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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend.

This week, we are going to talk to the author of a new book called Wolfish,

which is all about humans' complicated relationship with wolves and fear. When somebody says,

oh, you're wolfish or you're hungry like a wolf. Like unpack that. But first, let's sit back and

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

and reporter Areselli Gomez Aldana. Areselli, hello! Hey, how's it going? We also have NPR

political correspondent Danielle Kurtz-Labin Danielle. Welcome back. Hello, thank you so much.

Okay, so I want to talk about something that's actually a couple of weeks old, but I just can't

stop thinking about it. So the cut, which is, you know, New York magazine, they came out with this

list a couple weeks ago now of 140 modern etiquette rules. And I just can't stop thinking about it.

Some of the advice I can really get behind others. I like in theory, but not in practice. Others,

I just kind of hate altogether. I think my least favorite might be the number 94, which says

it's okay to email, text, or DM anyone at any hour. But I'm really curious. I mean, obviously,

this is an extremely thorough list that spans everything from work to relationships and friendships

and all of the things. Areselli, what did you think? So I was expecting different types of etiquettes,

right? So I was like, oh, okay, like you're typical, like what fork to use at whatever,

right? Like I was expecting a little bit of that. But I kind of realized that this list is,

in my opinion, just a list of like how to be just a normal human, like a kind person,

not to be an asshole. Yeah. Yeah. Like that was just like, oh, we have to write this one down,

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