American Nerd

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2008

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Benjamin Nugent is the author of "American Nerd: The Story of My People," a combination of memoir, sociology and reportage on the nerd in American life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Margaret France from Oakland, California.
0:02.4	The Sound of Young America is an independent production
0:04.5	supported by listeners like you and me.
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0:08.5	visit MaximumFund.org and click on Donate.
0:11.3	Live on tape from my house in Los Angeles.
0:13.8	I'm Jesse Thorn, and this is the Sound of Young America
0:16.6	from MaximumFund.org.
0:18.7	It's the Sound of Young America.
0:40.8	I'm Jesse Thorn, America's radio sweetheart.
0:43.0	My guest on the program is Benjamin Nugent.
0:45.4	His new book is called American Nerd.
0:49.3	Part sociology, part history, and part personal narrative
0:55.1	about Ben's own childhood as a nerd.
0:58.8	Ben, welcome to the Sound of Young America.
1:00.8	Hey, thanks for having me.
1:02.3	It's a pleasure.
1:03.0	I really like the book.
1:04.9	Thanks.
1:06.7	I think we should start.
1:08.2	You do a very interesting job of defining what nerdiness is.
1:13.9	I feel like everyone has some idea of what the word means.
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