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 Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, we will hear from the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest.

I don't need to summit. Like, that's not, that shouldn't be the ultimate goal. It's just like pushing, pushing yourself, pushing your limits. That's really like what I try to do.

But first, let's shake off the week that was with two excellent humans with us this week.

We have cultural critic, Kristen Meinser, and comedian Jolenta Greenberg. They are the co-hosts of the podcast by the book and the new Audible Original podcast Romance Road Test.

Kristen Jolenta, hello.

Hi.

Hi.

Okay, so let's start with the Emmys.

The TV award nominations came out this week.

HBO did very well.

They got award nods for Euphoria, Succession, Barry, the White Lotus, hacks, among many other shows.

The three most nominated shows were Succession and the White Lotus, Hacks, among many other shows. The three most nominated shows were Succession

and the White Lotus and Ted Lassow, probably unsurprisingly. Abbott Elementary also got a lot,

which I thought was really exciting, especially for a first season show as excellent as Abbott

Elementary is. Kristen, what are you excited about that got some recognition this week? Oh, well, I'm excited

that Hacks was nominated as much as it was. I also was happy that Hamesh Patel from Station 11 got a

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