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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week, the hosts of NPR’s Invisiblia, Yowei Shaw and Kia Miakka Natisse, stop by to discuss NASA’s asteroid mission, the CIA’s new podcast and a child art prodigy. Then, we dive into the history of literary pseudonyms with Carmela Ciuraru, author of ‘Nom de Plume.’ Plus, Autostraddle CEO Riese Bernard explores why so many queer TV shows have been canceled after one season with Nerdette producer Anna Bauman.

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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.
0:37.6	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad.
0:38.5	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:39.2	We did it.
0:40.5	We made it to another weekend.
0:44.7	Coming up, an expert on pen names indulges my curiosities.
0:53.7	When a novel takes so long to write and it's incredibly difficult, I think no matter how successful you are, why wouldn't you want the credit for it?
0:58.7	Plus, what's the deal with all these shows with queer protagonists getting canceled?
1:02.3	I've been watching shows about straight people my whole life.
1:05.3	I don't really understand why they wouldn't also want to see ours.
1:10.3	But first, it's our chance to sit back, relax, and unwind from another weird week.
1:11.9	And here to help us do that are the hosts of the NPR show Invisibilia, Yo-Awe-Shah and Kia Miak and Atis. Yo-Wea,
1:17.8	Kia, hello. Hi. Hi. So I think we should start with this asteroid situation. This week, NASA
1:24.7	was successfully able to nudge an asteroid with a spacecraft.
1:31.1	And we have impact a reality for humanity in the name of planetary defense.
1:39.1	Fantastic.
1:40.0	They sent it up almost a year ago.
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