Audie Cornish, Orange is the New Black and future tech with MT Anderson

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Improvement, Nerd, Culture, Wbez, Pop, Books, Society & Culture, Nerdette, Self, Tv & Film, Technology, Nerds, Tv

4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2013

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

NPR's Audie Cornish draws a line in the nerd sand. Author MT Anderson discusses how technology changes how we think and speak. And Tricia and Greta have a whole lot of feelings about Orange is the New Black. Plus, homework! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	I mean, I may be a thief, but I'm not an embezzler, you know?
0:05.2	And that guy shot himself.
0:10.2	If you think the chickens can fly, we better go to Wikipedia right away.
0:15.8	Oh, my God, you have theater.
0:18.8	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:20.1	I'm Tricia Bobita. And this is the Nerdat podcast. Coming up, NPR's
0:24.7	Audie Cornish talks about what she will and will not nerd out about. And we continue our conversation
0:30.3	with author M.T. Anderson and Nerdat contributor Megan Murphy Gill about the ways technology is changing
0:35.5	how we talk and how we think.
0:39.2	Plus, a healthy dose of homework.
0:42.7	Okay, Trisha, we really got to talk about Orange is the New Black.
0:45.8	But first, I want you to tell our listeners where you are right now.
0:47.3	My happy place.
0:49.0	I need you to be a little more specific.
0:53.1	I'm on the campus of Michigan State University at the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association High School
0:54.4	Summer Journalism Workshop. I've been here every year as a student, TA, or instructor of some kind
0:59.5	since I was about 15 years old. Journalism nerd! And proud of it. I'm here with about 400 other
1:05.0	journalism nerds. The teachers are amazing and it's an incredible week for anyone who wants to learn
1:09.4	more about storytelling. There are photo classes, design classes, video classes, writing classes.
1:14.3	And I think it's so important for kids to learn about journalism, even if they don't do it professionally.
1:20.5	Are you mocking me with Whitney Houston, Greta?
1:24.0	Yes, and also I still need you to be more specific.
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