Finding joy with Courtney Barnett

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Sam Sanders and Saeed Jones help us unpack a big week, from student loan forgiveness to the made up phrase “quiet quitting.” Sam is the host of the Vulture podcast ‘Into It’ and Saeed Jones is author of the forthcoming poetry collection ‘Alive at the End of the World.’ They are also two of the hosts of the new Stitcher podcast ‘Vibe Check.’ Then, indie rock musician Courtney Barnett tells us about her extreme vulnerability in the new documentary ‘Anonymous Club.’

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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,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:37.3	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:45.8	I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, Courtney Barnett tells us about her extreme vulnerability in the new documentary Anonymous Club. I almost think that being able to find and like accept joy is like cooler and tougher and harder.
0:59.1	But first, it's our chance to sit back, relax, and unwind from another hell of a week with two excellent humans.
1:00.3	With us this week, we have Saeed Jones.
1:02.4	His new poetry collection, Alive at the end of the world, comes out on September 13th.
1:07.1	Saeed, welcome.
1:08.2	Hello, my dear.
1:09.3	Hi.
1:10.1	Oh, my gosh.
1:10.7	So glad to have you.
1:11.4	We also have one of Saeed's co-hosts on the new podcast Vibe Check and the host of
1:16.0	the new Vultureold podcast, Into It.
1:18.2	Sam, Sanders.
1:19.3	Sam, hello.
1:20.5	Hey, it is so good to be here with both of you.
1:23.3	If I recall correctly, Greta, the last time we hung out was in a kind of dive bar in Chicago after a WBEZ gala.
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