Surprise! You’re A Genius
You didn’t know? Nerdette podcast talks with two new MacArthur “geniuses” about their important work and what it’s like to get that call.

You didn’t know? Nerdette podcast talks with two new MacArthur “geniuses” about their important work and what it’s like to get that call.
Nerdette assembled a bunch of fun people to take a look back at a wild week — but in a merry, pop culture way, not a CAPS LOCK newsy way.
Outdoor hangs are getting frosty and the holidays are just around the corner. So we asked Dr. Emily Landon how we should navigate the fall.
Flynn also wrote the 2012 mega-hit ‘Gone Girl.’ She admits her new TV series, out now on Amazon Prime, may hit too close to home for some.
We break down the Booker shortlisted novel ‘The Shadow King’ with Lydia Levy, founder of the African literature review website Omusana.
In ‘Woke,’ a life-changing event upends one man’s life. Nerdette talks with Chicago comic T. Murph about his role and the show’s message.
As a film professor, Sarah Kozloff learned ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fails an easy gender equality test. So she wrote her own fantasy series.
Nerdette talks with baker and cookbook author Shauna Sever about how to bake away your feelings this fall.
Mengiste’s novel tells the stories of Ethiopian women warriors who fought against Italian occupation.
Of course it isn’t! We got ahold of NPR books editor Barrie Hardymon to get recommendations for some great autumn reads.