Goodbye to a GOAT

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Books, Tv, Nerds, Self, Society & Culture, Nerd, Culture, Tv & Film, Pop, Improvement, Nerdette, Technology, Wbez

4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This week, the panel discusses the one and only Serena Williams, millennials on defense on TikTok, and the rise of Italian beef. We’re joined by City Cast Chicago’s Jacoby Cochran, Chicago Tribune’s Britt Julious, and Nerdette guest host Araceli Gómez-Aldana. 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	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.
0:37.2	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:40.1	I'm Ariseli Gomez-Alolana in For Greta Johnson.
0:42.8	We made it to another weekend.
0:44.0	I'm very excited.
0:48.2	And we have two excellent guests with us to unpack the week that was.
0:52.8	With us this week is Jacoby Cochran, host of the podcast CityCast Chicago.
0:53.9	Jacoby, what's up?
0:56.3	What's up, Aricelli? I'm happy to be back on Nerdette.
1:02.3	And also with us is Britt Julius, music critic for the Chicago Tribune. Britt, so happy you're here.
1:14.1	Thank you. Excited to be here. All right, let's start off with the biggest news. Tennis star, Serena Williams, announced that she plans to retire from tennis after playing the U.S. Open later this month.
1:26.9	And her announcement was, you know, she made it on Vogue magazine, very, very posh, where she said that she is stepping away from the sport to focus on her family and her venture capital firm.
1:28.5	So this is a huge deal for me.
1:29.5	I'm a tennis fan.
1:31.4	Jacoby, what about you?
1:32.3	How did you take the news?
1:33.3	Oh, my God.
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