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
Oh Snap! God Cops!
Holy plot developments! Based on how much we learned in Episode 3 of HBO’s His Dark Materials, it’s safe to say this young TV show is maturing quite rapidly! And as per usual, Greta Johnsen, Tricia B…
00:56:02 |
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Mrs. Coulter Gets Super Dark
Boy is it getting DUST-y in here. (Haw haw, get it?) The second episode of HBO’s His Dark Materials sees Lyra travel to London with Mrs. Coulter as the Gyptians track down the so-called Gobblers and …
00:51:37 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
HDM 1.1: Scholastic Sanctuary!
Grab your daemons and put on your snow boots, because Greta Johnsen and Tricia Bobeda of Nerdette and Peter Sagal of NPR’s Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! are back together again to recap another HBO fant…
00:46:41 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
George R.R. Martin Still Hangs Out In Westeros
Good gravy! It's George R.R. Martin! If you're unfamiliar, he's the author of that little book series that became one of the most popular TV shows of all time, Game of Thrones. These days, he’s in th…
00:21:15 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT: Goodbye Westeros, Hello ...
… Oxford! That’s right, just like Weezer, Sleater-Kinney, and the Spice Girls before them, the Nerdette Recaps crew is getting the band back together for the new HBO series His Dark Materials. Starti…
00:07:00 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
A Smorgasbord Of Delight
To celebrate the approach of another wonderful two-day break, Nerdette host Greta Johnsen talked with Alison Roman, author of the new cookbook Nothing Fancy, about three ways to make sure you host th…
00:19:02 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Book Club: ‘The Testaments’ Part 3
We’ve finished The Testaments! Press play and join Nerdette host Greta Johnsen, New York Magazine’s Heather Havrilesky and Vocalo’s Jill Hopkins for this final installment of the #NerdetteBookClub. Y…
00:43:32 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
Book Club: ‘The Testaments’ Part 2
We’re two thirds of the way through Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, and we’ve got a lot to talk about. This week is all about chapters 24 through 46, and our panel of intrepid feminists questions w…
00:44:33 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Book Club: ‘The Testaments’ Part I
Our reading of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments has commenced! This week, we’re talking about book chapters 1 through 23. So … spoilers abound. Join Nerdette host Greta Johnsen, New York Magazine’s H…
00:43:22 |
Fri 20 Sep 2019
An Intro To Book Club: ‘The Testaments’
Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! It’s just like a normal book club but in podcast form, and you provide your own booze. In this episode, we're taking a look back at Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian…
00:28:38 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life
September is right around the corner, which means fall is coming. To celebrate, Nerdette host Greta Johnsen talks with Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks, author and illustrator of the new graphic n…
00:20:30 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
A Love Letter To Cabbage
Abra Berens is a Midwest born-and-bred farmer-turned-chef. And her cookbook, Ruffage, is a gorgeous A-to-Z guide to vegetables. The idea, she tells us, is this: You go to the grocery store, buy what …
00:21:16 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Claire Lombardo On ‘The Most Fun We Ever Had’
Chicago Magazine called this novel "a Midwestern Big Little Lies — an intimate character study of a group of affluent, secretive women." In this bonus interview, Greta talks with author Claire Lombar…
00:13:49 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Rad Girls Who Changed The World
These days there are more and more celebrations of women who might have otherwise been relegated to the footnotes of history. As you can imagine, here at Nerdette we’re all about that. Totally into i…
00:21:31 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
Stream These TV Shows This Summer
Is summer a great time for watching TV? Heck yeah it is. So we caught up with New York Times TV critic Margaret Lyons to get recommendations for the best of the best summer TV, including shows that a…
00:26:31 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Summer Reads!
When anyone at WBEZ needs book recommendations, they go to Greta Johnsen, the station’s resident bookworm. So please enjoy Greta talking about some fantastic reads that you might want to pick up this…
00:12:15 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
How To Write Your First Novel In Your 40s
If you know NPR’s Linda Holmes, it’s probably not as a novelist. She’s a pop culture correspondent, she co-hosts NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, and her recalcitrant dog Brian is mildly famous …
00:21:23 |
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Tripping Hard For Science
What’s it like to give people hallucinogenic drugs and study what happens? How might these drugs be used for therapy? And what causes people to take drugs in the first place? That’s what we asked Ha…
00:26:49 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
GoT 8.7: Season 8 Epilogue
It’s the end of an era. After more than 70 hours of television and nearly ten years of worrying about the Stark children, Game of Thrones is finally over. Tricia, Greta and Peter got together one las…
00:52:44 |
Tue 28 May 2019
The Ladies Of 'Booksmart': Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein
Greta gives 'Booksmart' four out of four Gretas, a new rating system we've devised specifically for this wonderful new movie. Why's it so good? Well, it’s smart, funny, a little raunchy, and it embr…
00:23:51 |
Fri 24 May 2019
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