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Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

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

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Did Wordle sell out? And what’s going on with banned books? We get into it. Plus, three delightful knitting designers tell us about their craft. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
0:07.4	with the WBEZ app or at 91.5 on your car radio, whether you beam it or stream it.
0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:21.2	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad, I'm Greta Johnson, we made it to another weekend
0:26.3	and in the delightful month of February, no less.
0:29.8	Coming up, we'll get the lowdown on what's happening with bookbans lately.
0:32.9	There really is a fight about what should our society look like,
0:39.0	how should our children be educated, what does it mean to be a good citizen,
0:42.8	and we don't agree on those things.
0:45.5	Plus, a whole new series all about nerdy jobs, first up knitting pattern designers.
0:51.2	You could learn something no about knitting every day for your life,
0:54.9	and never look at all.
0:56.5	But first, it's our chance to discuss all the weird and wonderful things from the week that was.
1:01.8	With us today, we have two of my favorite co-workers. Patrick Smith is a criminal justice reporter at WBEZ Pat.
1:08.0	Hello.
1:09.0	Hey Greta.
1:10.0	We also have Mariah Wolff, who's a political reporter at WBEZ.
1:14.1	Mariah, hello.
1:15.8	Hello.
1:16.9	Okay, so I want to start again this week with Spotify actually,
1:20.1	because a growing list of musicians and podcasters and doctors and some users
1:24.8	are fired up because the streaming service is continuing to allow Joe Rogan to spread
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