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When '90s boy bands reunite, are they now 'man bands?'

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Steve Knopper, who wrote about the confluence of several boy bands of the 1980s, '90s and beyond reuniting this summer as adult men.

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Kathryn Fink
Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.
Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and Mary Louise Kelly. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.
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