I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

Stories Without End from WB EZ Chicago.

Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.

Listen, wherever you get your podcast.

From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend.

Coming up, ravenous reader, Liberty Hardy, and I rave about 10 books coming out in 2024.

It tied my brain in knots in the best, most delightful way. It's so, so bad.

But first, it is our chance to sit back and relax with two excellent humans.

With us this week are the co-hosts of the Just Between Us podcast, Gabe Dunn and Allison Raskin.

Welcome back, you two.

Hello.

Oh, that's how she opens the show.

She always does a hello like that.

Just giving people a taste.

It's beautiful.

Okay, so another week, another round of burden or delight.

This is the very ridiculous, extremely low stakes game that is exactly what it sounds like.

We're going to talk about three different stories and decide whether they are burdens or delights.

All of our stories this week happen to be food related, which is extra fun.

Let's start with double dipping. Bon Appetit recently came out with an article unpacking the

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