The Nerdette Summer Homework Special

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The best part about the summer? Plenty of extra time to do homework! Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. Tom Hanks talks typewriters, Jane the Virgin actor Jaime Camil recommends a show about aliens, and Jessamyn Stanley explains why yoga is meant for all body types. We’ll also hear from Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’s Peter Sagal, space doctor Sheyna Gifford, astronomer Jill Tarter, and many more. Do your homework!

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
0:05.0	Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.
0:09.0	Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org
0:12.6	slash events.
0:13.6	From W be easy Chicago this is Nurdett.
0:18.6	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:19.6	And I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:20.6	So Tricia what are you doing this summer?
0:22.4	Well turns out jobs are not like school.
0:25.0	You don't get summers off.
0:26.0	Yeah, but I mean like in the meantime.
0:28.0	I mean, no plans.
0:30.0	Incorrect. You've got homework.
0:32.0	Lots of it. From Jill Tart homework, lots of it.
0:33.0	From Jill Tartar, Neil Degrass Tyson, Tom Hanks.
0:35.7	You're the one who still hasn't done your homework from Tom Hanks.
0:38.2	Oh yeah.
0:39.2	In honor of summer and the pursuit of meaningful aims, we combed through 150 episodes of Nurdett to create
0:46.5	the Nurdett Summer Homework Special.
0:51.0	You may recall from grade school that many of your fellow classmates, people of a certain academic
0:56.0	persuasion, not only do they enjoy doing their homework, but they actively sought it out.
1:01.7	Extra credit assignments, AP classes, maybe they were like me and they did that thing
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