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Nerdette

The Gift Of Dessa

Nerdette

WBEZ

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

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Dessa is a rapper, a singer, an author, a poet, and a whiskey co-creator, among other things. She even participated in an “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”-type procedure in an attempt to remove memories from a painful relationship.

Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen talks to her about all of that, including her memoir, My Own Devices. We also listen to some of the amazing tracks on “Chime.” 

This episode originally aired in 2019.

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0:00.0

This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.

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Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.

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Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org

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slash events.

0:13.6

From W be easy Chicago this is Nernet I'm Greta Johnson

0:19.3

I am actually off this week so we're gonna bring you a classic from the archives here is an

0:24.4

interview with the excellent and amazing singer songwriter and bookwriter Dessa.

0:29.6

From W.B. E. Z. Chicago, this is Nurdette. I'm Greta Johnson and

0:36.3

Nurdette is a show where we talk to your favorite or soon to be favorite people

0:40.3

about how their passions drive what they do and today's guest is

0:44.3

Dessa. You don't know who Dessa is? Well, buckle up.

0:49.3

We don't say go out and be brave now say be careful stay safe in any given instance that don't hurt

0:57.6

It stinks in like the letters and soft earth like the big win is not a game without an incident.

1:02.6

I beg to differ with it.

1:04.4

I think a woman's worth.

1:05.6

I think that she deserves a better line of work.

1:08.4

Then motherfucking vigilance.

1:11.2

Don't get me vigilance. Don't give me vigilance.

1:15.0

But definition, you can't make a difference.

1:18.0

If the big ambition is simply standing country to your innocence,

1:21.0

that's not a way to live.

1:22.0

That can't be what a woman is

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