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 WB EZ Chicago.

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

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From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.

I'm Greta Johnson. I bought myself a Mother's Day pastry box

and empowering through it, which means this must be another edition of Nerdette's introverts guide

to the good life. I mean, I guess under non-pandemic circumstances, I also could have bought

myself a box of Mother's Day pastries and enjoyed them.

But I don't know. For some reason, it really only occurred to me now.

So, what are you going to do tonight? Or, for that matter, tomorrow night. Or maybe the night after.

Or what about the night after that?

I can make a really good guess and it involves the boob tube.

Today's episode is full of recommendations of things that you should watch on television.

TV, like books and music and podcasts, has the power to completely transport you to another place,

or at least to provide an exquisite distraction during troubling times.

You need it, and Margaret Lyons has it.

You've maybe heard her on Nerdette before.

She's a TV critic for The New York Times and she writes their watching newsletter, which is really good.

We stole her for a couple of minutes so that she could tell us all about the good shows out there.

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