from Hank in red polo and blue jeans, two bald pawns who can neither move forward nor attack (wait, I thought I was doing sports metaphors) and the light from a window in Hank’s garage shines down on them, and Walter’s doom feels closer and closer, and I feel great about rooting for this show, about sitting through the boring or cumbersome parts, about hectoring people into watching it. It is all worth it and I cannot wait until next week.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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This Cosmos will have modern animation and special effects\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>At first, I was skeptical about the decision to incorporate cartoon representations of history, but then I realized that the right animations decrease the likelihood of awkward over-dramatized historical re-enactments. Computer graphics lacking taste (this will air on Fox, after all) would weaken the content of the show. However, as we established in the 1\u003csup>st\u003c/sup> point, the show is in good hands. And let’s face it people, space on TV is best done with hurtling objects and (tasteful) big explosions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>4. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a genius.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> I really really think you would be hard pressed to find anybody in this world smarter than this man. In fact, when Carl Sagan discovered that Tyson had applied to Cornell for his undergraduate degree, Sagan began an aggressive campaign to convince Tyson to attend the university. Ultimately, Tyson chose to attend Harvard, and then went on to become one of the most respected and renowned scientists in the world. But now that he’s hosting \u003cem>Cosmos\u003c/em>, I think we can probably call it square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>5. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a champion ballroom dancer. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Without having done sufficient research to make this claim, I will tell you there are very few, if any, scientists who have won gold at a Latin Ballroom competition. Ladies and gentleman, this dude can \u003cem>dance\u003c/em>. See proof below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/6vdLM5gMJN0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>6. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Spoiler alert: This piece contains spoilers about the movie \u003cem>Catfish \u003c/em>and also \u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show\u003c/em>. Read at your own risk!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7393\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/catfishlogo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7393\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7393\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/catfishlogo-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Image via MTV.com\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via MTV.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the early days of the internet, when AOL start-up CDs arrived in the mail with regularity, we were all too aware of the dangers of online strangers. Even in those old AOL chat room when someone asked, \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%2Fs%2Fl\" target=\"_blank\">A/S/L\u003c/a>?,\" one could never truly trust the results. But as time marched on and people loosened up, we all began routinely engaging with strangers. By now I think it's safe to say that it's not even a little bit weird to meet people online and then have them in your reality. We all love the internet, and we use to not just to read the news and watch YouTube, but to find true love. For some, that means braving the muddy waters of OkCupid or eHarmony, for others it means joining an online gaming community or message board or whatever. It seems like we're all alone, behind our computers, reaching out for attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010, Nev Schulman was the subject of the documentary, \u003cem>Catfish\u003c/em>. The film followed Nev as he uncovered the sad, ugly truth behind his online love, Megan, who turns out to be Angela, a middle-aged wife and mother in rural Michigan living a tough life. It's gut-wrenching to watch as Nev confronts Angela to get answers on why she lied, gut-wrenching and absolutely fascinating. After the docudrama was released, Nev allegedly began receiving emails from other kids in his predicament, all asking him to help them discover the truth about their online romances. MTV saw dollar signs and \u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show \u003c/em>was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Catfish_film.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"444\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theatrical release poster for Catfish. Image via Wikipedia.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I caught a commercial for \u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show\u003c/em> sometime before Thanksgiving in 2012 and was immediately obsessed. Captivated by the motivation of the \"catfishes,\" I consumed every episode of the first season with zeal. Each episode revealed another incredible (or ridiculous) circumstance where someone had fallen in love online but were really being scammed by a liar. The most unique example of this is the guy in the south who thought the woman he was talking to was trans-- he revealed to his friend that he was cool with it and planned to continue a relationship with her and when she turned out to be a woman he was stunned and forced to face his sexuality head on. It was a real nail biter. It was also really, well, uncomfortable. It's hard to imagine there are so many unique cases of intense, romantic relationships where the people have never met or seen each other in real life. It's harder still to watch someone's heart break on television when they realize they've been had. The reasons people gave for catfishing varied. Unfortunately, many of them had to do with physical appearance, specifically weight issues, or people just \u003cem>wanting\u003c/em> to mess with someone. Sometimes people catfished their own friend, just because they were too shy or scared to be honest about their feelings. All the while, host Nev Schulman and his filmmaker friend Max Joseph are standing by, dishing out Dr. Drew-style advice with hipster-chic intonation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7394\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 281px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/therapy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7394\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7394\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/therapy.jpeg\" alt=\"Nev dishes out advice. 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Is it okay to lie to someone you met online? And are there any exceptions in either case?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the circumstances varied, the end of each episode of Season One had something in common: the catfish acknowledged what they had done and expressed remorse for hurting the other person so deeply. In most cases the apology wasn't enough to save the romance or even form a friendship but the gesture was comforting and appropriate. It worried me how easy it had been for these people to trick the innocent. It was so exploitative and unkind, but I secretly enjoyed the brief journey into the mind of a bully (or a coward, whatever). I also appreciated the fact that this was happening far away from me, in places like Mississippi and Maryland, not in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Two began a few months back and of course I tuned in. I had hoped that it would get even more crazy the second time around but unfortunately, Season One's popularity seems to have poisoned the well a little. In Season Two, each time Nev and Max call the catfish, the person on the other end of the phone is well aware of the show and who they are. From go, Season Two felt less authentic, that is until last week's episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7395\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 264px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/nevmax/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7395\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7395\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/nevmax.jpeg\" alt=\"Nev and Max doing some research. Image via MTV.com\" width=\"264\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nev and Max doing some research. Image via MTV.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last week Nev and Max met a really sweet girl from Iowa named Jennifer. She'd been bullied throughout her adolescence (likely because she was more interesting than her classmates) and used online gaming communities and message boards to find friends all over the world. The internet has served her well so far, so it did seem odd to her that her online friend Skylar, a computer tech student at SF State, refused to video chat with her. Jen starts college at the end of the summer and has really been coming into her own lately. As part of that, she wants to know who she is talking to before she allows her feelings to get too invested romantically. Skylar and Jen talk almost every day and their texts read like a cheesy modern romance novel. She does not come off as naive or stupid, just a nice kid looking for a friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7397\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 274px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/jenhears/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7397\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7397 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/jenhears.jpeg\" alt=\"Jen getting the news that Skylar is phony. Image via MTV.com\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen getting the news that Skylar is phony. Image via MTV.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It takes Nev and Max 10 minutes to discover that Skylar is not who he says he is. They call him on the phone and though he initially resists, Skylar agrees to meet Jen in San Francisco saying he \u003cem>really\u003c/em> wants to meet her in person. It's not shocking that Skylar turns out to be Bryan, an SF State student whose major I didn't catch. It is shocking that Bryan is not the least bit apologetic for the hoax. In fact, he told Max that he had been giving Jen a gift by leading her on and making her feel appreciated. There wasn't much left to say after that. For the first time in my \u003cem>Catfish\u003c/em> viewing history, the catfish-er admitted to having absolutely no emotional or romantic feelings for the catfishee. It was just entertainment for him. He claims he's done it to lots of girls, to \"brush up on his game.\" Personally, I still thinks he needs some work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7396\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 270px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/skylar1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7396\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7396 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Skylar1-300x168.gif\" alt=\"Bryan reveals himself to Jen in SF\" width=\"270\" height=\"151\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan reveals himself to Jen in SF\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That one stung. That episode proved that not only are these people real, they live among us. And with that I deleted my Tinder app, canceled eHarmony and unfriended all strangers. I'm not taking any chances with that kind of humiliation and heartbreak, I'll stick to real life for that mess. Even though it will inevitably be tough to maintain the authenticity and emotion of it's first season, I'll remain loyal to \u003cem>Catfish: the TV Show\u003c/em>. Please don't judge me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show\u003c/em> airs \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtv.com/shows/catfish/series.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesdays at 10pm on MTV\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Spoiler alert: This piece contains spoilers about the movie \u003cem>Catfish \u003c/em>and also \u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show\u003c/em>. Read at your own risk!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7393\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/catfishlogo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7393\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7393\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/catfishlogo-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Image via MTV.com\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via MTV.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the early days of the internet, when AOL start-up CDs arrived in the mail with regularity, we were all too aware of the dangers of online strangers. Even in those old AOL chat room when someone asked, \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%2Fs%2Fl\" target=\"_blank\">A/S/L\u003c/a>?,\" one could never truly trust the results. But as time marched on and people loosened up, we all began routinely engaging with strangers. By now I think it's safe to say that it's not even a little bit weird to meet people online and then have them in your reality. We all love the internet, and we use to not just to read the news and watch YouTube, but to find true love. For some, that means braving the muddy waters of OkCupid or eHarmony, for others it means joining an online gaming community or message board or whatever. It seems like we're all alone, behind our computers, reaching out for attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010, Nev Schulman was the subject of the documentary, \u003cem>Catfish\u003c/em>. The film followed Nev as he uncovered the sad, ugly truth behind his online love, Megan, who turns out to be Angela, a middle-aged wife and mother in rural Michigan living a tough life. It's gut-wrenching to watch as Nev confronts Angela to get answers on why she lied, gut-wrenching and absolutely fascinating. After the docudrama was released, Nev allegedly began receiving emails from other kids in his predicament, all asking him to help them discover the truth about their online romances. MTV saw dollar signs and \u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show \u003c/em>was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Catfish_film.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"444\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theatrical release poster for Catfish. Image via Wikipedia.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I caught a commercial for \u003cem>Catfish: The TV Show\u003c/em> sometime before Thanksgiving in 2012 and was immediately obsessed. Captivated by the motivation of the \"catfishes,\" I consumed every episode of the first season with zeal. Each episode revealed another incredible (or ridiculous) circumstance where someone had fallen in love online but were really being scammed by a liar. The most unique example of this is the guy in the south who thought the woman he was talking to was trans-- he revealed to his friend that he was cool with it and planned to continue a relationship with her and when she turned out to be a woman he was stunned and forced to face his sexuality head on. It was a real nail biter. It was also really, well, uncomfortable. It's hard to imagine there are so many unique cases of intense, romantic relationships where the people have never met or seen each other in real life. It's harder still to watch someone's heart break on television when they realize they've been had. The reasons people gave for catfishing varied. Unfortunately, many of them had to do with physical appearance, specifically weight issues, or people just \u003cem>wanting\u003c/em> to mess with someone. Sometimes people catfished their own friend, just because they were too shy or scared to be honest about their feelings. All the while, host Nev Schulman and his filmmaker friend Max Joseph are standing by, dishing out Dr. Drew-style advice with hipster-chic intonation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7394\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 281px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/therapy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7394\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7394\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/therapy.jpeg\" alt=\"Nev dishes out advice. Image via MTV.com\" width=\"281\" height=\"179\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nev dishes out advice. Image via MTV.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It freaked me out. It was like watching a weird dating show but it was also like couples therapy. I could not look away. When \u003ca href=\"http://deadspin.com/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-an-5976517\" target=\"_blank\">the Manti Te'o faux girlfriend scandal hit the news\u003c/a>, I felt vindicated. \"See?!\" I told my friends. \"This does really happen!\" I was flabbergasted, though that may be because I'm lazy. I mean, two cell phones (and two cell phone bills), multiple Facebook profiles and personas, infinite status updates, juggling text messages, and those long, long nightly phone calls? That seems exhausting. Anywho, the show challenged audiences with some serious questions, both moral and practical. Is it smart to trust those you meet online? Is it okay to lie to someone you met online? And are there any exceptions in either case?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the circumstances varied, the end of each episode of Season One had something in common: the catfish acknowledged what they had done and expressed remorse for hurting the other person so deeply. In most cases the apology wasn't enough to save the romance or even form a friendship but the gesture was comforting and appropriate. It worried me how easy it had been for these people to trick the innocent. It was so exploitative and unkind, but I secretly enjoyed the brief journey into the mind of a bully (or a coward, whatever). I also appreciated the fact that this was happening far away from me, in places like Mississippi and Maryland, not in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Two began a few months back and of course I tuned in. I had hoped that it would get even more crazy the second time around but unfortunately, Season One's popularity seems to have poisoned the well a little. In Season Two, each time Nev and Max call the catfish, the person on the other end of the phone is well aware of the show and who they are. From go, Season Two felt less authentic, that is until last week's episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7395\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 264px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/hooked-on-catfish-the-addictive-lure-of-the-internet-romance-hoax/nevmax/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7395\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7395\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/nevmax.jpeg\" alt=\"Nev and Max doing some research. Image via MTV.com\" width=\"264\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nev and Max doing some research. Image via MTV.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last week Nev and Max met a really sweet girl from Iowa named Jennifer. She'd been bullied throughout her adolescence (likely because she was more interesting than her classmates) and used online gaming communities and message boards to find friends all over the world. The internet has served her well so far, so it did seem odd to her that her online friend Skylar, a computer tech student at SF State, refused to video chat with her. Jen starts college at the end of the summer and has really been coming into her own lately. As part of that, she wants to know who she is talking to before she allows her feelings to get too invested romantically. Skylar and Jen talk almost every day and their texts read like a cheesy modern romance novel. 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It's not shocking that Skylar turns out to be Bryan, an SF State student whose major I didn't catch. It is shocking that Bryan is not the least bit apologetic for the hoax. In fact, he told Max that he had been giving Jen a gift by leading her on and making her feel appreciated. There wasn't much left to say after that. For the first time in my \u003cem>Catfish\u003c/em> viewing history, the catfish-er admitted to having absolutely no emotional or romantic feelings for the catfishee. It was just entertainment for him. 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Even though it will inevitably be tough to maintain the authenticity and emotion of it's first season, I'll remain loyal to \u003cem>Catfish: the TV Show\u003c/em>. Please don't judge me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/summer-love/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7378\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7378\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/summer-love.jpg\" alt=\"summer love\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/summer-love.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/summer-love-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Lizzy Acker (Obviously)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oh summer. What was once the season of fleeting love and less-than-quality television programming has turned, for those of us who are adults with jobs and Netflix, into the season of still-basically-single and pretty-great television. Because I am a positive/delusional person who likes to make lemons into imaginary lemonade, I have decided the best way to regain the romance of summer is by having imaginary relationships with the gentleman I see most frequently: the boys of TV. Since I am TV-polyamorous, I would like to share the wealth with you. Let me introduce you to my six favorite TV boyfriends of the summer. Please feel free to start dating them in your mind as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jesse Pinkman on \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7335\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7335\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46.jpg\" alt=\"breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> He's sensitive, adorable and maybe not like traditionally smart but he's definitely street smart. And sure he has had to murder people but it hurts him so much so you know he isn't a sociopath. He loves kids so there's great dad potential, as long as he keeps them away from stray or not-stray bullets... Also note: he's totally been in love before and does NOT have a commitment problem!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> Well, he's a killer with an addiction problem but he's been to rehab so no biggie and he only kills people who really have to die. He isn't great at honesty but hey, if you need a challenge you can totally work on breaking down his meth/murder based walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Detective Stephen Holder on \u003cem>The Killing\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/holder/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7344\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7344\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/holder.jpg\" alt=\"holder\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/holder.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/holder-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detective Holder on The Killing/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> Basically Holder is a taller Jesse Pinkman, living most of the time on the right side of the law. He's sensitive and sooo brooding--he's perfected a look my friend Audrey and I call \"The Holder Smolder.\" He's got sweet tats that give him a nice bad boy edge but he's great with children! Also, he's a cop! He will protect you in like a really romantic way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> Another addict in recovery, this can go either way. If Holder keeps a handle on his demons this shouldn't be an issue. Also, he smokes a lot but nobody's perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Neal Sampat on \u003cem>The Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/neal-sampat-1024/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7338\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/neal-sampat-1024.jpg\" alt=\"neal-sampat-1024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/neal-sampat-1024.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/neal-sampat-1024-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neal Sampat on The Newsroom/HBO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> He's smart and cute and he stands up for good things and talks really fast. Yes, he live in the world of \u003cem>The Newsroom\u003c/em> so it is a stupid, misogynistic, idealized world of fake two years ago, but in that world he's about as good as it gets. Plus he's great at the internet and cares about Occupy Wall Street!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> Like I said, he exists in the universe of the worst show on TV so that could a deal breaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vampire Eric Northman on \u003cem>True Blood\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/eric-northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7339\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7339\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080.jpg\" alt=\"Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vampire Eric on True Blood/HBO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> He's a very old vampire so he knows a LOT of stuff (romantic stuff). He can literally fly! Since he's immortal, he's a big risk taker and once he drinks your blood and you drink his, he will know when you are in trouble and and come rescue you from werewolves or whatever you need rescuing from. On the other hand, he totally respects strong, powerful women so he will allow you to rescue him from time to time too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> He doesn't eat food so that makes dinner weird. Also, he can't walk in the sun which sucks if you are into romantic Mexican beach vacations. And there isn't much long-term potential because after awhile, you'll either get old and he'll move on to a new human model or he'll decide he wants to make you into a vampire too. So decide now, are you ready to live for all eternity?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Cute Nice Prison Guard (John Bennett) on \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/matt-mcgorry-in-orange-is-the-new-black-netflix-jpg/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7340\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7340\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Matt-McGorry-in-Orange-is-the-New-Black-Netflix-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Matt-McGorry-in--Orange-is-the-New-Black---Netflix--jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Matt-McGorry-in-Orange-is-the-New-Black-Netflix-jpg.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Matt-McGorry-in-Orange-is-the-New-Black-Netflix-jpg-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cute Prison Guard on Orange is the New Black/Netflix\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend potential:\u003c/em> He has a pretty okay job (prison guard! benefits!). He served his country in the military. He's missing a leg so he knows about hardship and overcoming things. He's willing to overlook a lot for love, including incarceration and entrapment. He writes cute notes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> He isn't exactly a genius at birth control, which is pretty un-adorable. His missing leg doesn't represent some heroic action, just an accidental infection. He may only be into girls in prison which means you will have to get into prison to make this relationship work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John Oliver on \u003cem>The Daily Show\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7341\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7341\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Oliver on The Daily Show/Comedy Central\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend potential:\u003c/em> Well he's doing an EXCELLENT job in the big boy seat that Jon Stewart left for the summer. He has a British accent which means he will talk about \"snogging\" you instead of making out which is worth 100 points. He knows a lot about current events so your parents will be impressed. He's tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> He's going to have to give the seat back to Jon Stewart sooner rather than later so you will no longer be dating The Most Important Guy On TV. Also, while he is a character on a TV show, he's also a real person and I think he's married, so that could get messy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So who's your summer TV boyfriend? Also, what about the girlfriends of summer TV? Tell me in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/summer-love/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7378\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7378\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/summer-love.jpg\" alt=\"summer love\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/summer-love.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/summer-love-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Lizzy Acker (Obviously)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oh summer. What was once the season of fleeting love and less-than-quality television programming has turned, for those of us who are adults with jobs and Netflix, into the season of still-basically-single and pretty-great television. Because I am a positive/delusional person who likes to make lemons into imaginary lemonade, I have decided the best way to regain the romance of summer is by having imaginary relationships with the gentleman I see most frequently: the boys of TV. Since I am TV-polyamorous, I would like to share the wealth with you. Let me introduce you to my six favorite TV boyfriends of the summer. Please feel free to start dating them in your mind as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jesse Pinkman on \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7335\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7335\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46.jpg\" alt=\"breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/breaking-bad_-s05e07-proper-720p-hdtv_-x264-evolve-mkv_snapshot_07-58_2012-08-30_06-34-46-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> He's sensitive, adorable and maybe not like traditionally smart but he's definitely street smart. And sure he has had to murder people but it hurts him so much so you know he isn't a sociopath. He loves kids so there's great dad potential, as long as he keeps them away from stray or not-stray bullets... Also note: he's totally been in love before and does NOT have a commitment problem!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> Well, he's a killer with an addiction problem but he's been to rehab so no biggie and he only kills people who really have to die. He isn't great at honesty but hey, if you need a challenge you can totally work on breaking down his meth/murder based walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Detective Stephen Holder on \u003cem>The Killing\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/holder/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7344\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7344\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/holder.jpg\" alt=\"holder\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/holder.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/holder-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detective Holder on The Killing/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> Basically Holder is a taller Jesse Pinkman, living most of the time on the right side of the law. He's sensitive and sooo brooding--he's perfected a look my friend Audrey and I call \"The Holder Smolder.\" He's got sweet tats that give him a nice bad boy edge but he's great with children! Also, he's a cop! He will protect you in like a really romantic way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> Another addict in recovery, this can go either way. If Holder keeps a handle on his demons this shouldn't be an issue. Also, he smokes a lot but nobody's perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Neal Sampat on \u003cem>The Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/neal-sampat-1024/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7338\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/neal-sampat-1024.jpg\" alt=\"neal-sampat-1024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/neal-sampat-1024.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/neal-sampat-1024-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neal Sampat on The Newsroom/HBO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> He's smart and cute and he stands up for good things and talks really fast. Yes, he live in the world of \u003cem>The Newsroom\u003c/em> so it is a stupid, misogynistic, idealized world of fake two years ago, but in that world he's about as good as it gets. Plus he's great at the internet and cares about Occupy Wall Street!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> Like I said, he exists in the universe of the worst show on TV so that could a deal breaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vampire Eric Northman on \u003cem>True Blood\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/eric-northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7339\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7339\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080.jpg\" alt=\"Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Eric-Northman-true-blood-14788002-1920-1080-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vampire Eric on True Blood/HBO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend attributes:\u003c/em> He's a very old vampire so he knows a LOT of stuff (romantic stuff). He can literally fly! Since he's immortal, he's a big risk taker and once he drinks your blood and you drink his, he will know when you are in trouble and and come rescue you from werewolves or whatever you need rescuing from. On the other hand, he totally respects strong, powerful women so he will allow you to rescue him from time to time too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> He doesn't eat food so that makes dinner weird. Also, he can't walk in the sun which sucks if you are into romantic Mexican beach vacations. And there isn't much long-term potential because after awhile, you'll either get old and he'll move on to a new human model or he'll decide he wants to make you into a vampire too. So decide now, are you ready to live for all eternity?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Cute Nice Prison Guard (John Bennett) on \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/matt-mcgorry-in-orange-is-the-new-black-netflix-jpg/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7340\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7340\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Matt-McGorry-in-Orange-is-the-New-Black-Netflix-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Matt-McGorry-in--Orange-is-the-New-Black---Netflix--jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Matt-McGorry-in-Orange-is-the-New-Black-Netflix-jpg.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/Matt-McGorry-in-Orange-is-the-New-Black-Netflix-jpg-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cute Prison Guard on Orange is the New Black/Netflix\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend potential:\u003c/em> He has a pretty okay job (prison guard! benefits!). He served his country in the military. He's missing a leg so he knows about hardship and overcoming things. He's willing to overlook a lot for love, including incarceration and entrapment. He writes cute notes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential problems:\u003c/em> He isn't exactly a genius at birth control, which is pretty un-adorable. His missing leg doesn't represent some heroic action, just an accidental infection. He may only be into girls in prison which means you will have to get into prison to make this relationship work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John Oliver on \u003cem>The Daily Show\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/06/the-6-best-imaginary-boyfriends-of-summer-tv/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7341\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7341\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/j_jol_300_trailer_lowerthird_480x270-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Oliver on The Daily Show/Comedy Central\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Boyfriend potential:\u003c/em> Well he's doing an EXCELLENT job in the big boy seat that Jon Stewart left for the summer. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/marathon/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7282\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7282\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/marathon.jpg\" alt=\"marathon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/marathon.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/marathon-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Lizzy Acker\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the old days of TV, people would gather with friends and family on specific nights of the week and tune in for another installment of their favorite serial. We could call those the bad old days, when instead of the immediate gratification of Netflix Instant starting a new episode for you 12 seconds after the last one ended, you had to wait for a week between cliff hanger and resolution. Sure we were less busy back then, without the internet, but were our brains really so much better that we could remember plot points and characters for a week? Nowadays we know the joy of marathoning a really great show. Nothing compares to immersing yourself in a fictional world and then coming up days later, not really sure where or who you are anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the foggy gloomy of San Francisco summer not looking like it will let up anytime soon, we asked KQED Pop's TV obsessed writers to share their favorite shows for marathoning. So get in your sweats, cuddle up with your laptop and get ready to fall in love with these shows. Just be careful: \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/yYjLrJRuMnY\" target=\"_blank\">quality marathoning can lead to loss of employment, electricity and shelter\u003c/a>. It's so worth it though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/davealoi/\" target=\"_blank\">David Aloi\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Six Feet Under\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/RZ2i-2EZQXc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The summer after I graduated college I was taking hydrocodone four times per day. I slipped a disc in the L5S1 part of my vertebrae and there was major pressure on my sciatic nerve. Standing for extended periods of time was virtually impossible. This led to couch time and more importantly TV show marathons! After blowing through \u003cem>The OC, Laguna Beach \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Ashlee Simpson Show\u003c/em>, I was tired of the sun-kissed cheeks and thoughtless drama. And where else to turn for cerebral joy than HBO? \u003cem>Six Feet Under\u003c/em> was in its last season and was at the height of popularity. So began my indulging of a different side of Los Angeles, the inland side. As we know, each episode began with a death and more often than not that body ended up in the basement of the Fisher Funeral Home. Some of the tightest writing in television history, \u003cem>Six Feet Under \u003c/em>defined that summer for me. I watched the show alone as though it demanded it. I never learned so much about life through death. Claire gave me serious Angela Chase vibes, David was super gay, Nate was hot, Brenda was crazy, Ruth was superb and my favorite character on the show. But what stood out most to me was the tone, supported immensely by the incredible music selections. Each episode quiet and hazy, not too dissimilar from the summer I was having, cooped up indoors while that hot star shown down on the rest of the world outside. And I was perfectly fine with it. Like any great television show, I was living through these characters, they were teaching me and I was affected. Since then I equate \u003cem>Six Feet Under\u003c/em> with summertime, because even in the brightest of seasons you must find room for a little darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/serena/\" target=\"_blank\">Serena Cole\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/305-desmond-hurley-01-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7262\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7262 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/305-desmond-hurley-011.jpg\" alt=\"305-desmond-hurley-01\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/305-desmond-hurley-011.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/305-desmond-hurley-011-400x216.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe in doing things all the way if you're going to do them at all. If you're going to drink, fall over with your pants down, and if you're going to marathon a show this summer, it should be at least a significant portion of your waking life. After all, what good is a show that was cancelled after two seasons, or one you have to wait an entire YEAR for your next fix? The good news for you is that the complete \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em> series is 49 hours, so you could put in a full work week watching it and still have episodes left. And it \u003cem>needs\u003c/em> to be all at once; sleep, hygiene, and food neglected until you really are stranded on a desert island with Sawyer, Hurley, Desmond and Charlie. (Let's just pretend Kate's dead because she is so annoying).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't watched \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em>, it's probably because of how dumb and obsessive your friends sounded after watching the first season. Or maybe you tried to watch it three seasons in and were, ba dum bum, lost. But now that it's all over, you're in the perfect place to really GIVE yourself to \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em>. That shrill, frantic violin ending each time puts you so far off the edge of the couch that you don't even mind that you just got hooked on polar bears and time travel and you absolutely must know what happened in the next episode with the smoke monster. It's embarrassing but true, and then I won't be able to stop you from talking to me about it. All six seasons are currently streaming on Netflix, so go grab your pajamas and get your dork on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/nataliegrace/\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Grace Sweet\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Kids In The Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/8C4TGGtPzBU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>30 Helens agree, \u003cem>Kids In The Hall\u003c/em> is the bee's knees. If you missed the five seasons of this masterful Canadian sketch comedy show when it originally aired in the late '80/early '90s, Netflix will set you straight. This is stripped down, super funny, sketch comedy at its pinnacle, performed by the equally hysterical Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin MacDonald, Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch. It's ridiculous, hilarious and it's socially conscious with many sketches featuring openly gay characters (kind of a huge deal back then). Don't even bother watching other TV shows, just allow the \u003cem>Kids In The Hall\u003c/em> to introduce you to Cabbage Head, Mr. Tyzik and the Chicken Lady and fall in comedy love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lauraschadler/\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Schadler\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>/\u003cem>New Girl\u003c/em>/\u003cem>The Mindy Project\u003c/em>/\u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>/\u003cem>Friday Night Lights\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/laura-photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7258\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-7258 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo.jpg\" alt=\"laura photo\" width=\"232\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you might know by now, I can literally \u003cem>never\u003c/em> choose just one anything. Life is far too complicated for just one favorite movie/band/food/dress/book/color. And television is no exception. For that reason I struggle with which show is my favorite to stream in the summer months. So many ways to answer the question…My ironic answer is \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>, complete with shiny lip gloss, giant baubles and a text message-centric murder mystery that never ever ends. Bonus points for the fact that it’s laughably predictable suspense is full of repetitive horror movie tropes that could lend themselves to a pretty amusing drinking game. Subtract points for the fact that no one will watch this with me and I don’t think I should be drinking alone while watching \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>. My genuine answer is \u003cem>New Girl\u003c/em>, a show that refreshingly portrays 30-somethings instead of teenagers, and not only that but depicts them as the ridiculous, immature, hilarious people they often are (I’d also nominate \u003cem>The Mindy Project \u003c/em>in this category if I could find it streaming somewhere other than Hulu Plus). I far prefer Mindy to Zooey, but regardless, both of these funny, girl-fronted shows make me happy. Many an episode has me laughing so hard I’m crying. I deeply relate to the thesis statement of both stories, ones where the humor is derived almost solely from the inability of its characters to be grown-ups. My nostalgic answers are the swoon-worthy, heartwarming, paradigm-shifting, Tim Riggins-having, \u003cem>Friday Night Lights\u003c/em>, as well as the classic, \u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>, whose conclusion I will one day soon actually see\u003cem>.\u003c/em> There you have it-five answers for the price of one! I think I’m going to cancel the rest of my summer plans so I can finally find out who A is, who killed Laura Palmer, further analyze the Lahiri/Castellano, Jess/Nick sexual tension, and watch Tim Riggins drive a pick-up truck and throw a football.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lizzyacker/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzy Acker\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Queer as Folk \u003c/em>(UK version)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/queer-as-folk-uk2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7287\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7287\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/queer-as-folk-uk2.jpg\" alt=\"queer-as-folk-uk2\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/queer-as-folk-uk2.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/queer-as-folk-uk2-400x200.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm pretty much an \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/22/5-reasons-to-start-watching-orange-is-the-new-black-right-now/\" target=\"_blank\">evangelist\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/18/get-ready-for-the-bling-ring-by-watching-pretty-wild-on-netflix-instant/\" target=\"_blank\">for\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/22/the-real-world-san-francisco-is-airing-on-mtv-on-sunday/\" target=\"_blank\">the\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/31/please-keep-watching-arrested-development-season-four/\" target=\"_blank\">marathoning\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/13/the-killing-season-2-is-on-netflix/\" target=\"_blank\">of TV shows\u003c/a>. I grew up without a TV so watching shows on DVD was my first way of really experiencing and getting sucked into a TV world. For me it reflects the way I started consuming my stories: novels. I would stay up all night reading a novel, walk to school literally with my nose in a book, get sent out of the classroom for reading too much. Maybe I have an addictive personality. Okay, I definitely have an addictive personality. Anyway, for this one I decided to go waaay back to one of my first marathoning experiences: the totally sublime \u003cem>Queer as\u003c/em> \u003cem>Folk\u003c/em>. Though I still have no idea what the name means, I can tell you I devoured this show back when Netflix didn't even have Instant, the year after I graduated from college (2005 soooo long ago). How could I, a 23-year-old straight girl from America, identify so closely with a group of fictional gay dudes in England? Who knows. Maybe it was the character development, maybe it was the drama and romance. But I can say that before I watched this show I seriously didn't even know any gay men and by the time I finished it, all I wanted was to BE a gay man. That and \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402271/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Hunnam\u003c/a> as the world's best twink are enough for you to stop what you are doing, quit your job and devote your life to the compact two series arch of the ORIGINAL and far superior British version of \u003cem>Queer as Folk\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/natewaggoner/\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Waggoner\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Star Trek: The Next Generation\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YRyioZK6BOc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>With the original \u003cem>Star Trek\u003c/em> series, Gene Roddenberry set out to create a super-hopeful vision of the future, where racism and sexism had been defeated. \u003cem>Star Trek: The Next Generation\u003c/em> was not only post-racial and post-patriarchal, but also tore down the borders of tolerance the original series had invented for itself: one crew member is a Klingon, the kind of normally savage creatures the old-school crew faced off against nearly ever week. Another, Data, is an android. The residents of the ship spend much of their time painting and reading big tomes of classical literature and generally being comfy, space-bougey, and Frasieresque. In 1989, Ronald D. Moore, who would later reboot \u003cem>Battlestar Galactica\u003c/em>, started writing for the show, fully embracing the awkward comedy of it and allowing for the kind of dark storylines Roddenberry might not have approved of. This clip reminds me of a great deal of poetry readings I've been to. I like how everyone on the crew is just straight-up mad at Data, who's just trying to share a sweet poem about his pet cat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/emmanuelhapsis/\">Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/a>: \u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/picstitch/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7236\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7236 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch.jpg\" alt=\"picstitch\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are the people who appear in your life to teach you something and then disappear (your first love or that best friend who everyone thought was bad news). And then there are the people who reappear or just stay. Claire Danes is part of the latter category for me. When I was a tween, I watched \u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> over and over, that short-lived, yet enduring time capsule of what it feels like to be a teen, all that thrill and all that terror. Like an older sister, Angela Chase taught me how to dye my hair and battle against who my parents thought I was and how to obsess over Anne Frank and that surly boy incapable of loving me back. Those lessons were enough. If I never heard of Claire again, she would have served her purpose, yet she resurfaced in my life recently, as I was trapped in a Philadelphia airport, in the form of \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em>. This time, she was playing a grown-up CIA operative who was crazed in a more clinical way than Angela Chase. But the core of what made me fall in love with her the first time remained: both characters share an unrelenting desire for someone just outside their grasp, as well as a stubborn refusal to let go of what they feel and believe. And it's due to these protagonists that both shows are the kind you can't help but devour, the first for its innocent nostalgic relatability and the latter for its passionate insane drama. Will Jordan Catalano hold Angela's hand? Will Carrie Mathison die for love? You'll just have to watch and see.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/marathon/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7282\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7282\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/marathon.jpg\" alt=\"marathon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/marathon.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/marathon-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Lizzy Acker\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the old days of TV, people would gather with friends and family on specific nights of the week and tune in for another installment of their favorite serial. We could call those the bad old days, when instead of the immediate gratification of Netflix Instant starting a new episode for you 12 seconds after the last one ended, you had to wait for a week between cliff hanger and resolution. Sure we were less busy back then, without the internet, but were our brains really so much better that we could remember plot points and characters for a week? Nowadays we know the joy of marathoning a really great show. Nothing compares to immersing yourself in a fictional world and then coming up days later, not really sure where or who you are anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the foggy gloomy of San Francisco summer not looking like it will let up anytime soon, we asked KQED Pop's TV obsessed writers to share their favorite shows for marathoning. So get in your sweats, cuddle up with your laptop and get ready to fall in love with these shows. Just be careful: \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/yYjLrJRuMnY\" target=\"_blank\">quality marathoning can lead to loss of employment, electricity and shelter\u003c/a>. It's so worth it though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/davealoi/\" target=\"_blank\">David Aloi\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Six Feet Under\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/RZ2i-2EZQXc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The summer after I graduated college I was taking hydrocodone four times per day. I slipped a disc in the L5S1 part of my vertebrae and there was major pressure on my sciatic nerve. Standing for extended periods of time was virtually impossible. This led to couch time and more importantly TV show marathons! After blowing through \u003cem>The OC, Laguna Beach \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Ashlee Simpson Show\u003c/em>, I was tired of the sun-kissed cheeks and thoughtless drama. And where else to turn for cerebral joy than HBO? \u003cem>Six Feet Under\u003c/em> was in its last season and was at the height of popularity. So began my indulging of a different side of Los Angeles, the inland side. As we know, each episode began with a death and more often than not that body ended up in the basement of the Fisher Funeral Home. Some of the tightest writing in television history, \u003cem>Six Feet Under \u003c/em>defined that summer for me. I watched the show alone as though it demanded it. I never learned so much about life through death. Claire gave me serious Angela Chase vibes, David was super gay, Nate was hot, Brenda was crazy, Ruth was superb and my favorite character on the show. But what stood out most to me was the tone, supported immensely by the incredible music selections. Each episode quiet and hazy, not too dissimilar from the summer I was having, cooped up indoors while that hot star shown down on the rest of the world outside. And I was perfectly fine with it. Like any great television show, I was living through these characters, they were teaching me and I was affected. Since then I equate \u003cem>Six Feet Under\u003c/em> with summertime, because even in the brightest of seasons you must find room for a little darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/serena/\" target=\"_blank\">Serena Cole\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/305-desmond-hurley-01-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7262\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7262 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/305-desmond-hurley-011.jpg\" alt=\"305-desmond-hurley-01\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/305-desmond-hurley-011.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/305-desmond-hurley-011-400x216.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe in doing things all the way if you're going to do them at all. If you're going to drink, fall over with your pants down, and if you're going to marathon a show this summer, it should be at least a significant portion of your waking life. After all, what good is a show that was cancelled after two seasons, or one you have to wait an entire YEAR for your next fix? The good news for you is that the complete \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em> series is 49 hours, so you could put in a full work week watching it and still have episodes left. And it \u003cem>needs\u003c/em> to be all at once; sleep, hygiene, and food neglected until you really are stranded on a desert island with Sawyer, Hurley, Desmond and Charlie. (Let's just pretend Kate's dead because she is so annoying).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't watched \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em>, it's probably because of how dumb and obsessive your friends sounded after watching the first season. Or maybe you tried to watch it three seasons in and were, ba dum bum, lost. But now that it's all over, you're in the perfect place to really GIVE yourself to \u003cem>Lost\u003c/em>. That shrill, frantic violin ending each time puts you so far off the edge of the couch that you don't even mind that you just got hooked on polar bears and time travel and you absolutely must know what happened in the next episode with the smoke monster. It's embarrassing but true, and then I won't be able to stop you from talking to me about it. All six seasons are currently streaming on Netflix, so go grab your pajamas and get your dork on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/nataliegrace/\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Grace Sweet\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Kids In The Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/8C4TGGtPzBU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>30 Helens agree, \u003cem>Kids In The Hall\u003c/em> is the bee's knees. If you missed the five seasons of this masterful Canadian sketch comedy show when it originally aired in the late '80/early '90s, Netflix will set you straight. This is stripped down, super funny, sketch comedy at its pinnacle, performed by the equally hysterical Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin MacDonald, Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch. It's ridiculous, hilarious and it's socially conscious with many sketches featuring openly gay characters (kind of a huge deal back then). Don't even bother watching other TV shows, just allow the \u003cem>Kids In The Hall\u003c/em> to introduce you to Cabbage Head, Mr. Tyzik and the Chicken Lady and fall in comedy love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lauraschadler/\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Schadler\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>/\u003cem>New Girl\u003c/em>/\u003cem>The Mindy Project\u003c/em>/\u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>/\u003cem>Friday Night Lights\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/laura-photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7258\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-7258 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo.jpg\" alt=\"laura photo\" width=\"232\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/laura-photo-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you might know by now, I can literally \u003cem>never\u003c/em> choose just one anything. Life is far too complicated for just one favorite movie/band/food/dress/book/color. And television is no exception. For that reason I struggle with which show is my favorite to stream in the summer months. So many ways to answer the question…My ironic answer is \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>, complete with shiny lip gloss, giant baubles and a text message-centric murder mystery that never ever ends. Bonus points for the fact that it’s laughably predictable suspense is full of repetitive horror movie tropes that could lend themselves to a pretty amusing drinking game. Subtract points for the fact that no one will watch this with me and I don’t think I should be drinking alone while watching \u003cem>Pretty Little Liars\u003c/em>. My genuine answer is \u003cem>New Girl\u003c/em>, a show that refreshingly portrays 30-somethings instead of teenagers, and not only that but depicts them as the ridiculous, immature, hilarious people they often are (I’d also nominate \u003cem>The Mindy Project \u003c/em>in this category if I could find it streaming somewhere other than Hulu Plus). I far prefer Mindy to Zooey, but regardless, both of these funny, girl-fronted shows make me happy. Many an episode has me laughing so hard I’m crying. I deeply relate to the thesis statement of both stories, ones where the humor is derived almost solely from the inability of its characters to be grown-ups. My nostalgic answers are the swoon-worthy, heartwarming, paradigm-shifting, Tim Riggins-having, \u003cem>Friday Night Lights\u003c/em>, as well as the classic, \u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>, whose conclusion I will one day soon actually see\u003cem>.\u003c/em> There you have it-five answers for the price of one! I think I’m going to cancel the rest of my summer plans so I can finally find out who A is, who killed Laura Palmer, further analyze the Lahiri/Castellano, Jess/Nick sexual tension, and watch Tim Riggins drive a pick-up truck and throw a football.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lizzyacker/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzy Acker\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Queer as Folk \u003c/em>(UK version)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/queer-as-folk-uk2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7287\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7287\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/queer-as-folk-uk2.jpg\" alt=\"queer-as-folk-uk2\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/queer-as-folk-uk2.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/queer-as-folk-uk2-400x200.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm pretty much an \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/22/5-reasons-to-start-watching-orange-is-the-new-black-right-now/\" target=\"_blank\">evangelist\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/18/get-ready-for-the-bling-ring-by-watching-pretty-wild-on-netflix-instant/\" target=\"_blank\">for\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/22/the-real-world-san-francisco-is-airing-on-mtv-on-sunday/\" target=\"_blank\">the\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/31/please-keep-watching-arrested-development-season-four/\" target=\"_blank\">marathoning\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/13/the-killing-season-2-is-on-netflix/\" target=\"_blank\">of TV shows\u003c/a>. I grew up without a TV so watching shows on DVD was my first way of really experiencing and getting sucked into a TV world. For me it reflects the way I started consuming my stories: novels. I would stay up all night reading a novel, walk to school literally with my nose in a book, get sent out of the classroom for reading too much. Maybe I have an addictive personality. Okay, I definitely have an addictive personality. Anyway, for this one I decided to go waaay back to one of my first marathoning experiences: the totally sublime \u003cem>Queer as\u003c/em> \u003cem>Folk\u003c/em>. Though I still have no idea what the name means, I can tell you I devoured this show back when Netflix didn't even have Instant, the year after I graduated from college (2005 soooo long ago). How could I, a 23-year-old straight girl from America, identify so closely with a group of fictional gay dudes in England? Who knows. Maybe it was the character development, maybe it was the drama and romance. But I can say that before I watched this show I seriously didn't even know any gay men and by the time I finished it, all I wanted was to BE a gay man. That and \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402271/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Hunnam\u003c/a> as the world's best twink are enough for you to stop what you are doing, quit your job and devote your life to the compact two series arch of the ORIGINAL and far superior British version of \u003cem>Queer as Folk\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/natewaggoner/\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Waggoner\u003c/a>: \u003cem>Star Trek: The Next Generation\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YRyioZK6BOc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>With the original \u003cem>Star Trek\u003c/em> series, Gene Roddenberry set out to create a super-hopeful vision of the future, where racism and sexism had been defeated. \u003cem>Star Trek: The Next Generation\u003c/em> was not only post-racial and post-patriarchal, but also tore down the borders of tolerance the original series had invented for itself: one crew member is a Klingon, the kind of normally savage creatures the old-school crew faced off against nearly ever week. Another, Data, is an android. The residents of the ship spend much of their time painting and reading big tomes of classical literature and generally being comfy, space-bougey, and Frasieresque. In 1989, Ronald D. Moore, who would later reboot \u003cem>Battlestar Galactica\u003c/em>, started writing for the show, fully embracing the awkward comedy of it and allowing for the kind of dark storylines Roddenberry might not have approved of. This clip reminds me of a great deal of poetry readings I've been to. I like how everyone on the crew is just straight-up mad at Data, who's just trying to share a sweet poem about his pet cat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/emmanuelhapsis/\">Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/a>: \u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/02/the-most-marathonable-tv-shows-ever/picstitch/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7236\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7236 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch.jpg\" alt=\"picstitch\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/picstitch-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you mention \u003cem>Mister Rogers' Neighborhood\u003c/em> to a group of 20 and 30 somethings, almost all of us can perfectly recall favorite episodes and lessons the great cardiganed one imparted to us in our formative years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one of my friends, it's when \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn79Lgfh1hw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koko the gorilla signed \"I love you\" to Mister Rogers \u003c/a>on a visit. For another, it's the episode \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_GnjE-des\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where he learned to break dance\u003c/a>. A third friend refers to puppet aristocrat Lady Elaine Fairchilde as \"baby's first dowager\" because of her pithy one-liners. My most memorable moment with America's favorite neighbor will forever be when Margaret Hamilton, a.k.a. the one and only true Wicked Witch of the West, came on the show's Halloween episode and actually dressed in her old \u003cem>Wizard of Oz\u003c/em> drag to take Mr. Rogers trick or treating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEY5EkUR6_M\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mister Rogers' Neighborhood \u003c/em>isn't the only piece of public television programming to make a lasting impression on my generation. We learned the alphabet from \u003cem>Sesame Street, \u003c/em>watched \u003cem>Nova \u003c/em>in science class, discovered the wonders of the planet with \u003cem>Nature\u003c/em> and, if anyone dares say \"butterfly in the sky...\" to a group of my peers, at least half of us will reply with \"I can go twice as high\" and come together in a rousing chorus of the \u003cem>Reading Rainbow \u003c/em>theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public Television hooked us young. Now, as adults, PBS continues to be a major civilizing factor for us in less and less civilized times. Reruns of \u003cem>The French Chef \u003c/em>and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13911557/sarah-lancashire-on-becoming-master-and-teacher-of-french-cooking-as-julia-child\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julia\u003c/a> and Jacques \u003c/em>give us a fluency in the language of food and fine dining, \u003cem>The NewsHour \u003c/em>offers current events minus commercial breaks, \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> and other \u003cem>Masterpiece Classics \u003c/em>teach us which fork to use at English country houses and every Ken Burns documentary we see makes us at least \u003cem>sound \u003c/em>more intelligent on first dates. (\"Did you see \u003cem>Prohibition\u003c/em>? What a fascinating chapter in our nation's history!\").\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything you really need to know you can learn on PBS. Here are some of my favorite lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Sesame Street: \u003c/em>How To be A Public Television Viewer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Henson's fabled neighborhood teaches children their letters and numbers (and also a sense of diversity so inclusive no one ever questions the plausibility of having puppets for neighbors) and it's also the perfect gateway into becoming a life long fan of public broadcasting. The entire spectrum of what PBS has to offer is represented in the microcosm of \u003cem>Sesame Street: \u003c/em>you get information, entertainment, and introductions to cultural references (pop culture, classical art, literature, films) all packaged in brightly colored, felt bodies with child-friendly falsettos and googly eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For an example of how \u003cem>Sesame Street\u003c/em> turns today's toddlers into tomorrow's \u003cem>Great Moments at the Met \u003c/em>viewers, please see Marilyn Horne's \u003cem>Aida \u003c/em>joke below, which, if you didn't get as a three-year-old, you're likely more fully equipped to appreciate now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaF7kT5Moc0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Reading Rainbow: \u003c/em>How To Appreciate Literature\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, \u003cem>Reading Rainbow'\u003c/em>s\u003cem> \u003c/em>celebrity story times are quite possibly the closest some children ever got to having an adult read aloud to them and for that alone it deserved its two decade run. Host and producer LeVar Burton's themed episodes took the viewers out into the real world (remember the famed \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCsD5PRoX7I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crossover where he brought us on set at his other gig \u003cem>Star Trek: The Next Generation\u003c/em>?\u003c/a>), while his book reviews got us excited to go to the library and discover these stories for ourselves. (\"But don't take my word for it.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below, please enjoy a little celebrity story time with Eartha Kitt as she asks \u003cem>Is This A House For Hermit Crab? \u003c/em>And by the way,\u003ca href=\"http://www.rrkidz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> did you hear about RR's second life now as an app?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFPOQceOymk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The Cosmos: \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>How to Understand the Fabric of the Universe\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist and author Carl Sagan blew our collective consciousnesses with his thirteen-part television series for PBS back in 1980, and I'm still not sure we've recovered. Explaining everything from the Cosmic Calendar to the burning of the Library of Alexandria, Sagan discussed big scientific concepts with his audience in a way that was balanced and simple without speaking down to laymen. Also, remember the intergalactic special effects where Carl would walk through models and float through the swirls of the universe? Watch Sagan explain the 4th dimension from his comforting professor's desk below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Julia Child: How to Appreciate the Art of Food\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been many chefs on the airwaves at PBS over the years, but, for us, the favorite will always be the French Chef herself Julia Child. Child was already well into middle age when she premiered on public television in 1963 and is exactly the kind of quirky, clever personality PBS has cultivated since its inception. Child taught us how to do everything from drying lettuce to de-boning a duck, but her greatest contribution to the minds of Americans was an appreciation for slow food, having a relationship with your meals and a feeling of empowerment in the sometimes scary kitchen. Below, meet Madam Child and her friends \"the chicken sisters.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kYAF6qw6I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Tales of the City: \u003c/em>How to Be Liberated\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not many people remember that Armistead Maupin's famous San Francisco \u003cem>Tales \u003c/em>were originally adapted for television by PBS in the 1990s before a conservative backlash to the content (pot smoking and displays of homosexuality specifically) forced the adaptations of the sequels to move to cable network Showtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_111091']For true Barbaryphiles, nothing beats the original series, co-produced by PBS and England's Channel 4. 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