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 Nerdette.

I'm Greta Johnson.

We made it to another weekend.

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

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

Like, come on.

That just sounds so good.

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

A serious TV nerd has done that research.

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

At the most, that's a weekend of watching, you know. But first, let's talk about what people are

talking about with two great guests. First up is Lear Gullio. He is a staff writer for the

Chicago reader and a freelancer specializing in music, arts, and pop culture. Lear, welcome.

Hey, thank you for having me. Thanks for coming on. We also have John Glenn Hill.

She's a senior producer for the NPR show 1A and host of the phenomenal podcast Through the Cracks.

JQ, welcome back.

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