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  • When Reality Meets TV

    It’s all TV and trees this week! We’re joined by culture reporter Hannah Giorgis, canopy ecologist Meg Lowman, and two “Bachelor”-ologists.

    Sept. 24, 2021 read more
    Listen — 33:20
  • The Doctor Is In — Again!

    Nerdette’s resident epidemiologist is back! We talk to infectious disease expert Emily Landon about the Delta variant and how much we should be bracing ourselves for winter.

    Sept. 17, 2021 read more
    Listen — 21:40
  • When The Pressure’s Just Too Much

    On this week’s episode, we talk about hitting your limit and what to do next.

    Sept. 10, 2021 read more
    Listen — 34:28
  • Queens Of Pop And Vampire Slayers

    We talk music news with Jasmine Garsd (NPR) and Jill Hopkins (Vocalo), check in with actor Harvey Guillén (‘What We Do in the Shadows’), and walk through an American Medical Association report that …

    Sept. 3, 2021 read more
    Listen — 34:12
  • Nerdette Book Club: ‘Klara And The Sun’

    It’s our long-awaited episode on ‘Klara and the Sun’! We dive into Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest with ‘Divergent’ author Veronica Roth and writer Anita Felicelli.

    Aug. 31, 2021 read more
    Listen — 48:15
  • Is Anything Even Good Anymore?

    WTTW anchor Brandis Friedman and WBEZ reporter Araceli Gómez-Aldana talk to us about Lil Nas X’s new gig with Taco Bell, if anything we watch is “good” in the age of armchair critics, and why the …

    Aug. 27, 2021 read more
    Listen — 36:50
  • #RushTok 101

    We’re back with a panel! This week, we talk COVID, Jeopardy!, and #RushTok with WBEZ daily newsletter writer Hunter Clauss and New York Times TV critic Margaret Lyons. Then, Eve Ewing tells us about …

    Aug. 20, 2021 read more
    Listen — 32:41
  • Is the New Nicolas Cage Movie … Actually Good?

    This week, it’s all about summer movies. First, we check in with TIME’s Eliana Dockterman about what’s been good, what to avoid, and what the deal is with that whole ScarJo/Disney lawsuit situation. …

    Aug. 13, 2021 read more
    Listen — 32:56
  • All Hail the Slacker Picnic

    This week, two of our favorite eaters — Bon Appetit senior staff writer Alex Beggs and New York Times restaurant critic Tejal Rao — tell us why the best picnics might just be the least photogenic …

    Aug. 6, 2021 read more
    Listen — 20:54
  • Nerdette Book Club: The Best Books Of 2021 So Far

    Two excellent readers join Greta to discuss some of the best books of the year so far.

    Aug. 3, 2021 read more
    Listen — 31:50
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