Parks & Recap: The Candidate’s Wife

02/12/15 • 17 min

Brian Lehrer's Podcast About "Parks and Recreation"

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In this week's episodes of NBC's Parks & Recreation, Leslie and Ben upend expectations when she skips the traditional “pie-mary” pie-baking contest for candidates’ wives and April finds her new career.

NPR's Linda Holmes joins us for this weekly chat about the final season of the series, known for finding humor in policy wonkiness. Holmes is host of NPR's entertainment and pop culture blog, Monkey See.

And Jodi Kantor, New York Times Washington correspondent and the author of The Obamas (Back Bay Books, 2012), offers context on gender politics and the role of the candidate's wife in American elections.

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Parks & Recap: Pawnee Palisades

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In this week's episodes of NBC's Parks & Recreation, Donna gets married and we revisit the land use issues from the Gryzzl/Leslie dispute.

And Kim Lueddeke, reporter for The Record, adds context from the real-life controversy over plans by LG to expand its headquarters in the Palisades over objections from groups in the Protect the Palisades coalition.

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Parks & Recap: Career Moves

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In this week's episodes of NBC's Parks & Recreation, Andy says goodbye to his Johnny Karate children's show as he and April prepare to move to Washington, D.C. for April's new job; Leslie also gets a new gig that means she and Ben will split their time between Pawnee and D.C. and the mayor of Pawnee makes an appearance (though, he's actually dead), played by - surprise! - Bill Murray.

And Adrian Granzella Larssen, the editor-in-chief of The Muse, a career site for millennials, offers context on career crises and career moves, especially when one spouse follows the other to a new city for a job.