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,

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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, Ingu Kang from The New Yorker, gives us a preview of some of the best TV to watch this fall.

Look, I think what reality TV offers is that if you want romance, you can get romance.

And if you just want to laugh at the people who want

romance, that is also available to you. But first, let's kick back, relax, and unwind from the

week that was with two excellent humans. With us today, we have the new host of NPR's. It's Been a

Minute, Brittany Luce. Brittany, hello. Hi, thanks for having me. Thanks for coming on. Also here is the host of

the NPR podcast Embedded. Kelly McEvers, Kelly. Hello. Hey, it's good to be back. Yes. Okay, so let's

start with Twitter. Billionaire Elon Musk took over the platform. He promptly fired a bunch of top

executives. He's talked about how he wants to loosen moderation in general on this site. He

also unveiled a plan this week to charge people for verification status. Those, of course,

are like the little blue check marks that people get when their identities have been confirmed.

There are people who are often considered to be like slightly more high profile. For the record,

all three of us are verified to do with that information what you love.

For now, I guess. Right. Right. Like, what? Today. So yeah, right now they're free. Elon initially was like,

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