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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette, I'm Greta Johnson, it is still January, but at least

we're closer to the weekend than ever before.

Coming up, Book Riot's Liberty Hardy yells about some of her favorite books coming out in

early 2022, then the author of a brief history of time-keeping offers up a brief history of time-keeping.

But first, it's our chance to discuss all the weird and wonderful

things from this week. I am super excited to introduce you to today's guests,

Eric Addings, and Brittany Loose. They host the Stitcher podcast for Colored Nerds,

Eric Brittany, hello. Hello. Hello. I am so excited to have you guys on the show.

I'm excited to be here. Yeah, okay.

Jinks in today. So we are finally in the last weekend of January. This month has felt like,

I don't know, at least three years. What do you think? How long has January felt to you, Eric?

Oh, man. It's, I mean, each day feels like four years. Right?

So, you know, I just try to take each one as it comes and, you know, I'm somewhat thankful

and sad that I don't know if you'll be able to take each day.

So, yeah, is there anything Brittany that's like, especially getting new through these like

very weird long four-year days? Whatever, I forget the part of your brain that controls like

your breathing and your heartbeat. Those are the main things keeping me forward today.

But I think that for me, I am like just looking forward to the feeling of like when winter finally

breaks. The way I think about it is I'm like, okay, these are my four weeks of winter.

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