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,

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I'm Greta Johnson.

I'm Tricia Bobita.

And from WBEZ in Chicago, this is Nerdette.

Today's show will sound a little different than usual.

As most of you should know, March 14th is a big holiday for the nerds out there.

It's pie day. It's also Einstein's birthday.

But more importantly, it's pie day.

3.14. And this year, one five.

So we got two extra digits of the number pie in our date this year, which was worth celebrating with lots and lots of pizza pie, dessert pie at Adler Planetarium. It was a beautiful

nerd celebration of Pie Day running all over Adler. You'll hear our conversations with astronomers

and scientists. So much space fun. We also will get to know Great Lady Nerd of History, Dorrit Hofflett.

That and a whole lot of pie day nerd confessions on Nerdette.

Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.

And it turns out a lot of people are nerdy about space.

I'm just going to say it.

Make it snappy, nerd.

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