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 WB EZ 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, this is Nerdad. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, we have recommendations of spooky books for the season.

Will she kiss him or will she eat him? You'll have to tune in to find out. Plus, Nerdette listeners chime in with some fall reading recommendations. But first, now is our chance to sit back and

unwind from the week that was with two excellent humans. With us this week, we have the host of

the Axios Today podcast, Naila Boodoo. Naila, hello. Also here we have Shannon Kaysen. He hosts

the Homemade Stories podcast. Shannon, hello. Hey, glad to be here. Okay, I think we should start

by talking about the romcom bros. It's the Billy Eichner movie. It came out in theaters last week.

It is the first gay romcom from a major movie studio. It didn't do super well in the box office,

which could be for a number of reasons, including obviously the fact that there is still a pandemic

happening.

Has either of you seen it yet? Shannon Naila, did you watch it?

I haven't.

Shannon, no.

I didn't see it.

I mean, we've been going back to movies, but let's be real.

We haven't been.

You know, you get what I'm saying?

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