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Nerdette

Lady spies of the Civil War, Harry Potter and a Halloween challenge

Nerdette

WBEZ

Tv & Film, Self, Nerd, Books, Technology, Tv, Improvement, Culture, Wbez, Society & Culture, Pop, Nerdette, Nerds

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy uncovers maverick women of the Civil War. A night at a campfire with war reenactors. Plus Harry Potter homework and nerd confessions collected live while people drank Game of Thrones beer.

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0:00.0

This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.

0:05.0

Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.

0:09.0

Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events.

0:16.0

The pants that I have probably haven't been washed in two years.

0:26.0

I'm supposed to look like a starving confederates the end of the war and

0:30.0

it's supposed to look ragged.

0:31.0

I'm Greta Johnson, I'm Tricia Bobita.

0:36.0

And from W.Beezy in Chicago, this is Nurdette.

0:39.0

Coming up, an author who loves Lady Nords of History as much as we do.

0:42.0

Maybe even more as we do.

0:42.8

Maybe even more than we do, Tricia.

0:44.5

I really like to write about women whose lives I wish I lived.

0:47.8

And I'm incredibly jealous of all of them.

0:49.8

And our pal Logan Jaffey has been hanging out with Civil War nerds.

0:53.4

All that plus your nerd confessions right here on Nurdette. She can't be what she wants to be.

1:05.0

Though she never really tried it.

1:16.0

She's a life girl.

1:18.0

She's a life girl. She's a life girl.

1:28.0

But I know you try to tonight and a feat's go right. Karen Abbott's most recent book is Lyer,

1:30.8

Temptress Soldier Spy.

1:32.6

I really like to write about women whose lives I wish I lived.

1:36.1

And I'm incredibly jealous of all of them.

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