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 WBEZ Chicago.

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

Listen, wherever you get your podcast.

Warning, warning, warning, alert, alert.

This episode of Nerdat contains explicit language.

We're not going to bleep it.

Sorry, Mom. My mom doesn't really care, though.

Sorry, Marsha. I'll apologize to your mother. Sorry, Marcia. From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Tricia Bobita.

And I'm Greta Johnson. I want you to pretend, everyone listening right now, I want you to pretend that you are a feminist talk show host, because you've pretended this before with a hairbrush in your mirror.

I want you to think it's the day after the election and you thought you were going to be talking about the first female president.

But instead, the electoral vote shows that Donald Trump has won.

Who do you have performed the musical act on your show that night?

Who can capture the gravity of the situation, the significance

of the moment, but still make people feel encouraged, maybe even victorious? The answer is Lizzo.

And that's exactly what happened on full frontal with Samantha B on November 9th.

We are going to get up, change our pamperes, brush off our shoulders, and push on through

together.

Please welcome Lizzo.

Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring.

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