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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    'Yellow Rose’ is a modern and authentic tale about immigration, family, and music

    Critics review “Yellow Rose,” a musical about a Filipina teenager whose mom gets deported from their small Texas town, and she must decide whether to go with her mother or pursue her country music career dreams; “Possessor,” a thriller about an…

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 9, 2020 • 15m Listen

    Critics review “Yellow Rose,” a musical about a Filipina teenager whose mom gets deported from their small Texas town, and she must decide whether to go with her mother or pursue her country music career dreams; “Possessor,” a thriller about an elite assassin who takes over other people’s bodies via brain-implant tech; “The War With Grandpa,” a comedy about a grandpa and grandson who fights over a bedroom; “Charm City Kings,” about a teenager who wants to join a group of dirt bike riders in Baltimore.

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    4. 35:13Larry Wilmore on ‘voter depression’ and humor as relief from the weight of reality
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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    COVID-19 and flu season
    1. 0:00Democrats propose a plan to remove a president from office, but they say it’s not about Trump
    2. 11:20How LA public health officials are handling flu season plus COVID
    3. 19:56'Yellow Rose’ is a modern and authentic tale about immigration, family, and musicYou’re reading this
    4. 35:13Larry Wilmore on ‘voter depression’ and humor as relief from the weight of reality
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