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
GoT 8.6: ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!
Game of Thrones is over, and there is a *lot* to process. In this recap of the series finale, Tricia realizes she doesn’t like endings, Peter wants Jon Snow’s head and Greta observes the Valyrian wor…
00:56:02 |
Mon 20 May 2019
GoT 8.5: The Bells
That was pretty messed up! The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones has come and gone, and we all just witnessed Dany commit a few thousand war crimes. What just happened? Madness! How are we feeli…
01:03:41 |
Mon 13 May 2019
Bill Nye, Critical Thinking Guy
Bill Nye says that when he was in high school, the big skill that students had to learn was how to find information. “But the challenge now is to sort out the information that may not be true.” Greta…
00:26:08 |
Fri 10 May 2019
GoT 8.4: The Last Of The Starks
With the Battle of Winterfell over, the Stark clan needs to talk. What do we do about this Dany lady? And who’s making dinner Tuesday night? There are only two episodes left before Game of Thrones co…
01:01:01 |
Mon 06 May 2019
Lizzo On Nerdette
Lizzo recently landed on the Billboard 200 chart for the first time with her new album ‘Cuz I Love You,’ making now the perfect time to revisit her 2016 conversation with Nerdette's Greta Johnsen. L…
00:24:21 |
Fri 03 May 2019
GoT 8.3: The Long Night
Don’t worry, if you couldn’t tell what exactly was going on last night, we’ve got your back. And a lot of feelings to process. The army of the undead finally descended on Winterfell, and it turns out…
00:51:47 |
Mon 29 Apr 2019
GoT 8.2: A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms
It sure seems like the crypt is the safest place in Winterfell. Anyone want to check it out? But wait ... considering these folks are about to fight, you know, AN ARMY OF THE UNDEAD, perhaps taking …
00:55:40 |
Mon 22 Apr 2019
The Case For De-Extinction
Scientists around the world are trying to figure out how to mitigate the potentially disastrous impacts of climate change. Among the innovative ideas? De-extinction. “De-extinction is a scientific mo…
00:21:11 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
GoT 8.1: Winterfell
Game of Thrones has returned with reckless abandon! Well, maybe not reckless abandon … nobody you know and love died. (Yet.) But whew! A ton of stuff went down: Sansa and Dany exchanged neverending …
00:55:18 |
Mon 15 Apr 2019
GoT 8.0: Season 8 Prologue
What’s the Night King doing with his ice dragon? Will Tyrion tell Daenerys that Cersei is pregnant? Is everyone on their way to Winterfell? And Hot Pie! Why is no one talking about Hot Pie?! A lot we…
00:51:17 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
Kids + Science = AWESOME
Sahana Srinivasan is the host of the Netflix kids’ science show Brainchild, a series that’s all about exploring interesting questions about the world in which we live. On Nerdette, Sahana talks about…
00:22:38 |
Fri 05 Apr 2019
Lindy West Flips TV’s Fat Tropes
Oh hey it's Lindy West! Lindy's the the executive producer of Shrill, a new Hulu series starring SNL's Aidy Bryant that's based on Lindy's 2016 novel of the same name. And we talk with Lindy about a …
00:21:17 |
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Wash Your F-ing Hands
At WBEZ (and maybe at your office too?) it seems like a lot of folks get sick at almost exactly the same time. But why?! Simple: People in our office are sick because sick people are in our office. “…
00:16:24 |
Fri 08 Mar 2019
Podcats In Space
Yep. Podcats. Not a typo. This week we take a journey back to 1994, just after an astronomer named Heidi Hammel — as well as the entire scientific community at large — learned that a fragmented comet…
00:22:45 |
Fri 22 Feb 2019
Winter Watches!
Winter is still here! (At least in the nation’s midsection.) And that means you’re looking for stuff to do when you’re stuck inside. And who better to recommend some good nerdy activities than Nerdet…
00:18:30 |
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Move Over Holden Caulfield
Dana Czapnik has always been drawn to wanderers and wonderers, the kind of fictional characters who are always contemplating who they are and the world around them. But aside from the work of Virgini…
00:17:30 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
Dessa Changes Her Mind
The Nerdette team recently moved next to the crew at Sound Opinions, WBEZ’s long-running rock n’ roll talk show. We bring that up because last year that team reviewed Dessa’s latest album, “Chime,” a…
00:24:30 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Get That Money.
How does one ask their employer for more money? The short answer, according to Refinery29's Lindsey Stanberry, is just do it. "It’s hard. And it’s not fun," Stanberry tells Greta this week. "I mean, …
00:23:28 |
Fri 11 Jan 2019
A Pile Of Last-Minute Homework
The year is at its end. And in 2018’s honor, Greta talked to four people who’ve made some amazing things about their favorite thing of the year. Make sense? It’s kind of like a miniature phone tree …
00:19:09 |
Fri 28 Dec 2018
ICYMI: CRISPR
Nerdette host Greta Johnsen has a rare genetic disease that CRISPR might be able to fix. As a four-year old in Juneau, Alaska, Greta was diagnosed with an eye condition known as "Best disease." That …
00:32:11 |
Fri 21 Dec 2018
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