Ep. 244 Relentlessly Positive with Greta Johnsen
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Today we're joined by Greta Johnsen, host and producer of the Nerdette podcast from WBEZ Chicago, at host of HBO's House of the Dragon recap podcast. We get into Greta's positive approach to reviewing books and how she currates all things nerd. We also hold a grilled cheese debate and discuss the art of balancing book criticism with never having written a book.
The Stacks Book Club selection for December is True Biz by Sarah Nović. We will discuss the book on December 28th with Greta Johnsen.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know what sucks really bad? |
| 0:02.3 | Missing out on tickets to the biggest tour of the year. |
| 0:06.8 | Not Taylor Swift, not Beyonce, but the live in the stacks tour. |
| 0:13.3 | We have only three stops left, so you need to grab your tickets now before you have |
| 0:19.6 | major FOMO for the rest of your life. |
| 0:22.6 | I will be in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on Sunday, September 24th. |
| 0:28.0 | I will be in New York City with KSA layman on Monday, September 25th, and you can find |
| 0:32.9 | me for the last stop of the tour on Wednesday, October 18th, with a few special guests which |
| 0:39.3 | we will announce real, real soon. |
| 0:42.2 | I promise you a night of big laps, hot takes, and more bookish conversation than you could |
| 0:47.6 | possibly imagine. |
| 0:49.8 | Tickets are selling fast, so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and get them before they're gone. |
| 0:57.5 | And I can't wait to see you live in the stacks. |
| 1:10.4 | Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 1:13.2 | I'm your host Tracey Thomas, and today I'm speaking with Greta Johnson, a fellow book |
| 1:17.6 | lover and the host and producer at WBZChicago's podcast Nerd Act. |
| 1:22.8 | Greta also co-hosts HBO's official House of the Dragon podcast, and I am so excited |
| 1:28.0 | for you to hear our long overdue conversation. |
| 1:30.2 | I'm a huge fan and friend of Greta, and today we get to talk about how she curates her |
| 1:34.9 | podcast, the books that she loves most of all, and we have a very contentious debate |
| 1:39.7 | about grilled cheese. |
| 1:41.8 | Our December book club selection is The Novel True Biz by Sarah Novich, which we will |
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