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.

Listen wherever you get your podcast.

From WBEZ Chicago, this is NERD. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, two of our favorite eaters describe their ideal picnics.

Like, you're eating the biggest possible sandwich and the smallest possible bathing suit.

But first, two delightful humans are here to help us kick back, relax, and get ready for the weekend.

With us, we have Aubrey Gordon. She's the host of the podcast Maintenance Bays. Aubrey,

thrilled to have you on the show. Thank you so much for having me. What a treat.

Oh, yay. Treats all around. We also have Bridget Todd. She's the host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. Bridget, welcome back.

Oh, I'm so thrilled to be back. Thanks for having me. Yay. Okay. So it is the third week of August. School is starting for a lot of kids. It's beginning to cool down a little bit here in Chicago. There are still lots of signs of summer. I'm hearing cicadas every night. This is maybe an unpopular opinion, but I, having grown up in Alaska,

I'm, like, extremely ready for summer to be over.

Bridget, when to you is, like, the official end of summer?

I would say it's when you start to see those really over the top,

back-to-school commercials for, like, Old Navy or Gap where gap where like kids are jumping through the air.

That's a signal that summer is winding down.

Oh, that's a good one.

What do you think, Aubrey?

So yes to all of those.

I also feel like all of the people that I know who have like school age kids start to get a kind of 10,000 yard stare.

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