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'Diarra from Detroit' uses freewheeling comedy to take us to new places

NPR | By John Powers

Published August 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM CDT

Few shows announce their roots more clearly than Diarra from Detroit, the smart, deliriously ambitious comic mystery series that's currently in its second season, on Paramount+.

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John Powers is the pop culture and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air with Terri Gross.

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