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
Burnout Is For Millennials (And Millennials At Heart)
The millennial generation came into adulthood during an American recession, an era of crushing student loan debt and the rise of temporary workers and independent contractors. Add a global pandemic t…
00:25:46 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Preview: Nerdette Is About To Recap Movies Like It's 1999 ... with Peter Sagal
Quick! Name six iconic movies that hit theaters in the year 1999. Nothing?! Ok. We'll do it for you: The Matrix The Blair Witch Project Election Boys Don't Cry 10 Things I Hate About You Office Space…
00:01:22 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Surprise! You’re A Genius
You didn’t already know? Nerdette talked with two brand new MacArthur Fellows — also known as MacArthur “geniuses” — about the important work they’re doing and what it’s like to get that phone call. …
00:22:22 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Movies, TikTok And Fat Bears! (Oh My!)
What a wild week! And to celebrate the return of another weekend, we assembled a bunch of fun people to take a look back … in a merry, pop culture kind of way, not a CAPS LOCK newsy way. To talk abou…
00:28:30 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
Cold-Weather Pandemic Advice From An Infectious Disease Expert
The seasons are changing but the novel coronavirus is still with us. And that’s left us with a lot of questions about how to safely socialize with friends and family when the weather makes small outd…
00:19:57 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Hook'
Either Peter really hates the 1991 film Hook or he’s suffering from some serious Peter Pan envy … or maybe both! Welcome to a special bonus episode of Nerdette Recaps with Peter Sagal! his week it’s …
00:45:39 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Gillian Flynn Talks About the Comics, Conspiracies and Pandemics in her new TV Series, 'Utopia'
You know Gillian Flynn as the genre-redefining writer behind Gone Girl, both the 2012 novel and the 2014 movie adaptation starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck. Since the success of Gone Girl, Flynn…
00:22:26 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
Book Club: ‘The Shadow King’
Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. This month’s pick is Maaza Mengiste’s historical novel The Shadow King. It’s based …
00:41:29 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
Comedy Meets Social Commentary in Hulu's 'Woke'
“I’m not woke. I’m aware.” That’s the answer Chicago comedian T. Murph gives when he’s asked about his relationship to the title of Woke, a new series that dropped on Hulu earlier this month. T. Murp…
00:22:19 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
How The Bechdel Test Changed This Woman's Career
The Bechdel test asks a simple question: Does a work of fiction have two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man? Today we talk with Sarah Kozloff, who was a f…
00:17:54 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Toy Story'
Six weeks of movie recaps and there still seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere. This week it’s all about the 1995 Pixar classic Toy Story, starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and all of our col…
00:45:04 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: How To Bake Away Your Feelings This Fall
Like it or not these seasons are a changing! And that means right now is a great opportunity to embrace flavors from late summer and early fall, and to make a chocolate zucchini cake! We talk with ba…
00:21:29 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
Book Club: A Look At ‘The Shadow King’ With Author Maaza Mengiste
While researching for her novel, author Maaza Mengiste says she came across a New York Times article from 1935 that described a woman leading an army of 2,000 men into victory. She was shocked. Why h…
00:22:26 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Pulp Fiction'
The $5 milkshake. Once a shocking, exorbitant example of the scourge of inflation. Now, a hot bargain that shouldn’t be missed! Welcome back to Nerdette Recaps with Peter Sagal! It’s the podcast wher…
00:55:43 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Is It Too Early To Talk About Fall Books?
Of course it's not too early to talk about fall books! We got ahold of NPR books editor Barrie Hardymon to get recommendations for some great autumn reads. Find the full list of recommendations at ww…
00:20:36 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Movies Of The ‘90s: ‘Dazed And Confused’
Does Dazed and Confused have a plot? Barely! Does that matter? To some people, yes! This week's recap is all about 1993’s Dazed and Confused, starring young versions of Matthew McConaughey, Parker Po…
00:43:00 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
What Made Feminism In The ‘90s So Fly?
When considering some of the milestone moments in feminist history, you might think about the Seneca Falls Conference of 1848, the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 or the Civil Rights Act of 196…
00:18:40 |
Tue 01 Sep 2020
Book Club: 'Members Only'
Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. This month’s pick is Sameer Pandya’s debut novel Members Only. It takes place over …
01:07:27 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Movies Of The '90s: ‘White Men Can’t Jump’
We didn’t ask him, but I think we can say it with certainty: Peter Sagal definitely cannot dunk. Episode 3 of Nerdette Recaps features our very first sportsball movie: 1992’s White Men Can’t Jump, st…
00:55:32 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
A Good Old-Fashioned Field Trip: Nerdette Visits Argonne National Lab
Argonne National Laboratory is a massive research facility outside of Chicago that’s run by the U.S. Department of Energy. And this week, Nerdette hosts Tricia Bobeda and Greta Johnsen take you behin…
00:30:35 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
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