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 WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerd Ed. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend.

Coming up, we're going to talk about some of our favorite cookbooks of the year. I love this book so much. And then I was like, is the Nerdat podcast as into grilling ribs as I am as a native Texan? I don't know, but listen up, folks.

Then some of our favorite food nerds chime in with ideas for delicious stuff you could make

like right now. You know, this is just almost the best time of the year for vegetables and fruit.

It's so exciting. But first, we take a minute to pause, shake off the week that was, and chat about what's going on with two of my favorite co-workers with us this week.

We have the senior producer of WBEZ's talk show Reset.

Meha Ahmed.

Meha, hello.

Hey, Greta.

Happy to be here.

Oh, my gosh, delighted to have you.

We also have WBEZ Metro reporter Adora Namigade.

Adora, hello. Hey, thanks for having me.

Okay, so another big recent story is the BBC announcement about who would play the next doctor and

Doctor Who. It's Shudi Gatwa. He's Scottish and Rwandan. He is the first person of color to have this

role in the show's 60 year history. Now, Meha, you're a big

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