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. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, Mission Impossible actor Simon Pegg tells us why he would never on earth try to do some of the stunts that Tom Cruise can pull off. I don't know if I've got the time. You know, I feel like I also need to go play Minecraft with my daughter and, you know, watch TV, eat things.

But first, let's kick back and unwind from the week that was with two excellent humans with us. This week, we have the director of audio journalism at Northwestern University's Medell School, Ariane Nettles.

Ariane, hello.

Hi, Greta.

Also here is the Bureau Chief for Chalk Beat, Chicago, Becky V.

Becky, welcome to the show.

Thanks so much for having me.

I'm thrilled.

Yay.

Okay, so next Friday, two huge summer movies come out.

They are both directed by critically acclaimed directors.

They both have huge marketing budgets. One is the Barbie movie and

one is Oppenheimer, which is about the Adam bomb. I think it is fascinating that these two are both

coming out on the same day. It's kind of causing like chatter about, you know, are you an Oppenheimer

person or a Barbie person? So, Ariane, which one are you going to go see next week?

So, okay, I'm not going to lie to you.

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