Nerdette WBEZ Chicago
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Nerdette is a weekly interview show that helps you unwind with fun conversations, inspiring ideas, and delightful recommendations. And join us every month for the Nerdette Bookclub!
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CORGIS ARE DELIGHTFUL
This week, we are taking some time to reflect on the past *11 years* of Nerdette by listening to two of our all-time favorite interviews. First, Greta and Stephen King (yes, that Stephen King) bond over their shared love of corgis. Then, poet Ross Gay tells us about 'The Book of Delights,' a collection of essays about finding delight everyday.
We also want to let you know that Nerdette’s last episode at WBEZ will be May 28. Thank you for all of the love and support!
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Tortured poets and airlines for dogs
This week, senior Reset producer Meha Ahmad and journalist Araceli Gómez-Aldana join us to unpack the week. We get into friendship breakups over Taylor Swift, a new airline for dogs and Olympic fashion.
Then, Maura Cheeks tells us about her debut novel Acts of Forgiveness. The book imagines a world where the U.S. government awards cash reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.
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Is mayo a burden or a delight? WE FIND OUT.
This week, our friends Dan Pashman, host of 'The Sporkful' podcast and author of the new cookbook 'Anything’s Pastable,' and Helen Rosner, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the newsletter 'The Food Scene,' go all in on food in another round of our favorite game: Burden or Delight.
Plus, producer Anna Bauman adventured to Indianapolis this week to see the total solar eclipse. We listen to what it was like to stop and wonder at our sky.
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Killer gams FTW
We are unpacking the week that was with Amory Sivertson, host of the WBUR podcasts Beyond All Repair and Endless Thread, and Kristina Lopez, producer of Glamorous Trash. We discuss the reasons why women need more sleep than men, age gap relationships and “Stick Nation.”
Then, Vulture film critic Alison Wilmore tells us about why women in action movies all seem to be doing the same particular stunt. She dubs it “killer gams.”
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Nerdette Book Club: Marie-Helene Bertino on ‘Beautyland’
Our April selection is Marie-Helene Bertino’s gorgeous and entrancing novel 'Beautyland.' It’s about Adina, who realizes she is actually an alien disguised as a young girl living in Philadelphia. Her task is to send reports on humanity back to her home planet via fax machine. The novel is tender, full of heart and weird in the best possible way.
Listen to this spoiler-free interview with the author and read along with us! We’ll be back with a spoiler-filled panel discussion on the last Tuesday of the month. You can join the conversation by sending a voice memo to nerdettepodcast@gmail.com.
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Bonus: The Culture Study Podcast
We're on Spring Break this week so we're bringing you a podcast that we think you'll love from our friends at The Culture Study Podcast. Get ready for a deep conversation into the world of A Court of Thorns and Roses, and the 'romantasy' genre as a whole!
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Great company in the studio!
These folks get me. Smart takes on pop culture and events in the news, the arts, like I'm working in a room with my friends instead of quantined ALONE and sad working in my studio. Real public service here, people!
Cabbage
Just listened to your podcast and it is wonderful. If you are looking for awesome food books that aren’t necessarily cookbooks The is a book called ‘Flavour ‘. No recipes per se but if you look in your fridge and have only one ingredient you look that ingredient up in the book and it will tell you want food go well with it. So you know what to buy at the store when you go.
Th ebigger and darker the font the better it will go with the main ingredient. So if you look up cherries, chocolate will be in big dark font and on and on. It is great for the cook who just like to experiment without necessarily having a recipe
Keep up the good work!!
Marie
My absolute favourite podcast
I can’t believe I’m just writing this now. I keep telling people to listen to your podcast because you are truly the best! I’ve listened to all your episodes with such joy. You are so funny, brilliant and interesting. Thank you so much for all the work you put in this awesome podcast and every subject you are nerding about. I’m so proud to be a Nerdette 😊