A decade of delight
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Way back in the year 2013, “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore was at the top of the charts, President Obama began his second term, and Disney released the blockbuster Frozen. But perhaps most importantly, the podcast Nerdette was born.
In this anniversary episode, co-host emeritus Tricia Bobeda rejoined Greta behind the mic to reflect on ten whole years of the show. They also welcomed back Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, who co-hosted Nerdette Recaps with the pair. We also get the chance to hear from two ten-year-olds who discuss what it really means to be ten years old.
As part of the celebration, we are inviting listeners to our long-distance birthday party with a cake decorating contest! The winner will receive a $250 gift card to Bookshop.org. Plus, since we believe in participation awards, all entrants will receive a Nerdette bookmark! Click HERE for more information.
To mark the occasion, we’re also unveiling a new logo designed by WBEZ’s Laura Vergara!
Here’s to ten more years!!!!
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| 0:00.0 | WBEZ is supported by Chicago Humanities, presenting its spring festival on April 27th in Lakeview, |
| 0:06.9 | with historians Heather Cox Richardson and Timothy Snyder, Jonathan Blitzer on Immigration, |
| 0:12.3 | University of Chicago professor Agnes Collard on Socrates, |
| 0:16.0 | and documentaries Unblocked Englewood by Chicago's Tanika Lewis Johnson, |
| 0:20.2 | and Beyond closure on the 2013 Chicago Public School closures. |
| 0:24.5 | Tickets and more conversations on arts, culture, and current affairs at Chicago Humanities.org. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still watch them. |
| 0:38.7 | Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. |
| 0:43.0 | Now let me tell you, soap operas aren't just some silly art form. |
| 0:46.1 | They are significant. |
| 0:47.7 | In this season of Making, Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago, join me as I share how the |
| 0:53.2 | genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. |
| 0:57.9 | Listen, wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:01.4 | Some things never changed, Tricia Bobita. |
| 1:03.7 | Oh, boy. |
| 1:08.3 | From WBeeZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. |
| 1:14.4 | And in fact, this show has made it an entire decade. That's right, Nerdette is officially 10 years old. |
| 1:23.8 | And as part of the celebration, we are going to talk to some literal 10-year-olds. |
| 1:28.8 | Be prepared. |
| 1:30.5 | But first, we are going to start this party the only way we know how with a truly excellent |
| 1:35.6 | human, the co-creator of the show, and co-host Emeritus Trisha Bobita. |
| 1:40.3 | Risha! |
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