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

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from wb easy chicago this is nerdette i'm gre Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend.

Coming up, So Chiel Gonzalez is going to tell us about her new book, Anita DeMonte, laughs, last.

Anita became every artist that I've known that has had struggled to get their art recognized and seen as valid.

But first, it is our chance to sit back and relax with two excellent humans.

Here this week is the head of the audio program for Northwestern's journalism program

and the author of the upcoming book, We Are The Culture, Black Chicago's Influence on Everything, Ari on Nettles.

Ari, hello.

Hi, Greta. Also here is the host of the podcast,

Wait for it. Ronald Young Jr. Ron, welcome to the show. Hello, Greta. I'm so happy to be here.

Yay. Okay. So before we jump in, pop quiz question, the Oscars are this weekend. What was your favorite movie

of 2023? Ron, did you have a favorite? I'm putting you both on the spot with

this one. I think mine was Godzilla minus one.

Honestly, I mean, I thought through everything. And I know there's probably some more

obvious choices there, but this movie snuck up on me and it was really good.

That's amazing. Yeah, fantastic.

I love it.

What about you, Ariane?

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