Vibe shift, anyone?

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

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

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The planets are aligning. Are you ready for a new vibe? Kat Chow and Margaret Willison discuss. Then, Jennifer Egan tells us about her new book ‘The Candy House.’ Plus, the history behind the “adopt don’t shop” dog rescue movement.

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0:00.0	You may not know this, but with WBEZ, you can check up on the news live anytime you want,
0:07.4	with the WBEZ app or at 91.5 on your car radio, whether you beam it or stream it.
0:13.3	The news is on WBEZ.
0:20.9	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:23.6	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:24.6	We did it.
0:25.6	We made it to another weekend.
0:26.8	Coming up on the show, Jennifer Egan has a new book out.
0:29.4	It's called The Candy House, and today she tells us how she keeps track of all the different
0:33.2	characters whose lives she moves together.
0:35.6	Each chapter is about a different person and it introduces us to another constellation
0:41.8	with this particular person at the center of it, which of course inevitably reaches in
0:47.5	every possible direction.
0:49.4	Plus we learn about the rescue dog pipeline that's saving pups in the U.S.
0:53.2	People want dogs.
0:54.2	They're just incredible demand for these animals for lots of reasons that we know well.
1:00.4	But first let's take a moment to unwind from the week with two excellent humans with us
1:04.4	today.
1:05.4	We have Cat Shao.
1:06.4	She's a journalist and writer who wrote a memoir last year called Seeing Ghosts.
1:10.1	Cat, welcome back.
1:11.4	Thank you.
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