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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdat. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, we're going to talk to someone who dug into the history of the Jane Austen adaptation.

Jane Austen perfected that quintessential, will they, won't, they love, hate. Like, I don't think we would have Ross and Rachel or Sam and Diane without Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. Plus, one woman's quest to spend more time outside while also naked.

You're as vulnerable as you get. And then, you know, when people don't take advantage of that,

and when they instead are kind and friendly, I think it's really a valuable moment of connection.

But first, let's sit back, relax, and talk about the week that was with us this week.

Our two nerdat faves, the host of the Fantei podcast.

We have Travelle Anderson.

They're an entertainment journalist.

Trevelle, hello. Hi. Thanks have Travelle Anderson. They're an entertainment journalist. Travelle, hello.

Hi. Thanks for having us. Oh, thanks for coming. We also have Jared Hill. He's a journalist,

producer, and professor, Jared. Hello? I kind of want to do hi. This is the kind of mimic

Travelle. Great, great. So you're making fun of each other already. I love it. Okay, so let's start with Nope. This, of course, is Jordan Peel's third film. He is known for his, like, horror adjacent work, I think you could call it. He also did Get Out and us. I saw Nope over the weekend. It's definitely one of those where I want to, read everything I possibly can about it because it is wild and full of like way more symbolism than I can possibly pick up on. Have you all seen it? Trabel, did you see this one? I did see it. I saw it on opening weekend. And I should say I'm not one of those people who does the horror movies.

It took me like two months to get up the courage to see Get Out, right?

Back in the day, as we call it.

And so I went into this with a little, you know, just like anxiety on 10.

Like what, what spooky, oaky things is he going to incorporate?

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