Nerdette
Nerdette is a weekly interview show that helps you unwind with fun conversations, inspiring ideas, and delightful recommendations. And join us every month for the Nerdette Bookclub!
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 634
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2024
What It Means To Be The First
It’s not easy being the first in any field. Just ask our two trailblazing guests, former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar and tubist Richard Antoine White.
00:17:01 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Crying in H Mart’
Lit Society Pod co-hosts Kari Herrera and Alexis Honoria join Greta to process Michelle Zauner’s devastating, delicious memoir. (Heads up: you might want tissues for this one.)
00:54:00 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
When Reality Meets TV
It's all TV and trees this week! We're joined by culture reporter Hannah Giorgis (The Atlantic), canopy ecologist Meg Lowman, and Chicago's finest "Bachelor"-ologists: Mina Bloom and Brandon Pope.
00:31:13 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
The Doctor Is In — Again!
You asked, we delivered! Infectious disease expert Emily Landon is back to take your questions on variants, vaccines, and more.
00:19:04 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
When The Pressure’s Just Too Much
This one’s all about anxiety! We talk about how Naomi Osaka is paving the way for all of us with WBEZ education reporter Susie An and Axios Today host Niala Boodhoo, then neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki …
00:32:45 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Book Club: Bonus Interview with Leigh Bardugo
Today on Nerdette we're bringing you a fascinating interview from another WBEZ podcast - Art of Power. Leigh Bardugo is the author of the bestselling 'Shadow and Bone' trilogy. Leigh talks with Aarti…
00:45:38 |
Tue 07 Sep 2021
Queens Of Pop And Vampire Slayers
How is it September already?! We talk music news with Certified Music People™ Jasmine Garsd (NPR) and Jill Hopkins (Vocalo). Then, we check in with actor Harvey Guillén, who does all his own stunts a…
00:31:46 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Klara and the Sun’
It's our long-awaited episode on Kazuo Ishiguro’s 'Klara and the Sun'! We dive into the Nobel prize-winner’s latest with writer Anita Felicelli, who recently reviewed ‘Klara and the Sun’ for the Los …
00:45:22 |
Tue 31 Aug 2021
Is Anything Even Good Anymore?
WTTW anchor Brandis Friedman and WBEZ reporter Araceli Gómez-Aldana talk to us about Lil Nas X’s new gig with Taco Bell, if anything we watch is “good” in the age of armchair critics, and why the bab…
00:34:36 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
#RushTok 101
We’re back with a panel! This week, we talk COVID, Jeopardy!, and #RushTok with WBEZ daily newsletter writer Hunter Clauss and New York Times TV critic Margaret Lyons. Then, Eve Ewing tells us about …
00:31:27 |
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Is the New Nicolas Cage Movie … Actually Good?
This week, it’s all about SUMMER MOVIES. First, we check in with TIME’s Eliana Dockterman about what’s been good, what to avoid, and what the deal is with that whole ScarJo/Disney lawsuit situation. …
00:31:11 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
All Hail the Slacker Picnic
This week, two of our favorite eaters — Bon Appetit senior staff writer Alex Beggs and New York Times restaurant critic Tejal Rao — tell us why the best picnics might just be the least photogenic one…
00:18:28 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Book Club: The Best Books Of 2021 So Far
Welcome back to Nerdette Book Club! It’s just like a regular book club only we have our own hashtag! This month we’re reading ‘Klara and the Sun’ by Nobel prize-winning Kazuo Ishiguro.
Stay tuned …
00:29:55 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
Adam Driver *Is* Hot And, Yes, Also A Centaur
This week we check in with Jacoby Cochran, host of City Cast Chicago, and WBEZ politics reporter Mariah Woelfel about the CDC’s re-masking guidelines, the Jan. 6 hearing, and that Adam Driver centaur…
00:30:56 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Nerdette Book Club: 'Version Zero'
Welcome back to Nerdette Book Club! It’s just like a regular book club only we have our own hashtag! This month we’re reading ‘Version Zero’ by David Yoon (‘Frankly In Love,’ ‘Super Fake Love Song’).…
00:48:59 |
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Olympics, Aliens, And Joy Revolution
We unpack the week that was with Joanne Freeman, a historian and co-host of ‘Now & Then’ podcast, and Kat Chow, a reporter and writer formerly with ‘Code Switch’ who now has an upcoming memoir called…
00:35:03 |
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Olympics, Aliens, And Joy Revolution
We unpack the week that was with Joanne Freeman, a historian and co-host of ‘Now & Then’ podcast, and Kat Chow, a reporter and writer formerly with ‘Code Switch’ who now has an upcoming memoir called…
00:35:03 |
Fri 23 Jul 2021
The Billionaire Space Race Is Yawn! I Mean On!
We unpack the week that was with Arionne Nettles and Meha Ahmad, including the Euro Cup controversy, billionaires in space, and the latest (not greatest) food trend: mac and cheese ice cream.
Then, …
00:31:03 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Somehow It’s July! Are You Delighted Yet?
Somehow we’re already halfway through 2021! So we thought it’d be the perfect time to revisit two of our favorite segments from the year so far.
First up, it’s poet Ross Gay talking about delights!…
00:20:48 |
Fri 09 Jul 2021
Nerdette Book Club: David Yoon On 'Version Zero'
Welcome back to Nerdette Book Club! It's just like a regular book club except you never have to leave your house! This month we're reading 'Version Zero,' the latest from YA powerhouse David Yoon ('F…
00:23:36 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
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