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🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today we check in with Nerdette book club regular Heather Havrilesky. She also writes the Ask Polly advice column for New York magazine, so she gives us another perspective on how everyone's doing out there. And of course, we hear from a bunch of you, too, which is quickly becoming the best part of this show.

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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.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:33.9	I mean, I'm still glad it's Friday, but I'm not sure exactly why.
0:42.0	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad. I'm Greta Johnson. It is Friday, March 20th, and by now you know exactly where I am, still sitting on the floor of my bedroom closet. This is another
0:47.8	edition of Nerdette's introverts guide to the good life. Earlier this week, we spent some time
0:53.7	talking about the importance of calling your people.
0:56.5	And if you've listened to much nerdette in the past, you already know Heather Heverleski.
1:01.3	She is one of my nerd at book club buddies.
1:06.8	If you're like, wait, nerd at book club, what on earth is that?
1:10.1	I could use a podcast book club right about now.
1:12.5	Well, you are in luck.
1:15.1	We're all reading a book a month together and then we're talking about it.
1:18.3	Heather is a panelist for this month's book, which is The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel.
1:23.7	I'm going to give you all the deeds you need to know right after I talk with Heather.
1:30.6	Heather. Heather, how are you?
1:32.9	Hello, Greta.
1:34.2	I am so good.
1:37.0	Heather also just happens to write the Ask Polly advice column for New York Magazine.
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