Margot Lee Shetterly, Andy Cohen And The Best Podcasts Of 2016

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We talk to Andy Cohen, the man behind Bravo’s Real Housewives, about celebrity obsession. Then we break down some of the best podcasts of 2016 with help from Lauren Ober, host of NPR’s The Big Listen, and Brittany Luce, of Gimlet. And finally, author Margot Lee Shetterly on her book Hidden Figures (the inspiration for the new film by the same name) which tells the stories of black female mathematicians who played crucial roles in the early days of NASA.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:35.1	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson.
0:36.1	And I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:37.7	And this is Nerdette.
0:41.0	This is our year-end special roundup of things we love.
0:47.1	Because this is airing both on our hometown station, WBEZ Chicago, and on the internet, a bit of business.
0:48.6	Nerdette is a podcast.
0:49.2	A what?
0:50.1	A podcast.
0:53.4	It's a show where everyone is a little nerdy about something.
0:56.5	We talk to people of all walks of life about their obsessions.
0:58.0	Authors, astronauts.
0:58.8	Nerds!
0:59.6	Nerds of all stripes.
1:06.8	Now, even if you're a nerdat fan, even if you've been with us for the past three years, this show will sound a little different than it normally does.
1:11.7	In the next hour, we're going to talk about the year's best podcast from two women who know what's what.
1:15.8	Lauren Ober from WAMU and host of NPR's The Big Listen.
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