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Nerdette

Podcasts To Help Cool Your Jets

Nerdette

WBEZ

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

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

We check in with podcast nerd Nick Quah to hear about some of the podcasts that can help you use your imagination, cook a meal and maybe even better yourself. And of course, we’ll get some pod recommendations from listeners, too!

Here are the podcasts Nick mentions in this week’s episode:

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0:00.0

This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.

0:05.0

Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.

0:09.0

Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events.

0:15.0

From W be easy Chicago, this is Nurdette.

0:20.0

I'm Greta Johnson. Good morning.

0:22.0

It is Tuesday, April 14th. I'm on the floor of my bedroom

0:25.1

closet which means this must be another edition of Nardets introverts guide to the good life.

0:33.0

All right so today we are going to talk all about podcasts

0:36.7

because as our guest will tell you,

0:39.2

you can use them to go to other places you've never been.

0:41.7

You can use them to hear some weird comedy, or you can listen

0:45.6

to get some awesome inspiration of what to do with all the weird stuff that you panic purchased

0:50.3

that's now in your kitchen pantry. And who better to talk about podcasts than Nick Qua? He is the

0:57.3

podcast expert. He is like the industriest insider, I know. He writes this newsletter called Hot Pod and he writes about

1:05.4

podcasts for New York magazine's vulture pop culture section which is one of my

1:10.3

favorite corners of the internet. Nick, hey, how you doing?

1:15.0

I'm, you know, I'm hanging in there like about everybody else. It also appears to be that I have started

1:21.2

taking everybody else's cliches and internalizing it.

1:25.0

I am gardening.

1:26.0

I am doing more crafts projects.

1:29.0

I have tried to improve myself.

1:31.0

I'm considering buying chicks. I've had the whole whole shebang.

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