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

Coming up, we discuss the fine line between using the exclamation point too much and seeming unhinged or too little and coming off a little mean.

And it really at heart is about policing women's speech. But first, it is our chance to sit back and relax with two excellent humans.

With us this week, we have the host of the podcast, Fake the Nation, and a recent attendee of a Magic Mushroom retreat, Nguyen Farsad, Nguin.

Hello.

Hello.

I am currently not under psychedelic drugs. I appreciate that. Totally sober. So, hello.

You can check out her story on that shroom trip in Afar magazine. Also with us is Elise Hugh, the host of the TED Talks Daily podcast. Elise, hello. Hello, it's good to be back.

A note to listeners, I have used 12 exclamation points so far in this script for what it's worth.

But this week's topics that we want to talk about are all kind of accidentally about laws and lawsuits.

Let's get into it. This week, someone in Washington, D.C., sued Powerball

for posting the wrong winning numbers in January of last year. He had those numbers, and so he thought

he was winning $340 million, which he did not. And so he ended up suing Powerball for that amount,

citing negligence and emotional distress.

I do admire the effort.

I think this is a really interesting little story.

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