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 WBEZ Chicago, join me as I share how the genre

began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. Listen, wherever you get your podcast.

From WB.B.E.Z Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. It is here, another weekend, another daylight saving season, biting the dust, which means it's probably time to bring this gem back.

What is time? What is time? What is time? What is time?

Yes, that is me slowly losing my mind on the floor of my bedroom closet.

Don't worry, that was from peak pandemic insane times.

Everything's fine.

It's all totally cool.

Every day is Monday.

Today's show is going to be a fun one. A social scientist who studies happiness talks about why your profession shouldn't be your personality.

So when I ask people, do you think your work is your life?

And if the answer is yes, that means that if you lost your work, it would be like dying.

Then farmer, chef, Abra Barron's, tells us about her lovely new cookbook, Grist.

Is a pot of beans going to, like, change your life?

Maybe not, but maybe.

And in the same way that everything that happens on a given day changes your life a little bit.

But first, let's check in at the end of the week with two of our favorite panelists.

With us today, we have Jacoby Cochran, who hosts the CityCast Chicago podcast.

Jacoby, hey.

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