Nerdette

  • WBEZ Nerdette Holiday Special

    This episode is a mix of old and new, with some of our favorite conversations from 2013 all wrapped up into one hour.

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  • Stefan Fatsis: Scrabble Battle

    Greta attends a Scrabble tournament and we talk to Scrabble evangelist and author of ‘Word Freak’ Stefan Fatsis.

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  • Gillian Anderson: Fish Love

    Gillian Anderson, aka Agent Scully of X-Files, nerds out about the ocean’s health and talks about playing smart characters.

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  • Doris Kearns Goodwin: History

    Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin nerds out about baseball, muckraker Ida Tarbell and more. Plus a dinosaur discovery!

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  • Anne Curzan: Word Nerd

    We talk to linguistics professor Anne Curzan. She wrote an article about the newest use of the slash (it’s not just punctuation anymore).

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  • Seth Reiss: The Onion

    Seth Reiss, head writer for The Onion, talks about their encyclopedia, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and gives great homework.

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  • Emma Christensen: Homebrewing

    Folks from Business Insider chat about their list of the most famous books set in each state; then, homebrewing with Emma Christensen.

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  • Thomas Maier: Masters of Sex

    ‘Masters of Sex’ author Thomas Maier helps us get to know another great Lady Nerd of History: Sex researcher Virginia Johnson.

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  • Sharon Creech: Writing for Kids

    Author Sharon Creech talks about her new book The Boy on the Porch. Plus we talk Doctor Who and a playlist for sweater weather listening.

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  • Ada Lovelace Day

    Mother of computer programming, Ada Lovelace, inspires our conversation with women in STEM fields and teen girls learning to code in Chicago.

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