A Nerdette Inauguration Special
Nerdette
WBEZ
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This year's presidential inauguration managed to muster up as much pageantry as possible, given the circumstances. Despite the pandemic and concerns over national security, the United States saw another peaceful transition of power.
Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, was in attendance. She tells Nerdette host Greta Johnsen what it was like to see another woman make history with the swearing-in of Vice President Kamala Harris. Plus, FANTI podcast hosts Tre'vell Anderson and Jarrett Hill unpack their complicated feelings about America in 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events. |
| 0:05.0 | Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more. |
| 0:09.0 | Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events. |
| 0:15.0 | From W B easy Chicago this is Nurdette I'm Greta Johnson and you have made it through another week in 2021 which means we are |
| 0:25.4 | here to help you get ready for your weekend coming up we're gonna hear about |
| 0:28.1 | what this week's inauguration was like from someone who was there in real life. |
| 0:33.7 | Carol Mosley Braun, the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. |
| 0:38.0 | But first, we're going to take a look back at the week that was with two excellent panelists. |
| 0:42.6 | Joining me this week, we have Trevel Anderson. |
| 0:44.8 | They're an entertainment journalist. |
| 0:46.1 | Trevel, hi. |
| 0:47.3 | Hello. |
| 0:48.8 | And we have Jarrett Hill, he's a journalist and writer, |
| 0:51.4 | Jarrett. |
| 0:51.9 | Welcome. Thank you for having me. So you two |
| 0:55.0 | host the podcast Fan Tie Together, which you call a show all about the complex |
| 0:59.6 | and complicated conversations about the gray areas in our lives. |
| 1:03.5 | I want to talk about the week that was, which especially means, of course, the inauguration, |
| 1:07.0 | but I'm curious, like, where y'all think we fall in sort of like the gray area spectrum these days. |
| 1:14.0 | It feels to me like there's more of it than ever before. |
| 1:17.4 | I don't know if that's because I'm older |
| 1:19.0 | or just because like pandemic and political insurrection |
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