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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' And 'Tour de Pharmacy'

On this week's show, we go for a swing with the newest Peter Parker, and we contemplate an extremely silly Andy Samberg faux documentary about cycling.
Spidey (Tom Holland) in <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming.</em>

This week's show took us, and our guest Audie Cornish, to two very different but very interesting places: high above the streets of New York City and deep inside the recesses of Andy Samberg's brain.

First up, we chat, the latest in a string of Spidey movies since 2002 and the marker of his full integration into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (You may remember we enjoyed him, and Tom Holland's first performance in the suit, in .) We talk about the fighting and swinging, the dodging of the origin story, the presence of Tony Stark, and lots more.

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