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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    “Peter Pan” and Other Holiday TV Highlights

    The Thanksgiving Day Parade floats have been put back into storage for another year, the N.F.L’.s holiday games are behind us, and Grumpy Cat has gone back to wherever grumpy cats go when they aren’t making Lifetime movies. But still, the holiday TV season is just getting started.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 1, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Thanksgiving Day Parade floats have been put back into storage for another year, the N.F.L’.s holiday games are behind us, and Grumpy Cat has gone back to wherever grumpy cats go when they aren’t making Lifetime movies. But still, the holiday TV season is just getting started. We take stock of what’s coming to the small screen before the end of the year.

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    4. 28:38“Cargoland” Preview
    5. 42:40Cyber Silliness
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Michael Schneider

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    The Limits of Free Speech on Facebook, “Cargoland” and Cyber Monday Hype
    1. 0:00U.S. Supreme Court and the Limits of Free Speech on Social Media
    2. 9:46Controversy Over an HIV/AIDS “Miracle” Drug
    3. 17:14“Peter Pan” and Other Holiday TV HighlightsYou’re reading this
    4. 28:38“Cargoland” Preview
    5. 42:40Cyber Silliness
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