What would you do with a billion bucks? + A television screen shows shows the jackpot amount with an alert of one billion dollars. In front of the screen are three powerball tickets.
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What would you do with a billion bucks? + A television screen shows shows the jackpot amount with an alert of one billion dollars. In front of the screen are three powerball tickets.

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What would you do with a billion bucks?

Plus, what are the best TV shows out this fall? We get into it.

Wilfredo Lee / Associated Press
By Greta Johnsen

This week, the new host of NPR’s It’s Been A Minute, Brittany Luse, and host of NPR’s Embedded, Kelly McEvers, drop in to talk about the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, and “pandemic amnesty.”

Then, if you need TV recommendations for this cozy, fall weather, The New Yorker’s delightful TV critic Inkoo Kang has got you covered.

Here is Inkoo’s list (in no particular order):

  1. Abbott Elementary, Season 2

  2. White Lotus, Season 2

  3. This is Going to Hurt, Season 1

  4. The Crown, Season 5

  5. Love is Blind, Season 3

  6. Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Season 1

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What would you do with a billion bucks? + A television screen shows shows the jackpot amount with an alert of one billion dollars. In front of the screen are three powerball tickets.
Wilfredo Lee / Associated Press
What would you do with a billion bucks? + A television screen shows shows the jackpot amount with an alert of one billion dollars. In front of the screen are three powerball tickets.

Nerdette

What would you do with a billion bucks?

Plus, what are the best TV shows out this fall? We get into it.

Wilfredo Lee / Associated Press
By Greta Johnsen

This week, the new host of NPR’s It’s Been A Minute, Brittany Luse, and host of NPR’s Embedded, Kelly McEvers, drop in to talk about the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, and “pandemic amnesty.”

Then, if you need TV recommendations for this cozy, fall weather, The New Yorker’s delightful TV critic Inkoo Kang has got you covered.

Here is Inkoo’s list (in no particular order):

  1. Abbott Elementary, Season 2

  2. White Lotus, Season 2

  3. This is Going to Hurt, Season 1

  4. The Crown, Season 5

  5. Love is Blind, Season 3

  6. Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Season 1

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