They weren’t heroes but they saved lives

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

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

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

First, we talk about updating the Bechdel test and re-embracing Kate Bush with bestselling author and host of ‘Bad With Money’ Gaby Dunn. Then, we hear about the new HBO documentary ‘The Janes,’ which is about a group of women who performed abortions before it was legal. Plus, what are the best summer blockbusters?

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0:00.0	This WBEZ podcast is supported by the Field Museum.
0:04.4	With 4.5 billion years worth of wonders,
0:07.7	there's nowhere you can't explore.
0:10.1	Meet the field's newest dinosaur,
0:11.8	the ferocious semi-aquatic spinosaurus.
0:15.2	Descend into an ancient Egyptian tomb.
0:18.0	Explore 10,000 years of Chinese culture
0:20.7	and see modern indigenous cultures tell their own stories.
0:24.1	Make friends with elephants,
0:25.4	check out otherworldly meteors
0:27.2	and visit Sue the T-Rex all in one afternoon.
0:31.2	Catch Earth's highlight reel and add it to yours.
0:34.3	Get your tickets and plan your visit at fieldmuseum.org.
0:42.7	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:45.8	I'm Greta Johnson. We did it.
0:47.6	We made it to another weekend.
0:49.1	Coming up, we hear from one of the women
0:51.1	who helped provide abortions in Chicago before it was legal.
0:54.9	I'm hoping that if people get any inspiration from it,
0:58.3	it's not because we were so strong in heroic,
1:00.6	but because we were so ordinary.
1:02.7	There's a new documentary about her on HBO.
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