I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago. Join me as I share how the genre

began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. Listen, wherever you get your podcast.

From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson and you are listening to the Nerdette Book Club. It's just like a

normal book club, except you don't even have to feel bad if you didn't read the book. This month,

we are talking about Lauren Ho's Last Tang Standing. There's a spoiler-free interview with Lauren

in the feed. So if you haven't read the book yet and you are terrified of spoilers, that is a great

episode for you to start. If you haven't read the book yet and you are terrified of spoilers, that is a great episode for you to start.

If you haven't read the book yet and you love spoilers, then you are totally in the right place because we are going to unpack it all.

And here to unpack it with me is Nick Kwa.

He writes about podcasts for New York Magazine, among other places.

And he even hosts a podcast about podcasts. It's called

Servant of Pod. Nick, hey. Hello, hello. I have to also say you are our first dude book club

panelist. Oh, no way. Yeah, man. Exciting. I had a feeling you'd be delighted by that. I'm really deeply honored.

Okay, so I figure we should do like super quick synopsis and then we can dive deeper into the plot a little later.

But for people who haven't read it, who haven't heard a lot about it, last tang standing essentially is about a 30-something Malaysian woman living in Singapore.

She's trying to figure out her love life.

Also, of course, while trying to get partner at the law firm, also while drinking a lot

and playing like an insane amount of candy crush.

Relatable.

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