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 WBEZ Chicago, join me as I share how the genre

began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. Listen, wherever you get your podcast.

My mother has never been more jealous of someone that I was going to interview than when I told

her I was going to be talking to you. Because your mother is a very brilliant and intelligent woman.

From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

I'm Greta Johnson.

And I'm Trisha Bobito.

And this week, in case you couldn't already tell, we are speaking with Jaime Camille,

also known as Roheelio de la Vega in the CWCWC series, Jane the Virgin. You don't want to say Rojelia de la Vega right there?

Roelio?

I got self-conscious because you're better at rolling your R's than I am, and I'm the one who's

half Puerto Rican. Oh, really?

Yeah.

Oh, I'm sorry, buddy.

It's okay.

We can work on that.

Rojelio. at the minute. He also talks about how you really got to get the h in there. Hi, my name is Roger de la Vega. Jane the Virgin is a C.W. sitcom, and it is about Jane,

who is a young virgin who ends up pregnant. Artificial inseminated accidentally. Hi, jinks. Surprise.

And yes, a lot of crazy things ensue, including Jane finally gets to know her long-lost father, who is Roelho Del Vega, who is very, very self-centered, but somehow also really adorable and endearing.

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