Saved By The Bell, Seasonal Songs And Sprinkles

Nerdette

WBEZ

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Happy weekend! Now let Nerdette podcast get you ready for it.

First we break down the week in disappearing monoliths, TV reboots and Spotify playlists with WBEZ’s Meha Ahmad and Mariah Woelfel. Then we talk with musician Andrew Bird about his new Christmas album. And finally, we take a walk through confectionary history with reporter Ashlie Stevens, who knows a few things about sprinkles. Join us!

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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.
0:17.3	From W B easy Chicago, this is Nurdett.
0:19.9	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:20.7	We have made it to another Friday.
0:22.2	It is also somehow December, the last month
0:26.0	in the dumpster fire of a year we've been calling 2020 and I am so glad here with us today.
0:31.1	I think it's going to be a pretty fun show.
0:33.7	Coming up, we're going to check in with Andrew Bird about his new Christmas album.
0:37.2	If you'd asked me a few years ago or told me that I was going to make a Christmas album,
0:41.0	I would have thought, oh my God, what kind of rut am I in?
0:45.2	And later we're going to learn about the history of sprinkles, yes sprinkles.
0:50.6	But first we're going to unpack the week that was with two delightful panelists.
0:55.0	We have Meha Ahmad. She is a reporter at W be easy.
1:03.8	Mariah, hello. Hey Greta.
1:05.8	I am so excited to have both of you on Nurdette.
1:08.1	This is very exciting.
1:09.1	Yeah.
1:10.1	I'm just going to keep using the word exciting over and over and over apparently.
1:15.2	Tell me more about the history of sprinkles.
1:17.2	I knew that one was going to peak your interest, now you'll just have to listen to the segment
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