Author Edan Lepucki and TLDR podcast's PJ and Alex

Nerdette

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A summer reading list from Edan Lepucki, breakout author of the novel California. Then the hosts of On the Media's TLDR podcast stop by to chat about everything from explaining Reddit to old people to why Chipotle is a cruel mistress. http://nerdettepodcast.com

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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.
0:16.0	I can't compete with you physically and you're no match for my brains.
0:26.0	Let me put it this way.
0:27.0	Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
0:30.0	Yes.
0:31.0	Morons.
0:35.0	I'm Greta Johnson. I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:36.0	And from W. Be Easy in Chicago, this is Nurdette.
0:39.0	This week we nerd out with author Eden Lopucky about books by everyone from Jennifer Egan to Edith Wharton.
0:44.4	She has the physical markers of the abuses of slavery so she like carries them on her body.
0:49.6	It's a really intense book.
0:50.6	That gives me goosebumps.
0:51.6	Yeah.
0:52.1	Other times I was just blown away by the very
0:54.1	nature of the story. She just went there. And then we talk with TLDR podcast hosts
0:58.8	Alex Goldman and PJ Vote about being internet nerds.
1:02.4	Alex is better at understanding. PJ vote about being internet nerds.
1:02.6	Alex is better at understanding things,
1:05.6	and I think I'm good at what if we compare this to noodles?
1:09.0	Like what if the metaphor was noodles?
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