Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Joe Arena’s leaving; CMU student in ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’; ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’; NHL ratings
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including Joe Arena’s pending departure from WPXI-TV and Carnegie Mellon University freshman Lola Tung, who landed her first-ever on-camera role in Amazon Prime Video’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
In addition, the pair discuss filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” Netflix’s latest true-crime docu-series “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey” and NHL ratings.
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