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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Missy Elliot’s Super Bowl Win, and Other TV News

    Seattle Seahawks fans are emerging from mourning today, the day after the New England Patriots took home the Super Bowl, 28 to 24. But the real winner in all this might just be... Missy Elliott? She was the surprise guest during the game’s halftime show.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 2, 2015 • 1 min read

    Seattle Seahawks fans are emerging from mourning today, the day after the New England Patriots took home the Super Bowl, 28 to 24. But the real winner in all this might just be... Missy Elliott? She was the surprise guest during the game’s halftime show. We talk about the spectacle, the Super Bowl commercials, and this week’s other small screen news in our weekly TV roundup.

    The full episode

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    Obama’s Budget, Super Bowl Recap, and Lululemon’s Leadership Crisis
    1. 0:00Income Inequality and Messaging
    2. 9:11Rethinking the Housing Bubble
    3. 16:28Missy Elliot’s Super Bowl Win, and Other TV NewsYou’re reading this
    4. 26:26Alexandra Fuller and “Leaving Before the Rains Come”
    5. 43:07Lululemon’s Controversial Founder Steps Down
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Obama’s Budget, Super Bowl Recap, and Lululemon’s Leadership Crisis
    1. 0:00Income Inequality and Messaging
    2. 9:11Rethinking the Housing Bubble
    3. 16:28Missy Elliot’s Super Bowl Win, and Other TV NewsYou’re reading this
    4. 26:26Alexandra Fuller and “Leaving Before the Rains Come”
    5. 43:07Lululemon’s Controversial Founder Steps Down
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand