I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

Stories Without End from WB EZ Chicago.

Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.

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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

I'm Greta Johnson, and we have made it to Friday. And what I have to say,

felt like an extra epically long week. Coming up, podcast expert Nick Kwa tells us about some shows you might want to check out, including what about the history of reality TV, which I am very intrigued by.

Then we'll hear from a reporter who looked into late pandemic burnout. The exhaustion

is real, y'all. But first, it's our panel on the week that was. First up, we have the

aggressively delightful host of Fake the Nation, Nguin Farsa. Nguin, hey. Hey, thanks for having me.

And making her Nuredet debut, it's Art of Power host Arthy Shahani. Arthi, welcome.

Hey, what's up?

Oh, I'm so excited to have you on the show.

It's great to be here.

So, oh, man, where do you even start this week?

It was a really heavy one, I think, especially when you think about police violence,

as if the trial reliving the police killing of George Floyd weren't enough.

Another black man was killed by police in Minnesota over the weekend.

That's in the wake of news about a police shooting of a 13-year-old boy a couple weeks

ago here in Chicago.

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