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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Spoiler Alert

    In this week’s television roundup, we talk about new shows on the Cartoon Network and BBC America, the omnipresent Ryan Seacrest and Michelle Obama, and living in the age of the spoiler alert.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In this week’s television roundup, we talk about new shows on the Cartoon Network and BBC America, the omnipresent Ryan Seacrest and Michelle Obama, and living in the age of the spoiler alert.

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    POM Wonderful at the Supreme Court, Urban Insects & Sex Ed
    1. 0:00POM Wonderful Suit
    2. 7:13Airplane Stowaway
    3. 14:32Spoiler AlertYou’re reading this
    4. 24:18Urban Insects
    5. 32:24Reverse-Sex Insects
    6. 40:34The State of Sex Education
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

      News

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    POM Wonderful at the Supreme Court, Urban Insects & Sex Ed
    1. 0:00POM Wonderful Suit
    2. 7:13Airplane Stowaway
    3. 14:32Spoiler AlertYou’re reading this
    4. 24:18Urban Insects
    5. 32:24Reverse-Sex Insects
    6. 40:34The State of Sex Education
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand