Pandemic plot points: a dilemma

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Improvement, Nerd, Culture, Wbez, Pop, Books, Society & Culture, Nerdette, Self, Tv & Film, Technology, Nerds, Tv

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Are you ready to read or watch content about the pandemic? Plus, we take a look at equal pay in soccer and beyond. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ, you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
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0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:20.9	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:23.6	I'm Reda Johnson.
0:24.6	We did it.
0:25.6	We made it to another weekend.
0:26.6	Starting up, we'll take a look at all the novels coming out that are about the pandemic.
0:30.8	Do we want to immerse ourselves in this reality that many of us would like to not be part
0:35.2	of right now?
0:37.2	But if you ignore it, it's that sort of jarringly out of touch.
0:42.5	Plus, what the U.S. women's soccer lawsuit settlement means for equal pay more broadly.
0:47.5	You know, and it's about making sure that women in the workforce are participating and
0:52.3	are not just leaving the workforce as we've seen so much over the past two years and have
0:56.3	the opportunity to be paid equally.
0:58.2	But first, let's take a look at the week that was.
1:01.3	With us today, we have Doreen St. Felix, a TV critic for the New Yorker, Doreen.
1:05.6	Hello.
1:06.6	Hi, Greta.
1:07.6	We also have Shirley Lee, who covers Culture for the Atlantic, Shirley.
1:10.6	Welcome back.
1:11.6	Hello.
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