This Week We're Going "Off The Rails!" (Wearing Slippers In Public And Leaning Into Dry Shampoo)

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Greta Johnsen

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

4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week we’re joined by Amy Ratcliffe, author of ‘A Kids Guide To Fandom’ and managing editor of Nerdist, and Jasmine Warga, who wrote ‘Other Words For Home’ and ‘The Shape Of Thunder.’ They tell us about their “off the rails” pandemic moments, opinions on the Golden Globes, and how often they’ve been showering as of late. Then, Anna Sale, host of WNYC’s ‘Death, Sex, And Money’ joins to discuss her new book ‘Let’s Talk About Hard Things.’ AND, chemistry Youtuber and author of 'Chemistry For Breakfast' Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim nerds out about the science of everyday things. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago, join me as i share how the genre began
0:22.7	their social impact and why these stories endure listen wherever you get your podcast from wb easy
0:33.9	chicago this is nerd ed i'm greta johnson we did it we made it it to Friday. Coming up, Anna Sale, the host of Death Sex and Money, tells us about her new book. It's called Let's Talk About Hard Things. I come to this journalism about hard things with the real belief that like this stuff is all happening in our lives. So it's not a choice of whether we have the hard thing or not.
0:56.4	It's whether we acknowledge it.
0:58.4	Plus, a chemistry nerd shares her love of science with us.
1:01.4	I just wanted to show that science and especially chemistry is everywhere.
1:06.3	But first, it is time to chat about the week that was.
1:09.8	With us today we have Amy Ratcliffe.
1:11.6	She is the author of A Kids Guide to Fandom, which came out last week.
1:15.4	She is also the managing editor for Nerdist.
1:17.7	Amy, hey.
1:18.7	Hi, Greta.
1:19.4	Thank you for having me.
1:20.6	Glad to have you.
1:22.0	Also with us is Jasmine Warga.
1:24.1	She wrote other words for home, a John Newberry honor book. Her newest book is called
1:28.1	The Shape of Thunder, and it just came out on Tuesday. Jasmine, welcome. Hi, Greta. I'm excited to be here.
1:33.4	Thanks for being with us. Okay, so, I don't know, I think it's fair to say this has been a relatively
1:38.8	quiet week in the U.S. considering a horse was caught doping. People in the southeast are panic buying gasoline and
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