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

Nerdette

Greta Johnsen

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

4.7 • 1.4K 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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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:13.6	Hello you're listening to Nurdette from W be easy in Chicago.
0:21.0	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:22.0	And I'm Tricia Bobita. This week we talk with
0:24.0	Sarah Merck, she's the author of a self-help book that is actually good. It's
0:28.1	called Sex From Scratch. Then we look back at two women behind the
0:31.4	creation of the birth control pill with author Jonathan Ike.
0:34.8	And then there's homework from The Dan Savage.
0:38.3	All that and more this week on Nurdette?
0:40.2	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
0:42.6	Make it snappy, nerd's, nerd!
0:48.6	NERD! You're listening to NERDET, I'm Tricia Bobita here with Greta Johnson.
0:55.4	This week we're joined by Sarah Merck. She's the online editor for Bitch magazine.
0:59.4	If you're an OG Nertet listener you'll recognize Sarah's name and her voice. We actually
1:03.9	talked with her in the early days of nerdette in the almost two years since we
1:07.3	had her on the show. We apparently have made 100 episodes and she has written a book.
1:11.9	Her book is called Sex From Scratch.
1:14.0	Sarah says it came about because she's the kind of person who seeks out books that can be resources for her when she has a problem.
1:20.0	But when she started questioning her long-term boyfriend, she wandered over to the relationship section of the bookstore and says it was awful.
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