Free the f-word

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Nerdette’s “resident epidemiologist” answers your questions on the lifting of mask mandates. Plus, we listen to the pop stars singing “F U.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ, you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
0:07.4	with the WBEZ app or at 91.5 on your car radio, whether you beam it or stream it.
0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:21.2	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:24.0	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:25.0	We did it.
0:26.0	To another weekend, coming up, our resident epidemiologist says we can take a collective,
0:31.3	unmasked breath around COVID.
0:34.3	What we're talking about is, you know, just living your life over the summer and
0:40.2	wait and see if something new is coming and you start hearing about cases,
0:43.5	put your mask back on.
0:44.8	She also answers some of your questions, but first, it's our panel on the week that was.
0:49.4	With us this week, we have the delightful host of the CityCast Chicago podcast,
0:53.4	Jacobi Cochran, Jacobi, hey, hey, what's up?
0:56.0	Good. I appreciate you having me back.
0:57.5	Oh my gosh. Glad to have you.
0:58.7	And here for the first time is Block Club Chicago reporter Atavia Rita TV.
1:02.7	I welcome.
1:03.9	Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here.
1:06.5	Oh, good. Okay. So I think we need to start this week on a slightly more serious note
1:12.6	than normal, maybe by talking about Ukraine. Russia is continuing its attacks.
1:17.6	The UN is estimating nearly two million Ukrainians have fled the country.
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