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
Stephanie Beatriz, Reality Bytes And Cookies With Dorie
Stephanie Beatriz plays Rosa on the Fox series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Beatriz and her best friend Courtney Kocak also host Reality Bytes, a show where they discuss the myriad confusing things about havi…
00:29:50 |
Thu 15 Dec 2016
‘2 Dope Queens’ Host Phoebe Robinson On Why You Can't Touch Her Hair
Phoebe Robinson is a stand-up comic, the author of You Can’t Touch My Hair and host of two podcasts: 2 Dope Queens and Sooo Many White Guys. She talks about why people online flipped out about the ti…
00:31:30 |
Fri 09 Dec 2016
Gilmore Girls Revival Recap
The Gilmore Girls revival is finally here, and we’ve got a LOT of feelings. First, we challenge Gilmore newbies (and Dinner Party Download co-hosts) Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano to watch …
00:56:23 |
Fri 02 Dec 2016
Rad Ladies Of History With Author Kate Schatz
Author Kate Schatz tells us about a few historical heroines and explains why Rad Women Worldwide is a book for boys.
00:21:49 |
Tue 22 Nov 2016
Design Sponge’s Grace Bonney On What She Learned From 100 Boss Ladies
Grace Bonney is the brilliant creator behind the website Design*Sponge. She talked to 100 women doing creative work and tells us what she learned by turning those conversations into the new book In T…
00:33:42 |
Fri 18 Nov 2016
Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun On The 2016 Election
It’s been an interesting week to be alive! We have a new president-elect, and we almost elected America’s first female president. To help us understand what happened we’re joined by Carol Moseley Bra…
00:28:27 |
Fri 11 Nov 2016
Issa Rae On Adulting, Oversharing And Her HBO Show
Issa Rae is the creator and star of HBO’s Insecure, a show about 29 year-old, her best friend, and their life choices. Issa tells us why we can’t all be Olivia Pope, how her new show reflects her own…
00:27:25 |
Thu 03 Nov 2016
How 'High Maintenance’ Creators Turned Their Web Series Into An HBO Hit
Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld are the creators of the web-turned-HBO series High Maintenance. (Ben also plays “The Guy,” the show’s pot peddler.) On Nerdette, Katja and Ben talk about how the show…
00:29:02 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Fall TV With Linda Holmes And Jim DeRogatis
Two of our favorite podcast hosts and pop culture opinion-havers stop by to nerd out about their television favorites. NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour host, Linda Holmes, and Jim DeRogatis of Sound Opin…
00:37:29 |
Fri 23 Sep 2016
Luvvie Ajayi Is Judging You
We chat with the pop culture writer, known for her blog and now a new book brimming with well-intentioned side-eye. Plus, a conversation with Kimberly Hebert Gregory of HBO's Vice Principals.
00:32:21 |
Thu 15 Sep 2016
Dr. Eugenia Cheng On Why Math Is Magic
Eugenia Cheng teaches math to artists and makes it delicious. Plus, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'s Peter Sagal stops by.
00:31:26 |
Thu 08 Sep 2016
G. Willow Wilson on Ms. Marvel and Millennials
G. Willow Wilson writes Marvel’s Ms. Marvel comic. She tells us how a comic about an American Muslim teenager with superpowers came to be, what it’s like to write stories about outsiders, and why mil…
00:37:14 |
Thu 01 Sep 2016
Victoria Schwab On Monsters, Mayhem And Magic
Author Victoria Schwab is a twenty-something wizard at writing sci-fi and fantasy. Her books are fast-paced, fascinating and often feature fierce feminist protagonists.
00:26:47 |
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Messing With Nature: Exploring The Future Of Food, Fertility And More
This is a special episode of Nerdette: hosts Tricia Bobeda and Greta Johnsen hear from entrepreneurs and scientists who are forging into the frontier with pigeons, infertility, food, and feces.
00:34:00 |
Thu 11 Aug 2016
Hari Kondabolu On Turning Politics Into Comedy
In Hari Kondabolu’s new comedy album, Mainstream American Comic, Kondabolu takes on issues like Black Lives Matter, the presidential race, abortion, and white privilege. On Nerdette, Kondabolu chats …
00:31:55 |
Fri 05 Aug 2016
Jessi Klein On Grown-Up Tomboys, Motherhood, And Backpacks
Jessi Klein, head writer for Inside Amy Schumer, talks about the awkwardness of being a grown-up tomboy and when you’re finally too old to carry a backpack. Then she explains that there may only be t…
00:34:52 |
Fri 29 Jul 2016
GoT 6.11: Season 6 Epilogue
The endgame is set to begin. Is Daenerys' coalition of the willing the squad to beat? What can Cersei do after her conflagratory masterpiece, and is she beholden to the second half of her miserable p…
00:48:21 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
GoT 6.10: The Winds Of Winter
Eddard Stark was an honorable man. That we knew. But now that it seems that R+L=J, what does that mean for Jon? What were the whispers that Bran was conveniently too far away to hear? Is the Cersei w…
00:50:56 |
Mon 27 Jun 2016
Lindy West And Andi Zeisler On Fierce Feminism
Lindy West on fat-shaming, fighting trolls and finding your voice. Her incisive, hilarious new book is Shrill. Then, Bitch Media Group co-founder Andi Zeisler looks at one of our favorite TV shows th…
00:34:09 |
Thu 23 Jun 2016
GoT 6.9: Battle Of The Bastards
And only one bastard remained. Also, is dragon muscular atrophy a thing? Is smirking becoming its own language? Can a giant finally catch a break? And did we find out just how loyal a hungry dog real…
00:54:11 |
Mon 20 Jun 2016
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