Vaccine FOMO? Don’t Worry! All Your Social Skills Have Atrophied Anyway
We unpack the week that was with Saeed Jones and Kelly McEvers. Katie Heaney tells us about her recent article “I Forgot How To Hang Out.”
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Nerdette: Maybe We SHOULD Cancel The Culture
Texas and Mississippi are reopening. Cancel culture IS a thing. Also, have you ever imagined Helen Mirren smoking weed? We unpack the week that was with Leigh Bardugo and Emily Graslie.
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Listen — 36:07Nerdette: April Is Around The Corner, And We’re Standing By That
People are hitting a “pandemic wall.” Presidents are making podcasts. And teenagers are kidnapping themselves to get out of work. We unpack the week that was with rapper Dessa and Snap Judgment host …
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Listen — 30:03LISTEN: Nerdette Breaks Down Rumaan Alam’s ‘Leave The World Behind’
Book critic Bethanne Patrick and professor Lisa Page, director of creative writing at George Washington University, join us to discuss this month’s book club pick.
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Listen — 41:49Your Weekend Starts Here: ‘Buffy,’ ‘Tarzan,’ And Cat Problems Solved
Joss Whedon is not the feminist showrunner we thought he was, but is that a surprise? Plus, remembering the complicated legacies of two of America’s first female doctors. Then, a cat expert offers …
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Listen — 31:28Your Weekend Starts Here: Britney Spears, Mercury Retrograde And Your COVID Questions Answered
Britney Spears is back in the press! We unpack the week that was and catch up with Nerdette’s resident epidemiologist Dr. Emily Landon.
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Listen — 36:21LISTEN: Rumaan Alam On ‘Leave The World Behind’
We talk with Rumaan Alam about his latest book ‘Leave The World Behind,’ which is already being turned into a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Rumaan Alam’s novel is …
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Listen — 27:18Your Weekend Starts Here: Awards Season, Everything Bagel Ice Cream And Remembering SOPHIE
Is awards season what the world really needs right now? Plus a chat with Jeni (of Jeni’s Ice Creams) and a remembrance of musician SOPHIE.
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Listen — 31:25Your Weekend Starts Here: Baby Busts, ‘Black Buck’ And The Collapse Of Capitalism?
The pandemic baby boom has yet to materialize. We also look at news in vaccines, a new novel by Mateo Askaripour and of course, GameStop.
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Listen — 30:08LISTEN: The Nerdette Book Club Dissects ‘The Space Between Worlds,’ A Sci-Fi Trope Bender
Micaiah Johnson’s debut novel takes you into the multiverse … and then defies expectations. Our book club panel breaks it all down.
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