Rainn Wilson: All About That Bassoon
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Nerdette host Greta Johnsen reveals that she has a secret nerdery: she used to play the bassoon. So this week, in one, grand, bassoon-filled extravaganza, Johnsen and co-host Tricia Bobeda bring back the bassoon. First, they talk with culture writer and bassoonist Eileen Reynolds about the history of the bassoon. Then, they call up the self-proclaimed “Bassoon King” Rainn Wilson. Plus, Chicago Philharmonic Principal Bassoonist John Gaudette plays a familiar tune.
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| 0:00.0 | This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events. |
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| 0:13.6 | From W bez Chicago, this is Nurdette. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm Tricia Bobita. |
| 0:19.6 | And I'm Greta Johnson and this week's episode is all about the nerdiest instrument in the |
| 0:24.6 | symphony orchestra. Oh, uh, the sousaphone. That's pretty good but nerdier. |
| 0:31.5 | The French heart. Also nerdy but nerdier. |
| 0:34.9 | Tuba is pretty nerdy but also gets credit for marching bands so I think this |
| 0:41.4 | instrument is still nerdyer than the tuba. |
| 0:43.4 | All right, I give up. |
| 0:44.4 | All right, here's a hint. |
| 0:46.4 | The bassoon! Yes, the bassoon? |
| 0:53.0 | The bassoon. |
| 0:56.0 | We will talk to no fewer than three bassoonists this week. |
| 0:59.0 | Technically four, because you know, I got that dark bassoon pass too. Oh right there will also be a |
| 1:05.5 | bassoonist journalist a bassoonist if you must a professional bassoonist will |
| 1:11.1 | perform an extra special composition for us and we'll talk to |
| 1:14.4 | Rain Wilson the actor best known as Dwight Schroot on the office who wrote an autobiography |
| 1:19.2 | called The bassoon King. I never thought that I would get a call from someone saying, hey, we're doing a podcast on |
| 1:25.8 | bassoons and they would call me as an authority. |
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