Ode to Pets!

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🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Sure, lots of celebrities are hosting conversations and table reads on social media these days. But author and actor John Hodgman has been hanging out on Instagram Live for months already, interviewing random humans and their pets, in a show he calls … wait for it … “Get Your Pets.”

Nerdette host Greta Johnsen talks to Hodgman about why he thinks “Get Your Pets” is maybe, actually some of the most important work he’s done.

Plus, we hear from you about some of the creatures keeping you company these days.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:35.5	Did I tell you? I don't think I did. Well, of course I didn't, but I'm so excited. I'm going to make a chocolate cake for one in a mug in the microwave tonight. And I am so stoked about it.
0:46.6	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. Good morning. I'm Greta Johnson. It is Tuesday, March 31st, and I am on the floor of my bedroom closet,
0:55.9	which means this must be another edition of Nerdette's Introverts Guide to the Good Life.
1:02.7	So today, we are going to talk all about pets, because I don't know about y'all, but as a person who lives alone,
1:09.0	I am so grateful for the company of my Corgi Scout and my cat Seth, even though my cat Seth is extremely aggressive.
1:21.1	So somebody who's taking pet appreciation to the next level is my buddy John Hodgman.
1:29.4	Hey, Greta, how are you buddy John Hodgman. Hey, Greta, how are you?
1:31.1	John Hodgman, how's it going?
1:33.2	Well, you know, it's exactly what it is.
1:36.0	It's a weird time.
1:37.3	John is the guy from those Mac versus PC ads back in the early aughts.
1:42.3	He was also on the daily show for a while, and he played the
1:44.7	Bougy Public Radio host from Boogie Eagleton on Parks and Rec.
1:48.7	Welcome to Thought for Your Thoughts. I'm your Pornian host, Derry Murbles. And I'm your
1:54.9	Eagletonian host, August Clementine. Yes, if you have not heard our program in a while, thought for your thoughts now has a
2:03.3	co-host thanks to the Pawnee Eagleton Merger. I believe that is the Eagleton Pawnee Merger, Nespa.
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