Director Richard Linklater and Ferguson Librarian Scott Bonner

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Richard Linklater explains why it took 12 years to make his new film Boyhood. Scott Bonner, who runs the Public Library in Ferguson, Mo., talks about how he made the library a safe space. We remember Great Lady Nerd of History Audre Lorde. And there's a real nerdy Oscars nerd confession.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
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0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.2	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:31.4	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:32.3	I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:35.4	And from WB. BeEZ in Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:39.7	Coming up, we talked to director Richard Link later about boyhood and being a movie nerd.
0:43.9	If film is painting, time is the paint itself.
0:45.8	You know, so it's what you do with it.
0:49.7	Plus, a conversation with the head librarian from Ferguson, Missouri, about what's happening now that the TV crews have left and people are trying to rebuild their community.
0:53.8	Being the center of a community, a nexus, a meeting place is exactly what a library does.
0:58.2	Then we get to know Great Lady Nerd of History, Audrey Lord.
1:01.2	That and your nerd confessions on Nerdette.
1:03.6	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
1:06.6	Make it snappy, nerd!
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