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🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Joss Whedon is not the feminist showrunner we thought he was, but is that a surprise? Plus, remembering the complicated legacies of two of America’s first female doctors. Then, a cat expert offers some advice to owners whose cats don’t love their home-based lifestyles.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:35.1	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:39.2	I'm Greta Johnson, and we made it to Friday again. Coming up,
0:42.8	we're going to learn about the first female doctor in the United States. People say, you know,
0:47.2	so if you had coffee with Elizabeth and Emily, what would you ask them? I'm not sure I'd really want to have coffee with them, but I admire them so deeply. Plus, we've got some cat advice from a very punk rock expert. But first,
0:56.9	our panel about the week that was. With us today, we have Meha Ahmad, a producer for WBEZ's
1:01.9	midday talk show reset. Maha, hello. Hey, Greta. And for her first time on our nerd app panel, we've
1:08.6	got the host of the NPR show 1A, Jen White.
1:11.1	Jen, hello.
1:12.6	Gerada.
1:14.0	Jen.
1:15.2	Hello.
1:16.9	Okay, so I think this week we just have to start with the weather because it is just
1:22.1	weathering kind of everywhere.
1:24.3	We've got storms across the U.S.
1:25.9	Some of them have been devastating, especially in Texas,
1:28.3	where millions of people are without power and water. Jen, this is something that you've been
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