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R.I.P. Brangelina: Why Do We Care So Much about Celebrity Breakups?
35 minutes Posted Oct 6, 2016 at 12:14 am.
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Also, why was Evelyn Waugh such a jerk? And how petty can the office get? All will be revealed.

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio/thecooler/2016/10/Brangelina.mp3

We try to figure out why so many of us obsess over famous couples:

https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/the-only-way-to-process-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-divorce/

We share the celebrity breakups that have hurt us the most:

https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/08/03/gwen-stefani-and-gavin-rossdale-file-for-divorce-love-is-dead/

And the celebrity breakups that would hurt us the most:

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I dig up a rude letter written by Evelyn Waugh, which should have resulted in a breakup:

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Jamedra shares some petty office notes:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/22-hilarious-workplace-notes-0

We talk about how Brody was destined to be a bro because it’s the first part of his name:

brody jenner bro

We celebrate the return of Tweet:

tweet oh my

And we cap things off with “Cranes in the Sky”, a song from Solange’s new album, A Seat at The Table:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qrinhNnOM

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http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/06/21/dear-listeners-of-the-cooler-please-take-our-cute-little-survey/

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