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.

WB.EZ is supported by Chicago Humanities, presenting its spring festival on April 27th in Lakeview

with historians Heather Cox Richardson and Timothy Snyder,

Jonathan Blitzer on Immigration,

University of Chicago Professor Agnes Collard on Socrates,

and documentaries Unblocked Englewood by Chicago's Tanika Lewis Johnson,

and Beyond Closure on the 2013 Chicago Public School closures.

Tickets and more conversations on arts, culture, and current affairs at

chicagohumanities.org.

From WVEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

I'm Greta Johnson.

We did it.

We made it to another weekend. And we are

somehow in the year 2024. Somebody on NPR the other day said something about 2019 being five years

ago. And I was completely flabbergasted. But here we are. I am so excited to introduce you to

this week's panelists. They are some of Nerdat's favorites.

With us this week, we have the host of the New Hampshire Public Radio podcast, The 13th Step.

Lauren, children.

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