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. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, Michelin Star Chef, Sarah Gruenberg tells us to listen to our veggies. After you eat it, you go, that was really good, but those peppers under that chicken, those were the best night I had. It's not always

about being the lead singer, right? It can be the supporting vocals. Plus, did you know,

writer's block is pretty much as old as writing itself? A grocery list is not going to create

writers block, but if you're writing something really meaningful that you want to communicate

to an audience, the stakes can be very high. But first, here's our chance to sit back, relax,

and get ready for a spooky weekend with two excellent humans with us this week. We have Vanity Fair

correspondent and author of the upcoming book Central Places, Delia Kai. Delia,

welcome back. Hello, so glad to be back. We also have Nick Kwa, a podcast critic for Vulture.

Hi, Nick. Hello, hello. It's so spooky. So spooky. It's so spooky. So, since it is pretty much

the hollow weekend, we're going to stay on the extremely

autumnal side of things today.

First, I would love to know if either of you actually has Halloween spirit.

I really, I mean, I consider myself to be vaguely witchy, but like, I don't care about this

holiday pretty much at all.

Nick, are you dressing up?

You know, I, as a teenager teenager, I was goff adjacent.

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