Pop This! Podcast Episode 287: In the Heights

Summary:   "The streets are made of music." Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights was released just in time to make our music movies and musicals series and we are ready for it. Also discussed: High on the Hog, Lindy West, and Lisa's t-shirt collection.   Show notes: Lin-Manuel Miranda Apologizes For Lack Of Afro-Latinx Actors In 'In The Heights' (NPR) After 2020, 'In the Heights' Means Even More (The Ringer)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Shit, Actually by Lindy West (audiobook) Andrea G.: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)  Lisa: Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant (book)    Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive  CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Press play and come hang out with your two new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.