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Happy To Be Here

Wild berry cocktails, urban foraging and three must read books

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Improvement, Nerd, Culture, Wbez, Pop, Books, Society & Culture, Nerdette, Self, Tv & Film, Technology, Nerds, Tv

4.6924 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We nerd out about something old (that Hemingway novel you haven't read since high school), something new (JK Rowling's new book), something borrowed (an urban foraging menu) and something blue (a bramble cocktail recipe). Guests include Lauren Chooljian, Eden Robins and Rebecca Poulson. Our intern Claire is at circus camp this week. Maybe this time she'll finally learn to juggle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I can actually do a spot on Chewaka.

0:06.0

I'm not Josie Grosy anymore.

0:10.5

I'm Trisha Bobita.

0:11.9

I'm Greta Johnson.

0:13.1

And this is the Nerdat podcast.

0:16.2

Okay, we have to talk about the literary news that broke over the weekend.

0:20.4

That J.K. Rowling is a sneaky sneak and is even more awesome than we thought.

0:24.5

Which I didn't think was possible.

0:26.4

Turns out a crime novel that came out this spring.

0:29.1

The Cuckoo's Calling.

0:30.4

Was written by the Harry Potter author under a pen name.

0:33.3

And it earned rave reviews from readers and critics.

0:36.7

And none of them knew it was written by a fancy, famous writer.

0:39.8

So it got judged just on its own merits.

0:42.1

It's brilliant, totally brilliant.

0:43.9

I love that she did this.

0:45.8

And until the snowfalls...

0:47.3

Which here in Chicago could be any minute.

0:49.8

We're going to keep asking about what you're reading this summer.

0:52.1

And, of course, we've got some fun homework for you to do too.

0:55.1

But Greta isn't fun homework, redundant?

0:58.8

And here we are.

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