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Happy To Be Here

Sweet, sweet syrup shortage

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

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

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Our panel dives into the maple syrup shortage. Plus, we take a look at the best cookbooks of 2021. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

You may not know this, but with WBEZ, you can check up on the news live anytime you want,

0:07.4

with the WBEZ app or at 91.5 on your car radio, whether you beam it or stream it.

0:13.3

The news is on WBEZ.

0:21.2

From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

0:23.7

I'm Greta Johnson.

0:24.7

We made it to another weekend.

0:26.6

Starting up, Bon Appétit's Alex Beggs tells us about the best cookbooks of 2020.

0:31.3

We got the recipe for pepperoni rice stuffed mussels, which is like, whoa.

0:37.1

Like, come on, that just sounds so good.

0:39.7

Plus, what is the perfect number of episodes you've got to watch in order to know if a show

0:44.6

is good?

0:45.6

A serious TV nerd has done that research.

0:48.6

I don't think episode four is too heavy a lift, you know.

0:53.0

At the most, that's a weekend of watching, you know.

0:59.0

But first, let's talk about what people are talking about with two great guests.

1:02.9

First up is Lior Goliol.

1:05.0

He is a staff writer for the Chicago Reader and a freelancer specializing in music,

1:09.0

arts, and pop culture.

1:10.2

Lior, welcome.

1:11.4

Hey, thank you for having me.

1:12.7

Thanks for coming on.

1:13.5

We also have John Glenn Hill.

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