Nerdette Book Club 2020
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Nerdette has always been a podcast for book lovers, but for the first few months of 2020, we’re doubling down. Join host Greta Johnsen and a rotating cast of panelists as they discuss the year’s buzziest books.
Whether you can’t wait to dive in or just want to sound like you know what you’re talking about with your book nerd buddies, this is the podcast for you.
First up: Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid’s debut page-turner about race and class in America. Read it, and share your thoughts by recording yourself an emailing the file to nerdettepodcast@gmail.com!
Then tune in Friday, Jan. 31 as Greta discusses it with The Cut’s Ask Polly columnist Heather Havrilesky, The Morning Amp’s Jill Hopkins, and YOU!
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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 |
| 0:12.6 | slash events. |
| 0:13.6 | Hey all this is Greta. I just want you to imagine for a moment |
| 0:18.3 | all of the worst parts about a book club. |
| 0:21.3 | Maybe you're hosting that's extra terrible. Even if you're not you |
| 0:26.6 | have to bring snacks. There's like this ridiculous time commitment. There's the guilt of |
| 0:31.5 | failing to read the book. There's the annoyance of reading a lame book. |
| 0:36.0 | There's like that one person who kind of got too drunk and made it weird. |
| 0:40.0 | There's the fact that you even had to put on pants at all? Like, my God, why even bother? |
| 0:45.1 | Well, I am here to tell you that we have the perfect solution. It's the Nurdette Book Club. And I am so excited to tell you about it. |
| 1:03.4 | Over the first few months of 2020, we're going to do this like a book club. |
| 1:07.5 | We're going to meet once a month. |
| 1:08.8 | We're going to talk about a book. |
| 1:10.6 | It's going to be great. |
| 1:12.1 | You can wear pants if you feel like it or not. Just don't tell me it's totally cool |
| 1:15.7 | So the first book we're doing is such a fun age by Kylie Reed. We're gonna do it on January 31st |
| 1:21.8 | So join me and Heather Heverleski and Jill Hopkins for that conversation. |
| 1:26.4 | And you know, if you've already read such a fun age because you were such a good nerd |
| 1:30.2 | out listener and you were like, well Greta said it was the best book of 2019 I |
| 1:33.2 | should probably read it that is amazing we would love to hear your thoughts you can |
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