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Our favorite graduation moments in pop culture
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Our favorite graduation moments in pop culture

This is the time of year when so many students graduate from so many schools in so many caps and gowns. Whether it's graduation episodes of our favorite TV series, high school songs, or movies about the last wild night of high school, we're here to commence a show about commencement.

Our favorite graduation moments in pop culture

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Monday

Country star Tim McGraw travels back in time to '1883' with wife Faith Hill

Fresh Air

The Paramount+ series is the first time McGraw and Hill have appeared together on screen. Before they filmed, they attended "cowboy camp," to learn some basics. Originally broadcast April 19, 2022.

Country star Tim McGraw travels back in time to '1883' with wife Faith Hill

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'The Kids In The Hall' mount a Canadian comeback

Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson return with new episodes of The Kids In The Hall. Jackie Brown/Amazon hide caption

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'The Kids In The Hall' mount a Canadian comeback

The hugely influential Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall is back in a new Amazon show that marks their first return to writing and performing original sketches on television. These 8 episodes look and feel like another season of their first show, though of course the kids aren't kids anymore – something the new series has some fun with.

'The Kids In The Hall' mount a Canadian comeback

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Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': Beauty & pain of 'Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel'
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Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': Beauty & pain of 'Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel'

In this special episode from our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour, guest host Aisha Harris talks with journalists Tre'vell Anderson and Jarrett Hill about stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael's new HBO special Rothaniel where Carmichael comes out publicly as gay for the first time and talks about secrets that have haunted his family for multiple generations.

Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': Beauty & pain of 'Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel'

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Thursday

Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show

Christian Cooper watches distant shorebirds at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in California. The National Geographic channel has announced that Cooper will host a series called Extraordinary Birder. Cooper was in the spotlight after a woman in New York City's Central Park called the police and falsely accused him of threatening her in May 2020. Jon Kroll/National Geographic hide caption

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Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show

In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

Wednesday

Bart Simpson's American Dream
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The Indicator from Planet Money

Bart Simpson's American Dream

Last year, we analyzed whether or not the Simpson family's lifestyle was attainable for the middle class. A writer on the show listened to that Indicator, and decided to answer that question with an episode of their own. Today, we bring you a sneak preview of their take on America's shrinking middle class.

Bart Simpson's American Dream

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