From Our Pals At WBEZ, It's Nerdette!
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays
Meagan & Lindy
4.9 • 746 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hello friends! We wanted to share this fun episode of the WBEZ podcast Nerdette with you all. If you're looking for your next favorite read, look no further! Host Greta Johnsen and her professional book lovers - Miwa Messer, host of Barnes & Noble’s book podcast Poured Over, and Andrew Limbong, host of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast – talked all about their top picks of the year.
Here are the books mentioned in the episode. For pictures, links and more details, head to Nerdette's website!
Andrew’s picks:
‘Landscapes’ by Christine Lai
‘Poverty by America’ by Matthew Desmond
‘Roaming’ by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
‘Ringmaster’ by Abraham Josephine Riesman
Miwa’s picks:
‘Loot’ by Tania James
‘Ordinary Notes’ by Christina Sharpe
‘Open Throat’ by Henry Hoke
‘Chain Gang All-Stars’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Greta’s picks:
‘The Vaster Wilds’ by Lauren Groff
‘The Country of the Blind’ by Andrew Leland
‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’ by Shannon Chakraborty
‘Same Bed Different Dreams’ by Ed Park
Listener picks:
‘The Fragile Threads of Power’ by V.E. Schwab
‘Shrines of Gaiety’ by Kate Atkinson
‘Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang
‘In the Lives of Puppets’ by TJ Klune
‘Monsters’ by Claire Dederer
‘Black River Orchard’ by Chuck Wendi
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.com. |
| 0:05.5 | U.K.-slash Wondery. That's audible.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Dot U.K. slash Wondery. |
| 0:11.4 | Hi, everyone. We wanted to tell you about a new show We Are Loving, the Culture Study podcast with Anne Helen Peterson. |
| 0:18.6 | It's a show about exploring the nooks and crannies of the culture |
| 0:21.6 | that surrounds you. Each week, Anne and a super smart co-host answer listeners questions about the |
| 0:26.6 | stuff they find interesting and perplexing, like, why do clothes suck now? Is Pop Patrol copaganda, |
| 0:33.0 | or is it not that deep? And what's the deal with everyone I know getting a divorce? Like Anne's |
| 0:38.0 | tremendously popular newsletter, The Culture Study podcast is funny, insightful, and kind of weird. And it's |
| 0:44.2 | guaranteed to help you become the most interesting person at parties. Listen to the Culture |
| 0:48.9 | Study podcast every Wednesday, wherever you get your shows. |
| 0:58.4 | Music every Wednesday, wherever you get your shows. Hello! |
| 0:59.6 | It's Lindy and Megan from Text Me Back. |
| 1:02.2 | If you love podcasts that feel like conversations between friends, |
| 1:05.2 | there's another show that we think you'll love. |
| 1:07.9 | It's called Nerdette, and it's from our friends at WBEZ in Chicago. |
| 1:11.9 | Each Friday, host Greta Johnson helps you catch up and unwind from the week with conversations |
| 1:17.4 | that celebrate curiosity and delight. Nerdette also has a monthly book club, and in that spirit, |
| 1:23.2 | let's listen to a recent episode they did about the best books of the year. Get ready to find |
| 1:28.3 | your next favorite read. |
| 1:33.5 | From WB.EZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend, |
| 1:39.3 | and another year is almost coming to an end, which means now is the perfect time to sit back, relax, |
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