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 WBEZ 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.

And I'm Tricia Bobita.

This week, we're talking with Stephanie Beatriz and Courtney Kosak, who are two rad ladies who also happen to be best friends and co-hosts of a

relationship podcast called Reality Bites, which it's worth noting is Bites like with a why.

Because it's all about internetings. We will talk to them about the podcast. We will also talk with one of the hosts, who is Stephanie Beatriz, who is also known as Rosa on Brooklyn 9-9, about the fact that she is Rosa on Brooklyn 9-9.

And I love Brooklyn 9-9. We are very excited to talk to her about all of the things. We also have homework this week from Dory Greenspan, also known in the office as

Dory the Cookie Lady. So stay tuned for that too. But first, let's talk a little about Brooklyn

99 and how it's kind of my favorite comedy on TV right now. I really love Veep. There's a few

other things that I watch. But Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the show that really I make sure I watch every

week because I always have at least a few laugh-out-loud moments with this show.

It has some shared DNA with Parks and Rec and its creators and some of its writers.

And the feel, too, I think.

Yeah, it's got a lot of heart and it's very silly.

It's about a workplace family, basically, cops in a precinct in Brooklyn.

And it's a very diverse cast, which is something else I love about this show. Stephanie Beatrice and her co-star Melissa Fumero may be the only pair of Latina's on a network TV show right now, except for maybe Jane the Virgin.

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