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Nerdette Recaps With Peter Sagal

Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: You're Here And It's August

Nerdette Recaps With Peter Sagal

WBEZ

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4.6924 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We talk with New York Magazine advice columnist Heather Havrilesky about quarantine madness, cinnamon rolls and making friends during a pandemic.

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0:06.1

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

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soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

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Listen wherever you get your podcast.

0:35.3

From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

0:39.4

I'm Greta Johnson, and I am still on the floor of my bedroom closet, which means this is another edition of the introverts guide to the good life, which is our

0:44.1

series on how to make the best of your more at home than usual life. Our guest today is our good

0:51.4

friend Heather Havereleski. She writes the Ask Polly advice column for New York

0:55.3

magazine. What a time to write an advice column. I asked her about what she does, especially on days

1:02.7

when she's feeling low. And she told me sometimes she just has to do a little cooking.

1:07.6

And I'm like, I'm just making cinnamon rolls.

1:11.2

I think I made you clear.

1:15.1

Don't I sound like someone that everyone should get their wisdom from?

1:22.6

I'm going to talk with Heather about the importance of vulnerability.

1:26.3

Why right now might actually be a great

1:29.3

time to make some new friends and what it's like writing an advice column during these weird,

1:35.8

weird times. Hey, Heather. Yeah. It's awesome. People have the easiest problems to solve right now.

1:46.0

Greta, it's great.

1:47.9

Yeah, so yeah, the last time you and I talked was like early April, you did book club with us.

1:54.7

We did a check in in mid-March, too.

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