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Hype Podcast

Episode #106 – Pokémon No

Hosted by Selina Wilken, Pamela Gocobachi, Kristen Kranz, Marama Whyte

July 14, 2016

Hype Podcast 106 discusses Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton departure, a potential Harry Potter and the Cursed Child movie, and Pokémon Go!

This week’s Hype brings the girls back together for a pre-Comic-Con news roundup, with How We Hype and TV Show of the Week.

How We Hype:
– Marama catches up with The BFG, Finding Dory and a music rec: Shura
– Pam recommends John Carney’s Sing Street
– Selina listened to the Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe audiobook with Lin-Manuel Miranda
– Kristen finally joins the Hype Ready Player One fanclub!

News:
– The WB has registered ‘Cursed Child’ as a trademark. What does it mean?
– The Hamilton cast members are all leaving, but at least Lin liked our goodbye letter
– Nintendo has laucnhed Pokémon Go in select countries, but not in Denmark ?
Wreck-It Ralph is getting a sequel
– Margaret Stohl is penning a new Captain Marvel comic book series
– Sulu is gay! George Takei is disappointed! Pegg and Quinto are amazing! What a mess
– The La La Land trailer is not a mess, just magical
– Jessica Williams is leaving The Daily Show, hopefully for bigger and better things
– Ariana Grande has joined the live Hairspray musical
– Tom Felton is gonna be a regular on The Flash, say whaaaat
– Three of the Spice Girls have teased a mysterious 20th anniversary event.

TV Show of the Week:
– Everyone’s all caught up on UnREAL! No spoilers, but we’re not as into it as last year
– Kristen is still all about Big Brother, and its surprising moral message
– Pam’s started watching The Magicians, and highly recommends it.

Listener Feedback:
Topics include an embarrassing fandom story, an excellent discussion of Tarzan, and an unintentional Gilmore Girls spoiler! Whoops.

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