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 WB EZ Chicago.

Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.

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From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is the Nerdat Book Club. It's just like a regular book club, except you don't have to share your snacks. It is the month of January in the

year 2023, and our book this month is Kevin Wilson's delightful novel. Now is not the time

to panic. It's about Frankie, who is an adult when the story starts, but it's

really about one summer when she's a teenager. She's bored and lonely until she meets

Zeke, who's another weird teenager in their tiny Tennessee town. And they end up creating a very

strange poster and make a zillion photocopies of it with a stolen copy machine hidden in

Frankie's garage. They put it all over town and this weird, impulsive poster ends up totally

changing the world. The phrase in the poster is used in S&L skits. It's a part of Pulitzer

winning reporting, even social uprisings. That is all I am going to say for now, but this is your spoiler warning.

If you have not read this book and you do not want to know what happens, this is not the conversation

for you. You should go listen to our spoiler free interview with author Kevin Wilson that is in

the feed now. If you haven't read the book and you do want to know what happens, or if you

have read the book and you already know what happens, we are very glad to have you. Our panelists this

time around are two of my favorites. We have Angie Kim. She's the author of the novel Miracle Creek,

and her next novel, Happiness Falls, is coming out in September. Angie, welcome back to the book club.

I'm so excited.

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