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PCJ Pop #36 · Pop Culture Junkie®

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  Hello, I'm Olivia here with Shauna.
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  And for PCJ Pop this week,
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  I'm bringing back a true HBO masterpiece, Silicon Valley.
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  Shauna, have you ever seen it?
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  No, but it's one of those things.
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  It's like, you know, been such a,
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  it's floated through my atmosphere
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  and so I know I should.
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  I know I should.
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  Tell me why, tell me why.
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  Okay, it is so truly funny.
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  It is created by Mike Judge.
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  It has Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, Josh Brennan.
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  And it is truly so incredibly funny.
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  Also good mentions, Martin Star.
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  It has Kamal, a non-Johnny in it.
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  And I wanna say this is like one of his breakout roles.
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  It's really where he became super famous.
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  It is truly hilarious.
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  It came out in 2014.
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  It really captures this time and zeitgeist
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  of Silicon Valley, drop out of college, start a startup
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  and just quintessential tech bro.
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  It is one of the funniest pieces of poverty.
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  Ever though, it's just like so quirky.
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  And really like captures that time of like girl boss,
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  go get it, you know, this internet startup.
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  Yeah.
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  And it really is just so funny the way that it makes fun
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  of, you know, this culture in San Francisco, Palo Alto,
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  San Jose.
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  Do you feel like now that you live in San Francisco,
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  you're like, yes, yes, totally yes.
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  Oh my gosh, I think that I, I mean,
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  I've always worked in tech startups since I graduate college.
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  There are ton and Phoenix.
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  I like kind of saw a piece of that in companies,
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  but oh my god, it is very, very true.
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  The engineers, the like awkwardness.
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  I love it.
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  And like every other lion is hilarious.
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  TJ Miller is Erlich Bachman in this.
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  One of the funniest characters of the world.
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  It's TJ Miller, we don't stand, but you know,
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  this is his earlier work, obviously,
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  and it was before everything.
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  Yeah.
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  But Kumail Nonjani is fine as hell.
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  Yeah, he, yeah, very much your type.
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  It is just such a masterpiece.
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  It is such a time capsule, but still so timeless.
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  And so, yeah, I am going to pop Silicon Valley for this week.
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  You can find it on HBO.
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  And that's it for your PCJ Pop.
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