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.

WBEZ is supported by Chicago Humanities, presenting its spring festival on April 27th in Lakeview

with historians Heather Cox Richardson and Timothy Snyder,

Jonathan Blitzer on Immigration,

University of Chicago professor Agnes Collard on Socrates,

and documentaries Unblocked Englewood by Chicago's Tanika Lewis Johnson,

and Beyond Closure on the 2013 Chicago Public School closures.

Tickets and more conversations on arts, culture, and current affairs at

chicagohumanities.org.

From WVEZ Chicago, this is Nerd Ed.

I'm Greta Johnson.

We did it.

We made it to another weekend. And to celebrate,

we have an episode, chock full of delight for you. We're going to talk to Daniel Goldfarb. He's the

executive producer of the new HBO show, all about Julia Child. People watch the French chef,

and whether they made the dishes or not, they got something from her and from being in her

presence. And I think she just gives people a lift. Plus, we'll celebrate independent bookstore

day with a heap of reading recommendations. But first, we're going to check in with two

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