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.

Listen wherever you get your podcast.

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

Coming up, we're going to take a deep dive into the world of the Guinness World Records.

Fastest time to roll an orange one mile with your nose is a record. And a hotly contested one.

Plus, a brief history of ice. Ice was so expensive that locals called it white gold. But first, it's our chance to sit back and unwind from the week that was with two

excellent humans with us this week. We have the co-hosts of the Slate Podcast, I see YMI,

Rachel Hampton and Candice Lim. Hello, you too. Hey, Greta. Hi. Thanks for having us.

Oh my gosh.

Thanks for coming on.

Okay.

So we recently started doing this thing called burden or delight.

We've literally done it once before, but we just loved it so much that we have to do it again this week because the stories are too perfect for it.

So this is a very simple premise.

We are going to talk about three things that caught our attention this week, and you can tell us whether you think it's a burden or a delight. So we are going to start with

the tactical bra that the army is working on. There was a story in the New Yorker about it recently.

It's the latest effort by the army to make gear for combat situations. It's actually designed

for women's bodies.

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