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.

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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

I'm Tricia Bobita.

And I'm Greta Johnson.

This week we talk with The Glorious, the hilarious, the magnificent Jesse Klein. I don't know why I'm being like a circus caller today, but I'm just really excited about Jesse Klein, I guess. And you should be. Jesse Klein is the head writer for Inside Amy Schumer, the hilarious sketch show on Comedy Central. She's also written for Saturday Night Live and The Kroll Show. And she's a frequent panelist on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Yes. Her new book is called You'll Grow Out of it. You may have actually seen an excerpt of it. It was put in the New York Times in this article called Get the Epidurl, which I don't know about you, dear listener, but at least for me and Trisha, I feel like it's fair to say it went viral.

It was a prevalent thing in our Facebook feeds for a while.

It was all over the place because Jesse Klein's take on motherhood is one that is maybe more judgmental and less judgmental all at the same time.

She's telling her story, and as the title of that suggests, she got the epidural. We'll talk to her about that later in this interview.

Yes, we'll also talk with her about how pregnancy and pending motherhood informed her writing for

Inside Amy Schumer. When a tomb boy becomes a Tom man. It ain't pretty. It ain't pretty.

And a very important analogy that you will want to know about wolves and poodles.

Don't worry about it.

Just trust us.

Stay tuned.

Here's Jesse talking with Trisha.

For those of you really intense nerdat listeners, you may remember we actually had Jesse on like two years ago back in Nerdette babyhood days.

Jesse. in Nerdette Babyhood Days. Jessie Glenn, this is not your first time on Nerdette.

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