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.

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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad.

I'm Greta Johnson, and because of the holiday, we're going to try something a little different today. This episode is all about you. A lot of us are going through

one of the hardest years of our lives. And I think part of figuring out how to get through

the tough stuff is making sure you pay close attention to the really great

stuff because odds are you still have a lot to be thankful for which you know is kind of the

whole point of thanksgiving so we recently tried a little experiment on zoom where we invited

listeners to come tell us what's helping make their days a little

sweeter. And of course, y'all did not disappoint. I'm Heather Hurley from Arlington, Virginia. And the thing

I am grateful for is The Price is Right. Tell me more, Heather.

I have been watching The Price is Right.

I mean, since I was a kid, I think that's pretty common for everybody.

But I have really rediscovered it this year because it is, a lot of it is the same as when I was a kid, which is very comforting.

It's like, you know, childhood memories of days home from school, watching the prices right, trying to figure out how groceries worked, how prices worked. Because when you're a kid, that's all just sort of magical.

All of that economic transaction is just, you're not paying attention to that stuff. Right.

But now as an adult who does have to pay for my food, I try to do like the,

oh, I know what the prices of all of these things are. And being able to focus on the price of

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