Sex from Scratch, the history of birth control, and homework from Dan Savage

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Mirk couldn't find a helpful relationship how-to, so she wrote her own. We highlight two women who helped make oral birth control a reality, and there's homework from Dan Savage.

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0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
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0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:36.3	Hello, you're listening to Nerdette from WBEZ in Chicago.
0:37.2	I'm Greta Johnson. And I'm Trisha Bobita.
0:38.6	This week we talk with Sarah Merck.
0:40.3	She's the author of a self-help book that is actually good.
0:43.5	It's called Sex from Scratch.
0:45.1	Then we look back at two women behind the creation of the birth control pill with author
0:49.1	Jonathan Ike.
0:50.0	And then there's homework from The Dan Savage.
0:53.6	All that and more this week on Nerdette.
0:55.4	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
1:01.2	Make it snappy, nerd.
1:03.2	Nerds! Nerd!
1:07.5	You're listening to Nerdette.
1:08.9	I'm Tricia Bobita here with Greta Johnson.
1:27.5	This week, we're joined by Sarah Merck. She's the online editor for Bitch Magazine. If you're an OG nerdat listener, you'll recognize Sarah's name and her voice. We actually talked with her in the early days of Nerdette in the almost two years since we had her on the show. We apparently have made 100 episodes, and she has written a book.
1:29.6	Her book is called Sex from Scratch.
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