I believe that diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy.

And I can see Russia from my house.

She's queer.

Jane Adams is queer.

I'm Greta Johnson.

I'm Trisha Bobita.

And this is the Nerdette podcast.

This week, our pal Lauren children comes by to give us a playlist that will take us from

summer to fall.

Because who doesn't love a seamless musical transition?

And the crew from WBEZ's Curious City stops by to talk to us about their most recent investigation.

They looked at the question of whether Progressive Era activist and Mother of Social Work, Jane Adams, could or should be considered a lesbian in today's terms.

And we've got some fall TV homework for you.

What's that sound?

Oh, that's the Tina Fey News Alert bulletin.

Ooh, is it because she's hosting S&L soon?

Yes, September 28th, season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and Tina Faye will be hosting.

I couldn't help but notice that the week after that, the host will be Miley Cyrus.

I know. but we're getting

Tina Faye first. All right, all right. So Greta, did you grow up on SNL like I did? You know, I grew up

with my dad having us watch the classic SNL with, you know, like Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd in the wild

and crazy guys. But since then, not so much. Pretty much, yeah, I've missed several decades

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