Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
September is right around the corner, which means fall is coming.
To celebrate, Nerdette host Greta Johnsen talks with Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks, author and illustrator of the new graphic novel Pumpkinheads. It’s about Deja and Josiah, two high schoolers who love working at an amazing pumpkin patch every autumn. But the story starts on their last day of work as they try to enjoy everything the patch has to offer one last time.
We also check in with an atmospheric scientist who’s about to head north — way north — for the world’s biggest climate study.
And then, for your weekend enjoyment: Booksmart is now available to stream in your home, a recipe for the best chocolate chip cookies ever, and a song to help you groove through the day.
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| 0:00.0 | This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events. |
| 0:05.0 | Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more. |
| 0:09.0 | Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, so we're trying something a little different this week. |
| 0:19.0 | I really hope you like it. |
| 0:21.0 | From W.B. E. Z. Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is Nurdette, the introverts Guide to the Good Life. |
| 0:30.0 | Today we're going to hear from YA Superstar Rainbow Rowell. |
| 0:33.8 | We're going to give you an idea of something delicious to cook, |
| 0:36.9 | a great song you should listen to, |
| 0:38.7 | and something you absolutely must watch. |
| 0:41.5 | And we're going to bring you a little segment I like to call |
| 0:43.8 | Greta News, Greta News, it's now time for Gareta News, yeah! |
| 0:49.8 | Decorative Gordes season is right around the corner and I don't know about you I mean I'm not like actually a decorative Gord person but I am pretty stoked about fall. |
| 1:03.0 | Bring it on. I want sweaters, I want warm home cooked meals, I want like hot tea and like sitting on the couch under a blanket with a good book. There's a new graphic novel out and it is all about |
| 1:18.7 | fall. It's all about tough endings and new beginnings and it's by Rainbow Rowell. You may know her as the author of Attachments and Landline and Eleanor and Park. |
| 1:28.0 | She teamed up with illustrator Faith Aaron Hicks to make pumpkin heads which sells the story of |
| 1:33.4 | deja and Josiah a pair of high schoolers who work at like the most amazing |
| 1:38.3 | pumpkin patch ever picture like Disneyland except pumpkin somehow So the story starts on the last day |
| 1:45.3 | they'll ever work there and total chaos ensues. I got to talk to Rainbow and |
| 1:50.0 | faith about the total glory that is autumn earlier this week. |
| 1:54.0 | What do you think of when you think of fall? |
| 1:59.0 | I feel like, you know, it's almost September, we're kind of starting to get in the mood. I think it's so fascinating right |
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