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

from wb easy chicago this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson.

We did it.

We made it to another weekend against all odds.

But we are here, and that's what counts.

Coming up, author Sequoia Nagamatsu tells us about his fantastic new book,

How High We Go in the Dark.

As I started to explore and do more research, I actually ended up going to a mortuary, I guess,

convention or expo, whatever you want to call it. So it was, you know, me and a bunch of,

you know, Japanese senior citizens. Plus, a conservation biologist has an idea for dealing with

invasive species, and it is eating them.

A friend of mine described it's like Doritos with legs.

You know, it's crunchy, and it's invasive.

And you're going out and you collect these.

You can find them by the thousand.

But first, let's take a moment to chat about all the weird and wonderful things that

happened this week.

With us today, we have Lauren Chulgin, a reporter and producer for New Hampshire Public Radio. Lauren, hello.

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