Alexandra Petri on being awkward, joining cults, and making puns

Nerdette

Greta Johnsen

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Washington Post blogger Alexandra Petri, author of A Field Guide to Awkward Silences, discusses the most uncomfortable highlights of her life, joining a cult, and mastering the art of the pun.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:13.6	Hello you're listening to Nurdett from
0:17.7	W be easy in Chicago. I'm Greta Johnson and I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:21.3	This week Alexandra Petrie, a very punny blogger with the Washington Post.
0:25.6	She's got a book out called A Field Guide to Awkward Silences, which is all about how fun it is to put yourself in horribly awkward situations.
0:32.0	Which you can completely empathize with, right Tricia?
0:34.5	Oh yeah, I kind of love that.
0:36.7	We talk with Alexandra about puns and being awkward and what are those word thingies that you
0:41.2	guys got really excited about together?
0:43.0	It's a literary device known as the Zugma.
0:45.2	Okay, good.
0:46.3	We'll talk about those too.
0:48.0	That's Alexandra Petri, plus a beautiful Harry Potter related nerd confession and some light summary homework.
0:54.1	All that and more this week on Nerd Ad.
0:56.0	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
1:01.8	Make it snappy, nerd!
1:03.2	Nards!
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1:08.2	You're listening to Nurdette, I'm Greta Johnson here with Tricia Bobita.
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