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 WBEZ Chicago.

Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.

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The economy, the global economy would be shaken.

The U.S. would create new industries.

We would clean up the air.

And these scientists would run out the door to the bench, jazzed about how they were going to change the world.

Author Steve Levine tells us about the ragtag bunch of scientists who are racing to invent a super battery that will change the world.

And then we get to know the woman who started the Girl Scouts.

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That and your nerd confessions on Nerdette.

Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.

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