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Jean Smart bids farewell to β€˜Hacks’

πŸ“Ί Fresh Air πŸ• August 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
πŸ“ Source based in: World β€Ί Northern Hemisphere β€Ί North America β€Ί United States

Keeps playing with the screen off. The episode is played from Fresh Air’s own podcast host.

The fifth and final season of the HBO comedy series β€˜Hacks’ is nominated for 24 Emmys, including one for Smart as best actress in a comedy series. The writers β€œraised the bar every single season,” Smart tells guest interviewer Aarti Shahani. They talk about why the show is ending, Smart’s distant relative who narrowly escaped the Salem Witch Trials, and adopting a baby when she was in her 50s.Β 

Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the novel β€˜Country People,’ by Daniel Mason.Β 

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