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Greta Johnsen
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Nerdette is a interview show that helps you unwind with fun conversations, inspiring ideas, and delightful recommendations.
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Goodbye for now!
Episode • May 28, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: More with Amor Towles, LIVE!
Episode • May 24, 2024
All the books to read this summer!!!
Episode • May 17, 2024
A kitchen therapy session with Tamar Adler
Episode • May 10, 2024
Nerdette Book Club LIVE with Amor Towles!
Episode • May 7, 2024
A joyfully defiant summer playlist
Episode • May 3, 2024
Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Beautyland’
Episode • Apr 30, 2024
CORGIS ARE DELIGHTFUL
Episode • Apr 26, 2024
Tortured poets and airlines for dogs
Episode • Apr 19, 2024
Is mayo a burden or a delight? WE FIND OUT.
Episode • Apr 12, 2024
Killer gams FTW
Episode • Apr 5, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: Marie-Helene Bertino on ‘Beautyland’
Episode • Apr 2, 2024
Bonus: The Culture Study Podcast
Episode • Mar 29, 2024
Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Martyr!’
Episode • Mar 26, 2024
Burden or Delight: Sourdough edition
Episode • Mar 22, 2024
The aggressively delightful Noel Fielding
Episode • Mar 15, 2024
Xochitl Gonzalez on art, belonging and nostalgia
Episode • Mar 8, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: Kaveh Akbar on ‘Martyr!’
Episode • Mar 5, 2024
We have some questions for Rebecca Makkai
Episode • Mar 1, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Come and Get It,’ discussed!
Episode • Feb 27, 2024
Here’s to mucking about!
Episode • Feb 23, 2024
Kelly Link’s uncanny novel is “a love letter to romance”
Episode • Feb 16, 2024
The Tortured Nerdettes Department
Episode • Feb 9, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: Kiley Reid on 'Come and Get It'
Episode • Feb 6, 2024
Snacky and tired? Us too.
Episode • Feb 2, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Jonathan Abernathy You are Kind,’ discussed!
Episode • Jan 30, 2024
12 books to read in 2024
Episode • Jan 26, 2024
Silent Book Club: An introvert’s dream
Episode • Jan 19, 2024
New year, new Stanley tumbler
Episode • Jan 12, 2024
Special Episode - Missing Pages
Episode • Jan 5, 2024
Nerdette Book Club: Molly McGhee on ‘Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind’
Episode • Jan 2, 2024
The best TV shows of 2023
Episode • Dec 29, 2023
The best podcasts of 2023
Episode • Dec 22, 2023
The best books of 2023
Episode • Dec 15, 2023
The best cookbooks of 2023
Episode • Dec 12, 2023
Special Episode - Text Me Back
Episode • Dec 8, 2023
Yes, you are an activist
Episode • Dec 1, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Land of Milk and Honey,’ discussed!
Episode • Nov 28, 2023
A sinister summer at ‘Saltburn’
Episode • Nov 24, 2023
Give thanks, eat veggies
Episode • Nov 17, 2023
A space show that’s not about space
Episode • Nov 10, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: C Pam Zhang on ‘Land of Milk and Honey’
Episode • Nov 7, 2023
Your Friday ritual
Episode • Nov 3, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘The Vaster Wilds,’ discussed!
Episode • Oct 31, 2023
Disco skeletons and rhinestone pumpkins
Episode • Oct 27, 2023
V.E. Schwab says fantasy is more than swords and dragons
Episode • Oct 20, 2023
TGI Friday the 13th
Episode • Oct 13, 2023
Aparna Nancherla’s navel is your navel
Episode • Oct 6, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Lauren Groff on ‘The Vaster Wilds’
Episode • Oct 3, 2023
A bounty of fall books
Episode • Sep 29, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Happiness Falls,’ discussed!
Episode • Sep 26, 2023
National Book Award finalist: “I just wanted to go where the fun was”
Episode • Sep 22, 2023
We should all be talking about periods
Episode • Sep 15, 2023
How to navigate COVID this fall
Episode • Sep 8, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Angie Kim on ‘Happiness Falls’
Episode • Sep 5, 2023
Reality TV reckoning
Episode • Sep 1, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘The Country of the Blind,’ discussed!
Episode • Aug 29, 2023
Songs of the summer
Episode • Aug 25, 2023
Cozying up with Ann Patchett
Episode • Aug 18, 2023
Burden or delight: Spider-swallowing edition
Episode • Aug 11, 2023
Justice for night owls
Episode • Aug 4, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Andrew Leland on ‘The Country of the Blind’
Episode • Aug 1, 2023
Go romance yourself!
Episode • Jul 28, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Loot,’ discussed!
Episode • Jul 25, 2023
What to watch and eat this summer
Episode • Jul 21, 2023
Simon Pegg, king of the nerds
Episode • Jul 14, 2023
BONUS: When Magic Happens
Episode • Jul 11, 2023
Please stop throwing cheese on stage
Episode • Jul 7, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Tania James on ‘Loot’
Episode • Jul 4, 2023
"Humanity’s most batsh*t endeavors"
Episode • Jun 30, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi,’ discussed!
Episode • Jun 27, 2023
The value of pop culture criticism with Aisha Harris
Episode • Jun 23, 2023
Burden or delight?
Episode • Jun 16, 2023
A decade of delight
Episode • Jun 9, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Shannon Chakraborty on ‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’
Episode • Jun 6, 2023
The naked truth about hot dogs
Episode • Jun 2, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Take What You Need,’ discussed!
Episode • May 30, 2023
Everything’s garbage. Sam Irby makes it better.
Episode • May 26, 2023
K-beauty is all the rage
Episode • May 19, 2023
Trans visibility with Tre’vell Anderson
Episode • May 12, 2023
Pulitzer Prize winner Hernan Diaz on 'Trust'
Episode • May 10, 2023
Your summer books preview
Episode • May 5, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Idra Novey on ‘Take What You Need’
Episode • May 2, 2023
Are you there spring?! It’s me, Greta.
Episode • Apr 28, 2023
‘Better the Blood,’ discussed!
Episode • Apr 25, 2023
Adult BFFs
Episode • Apr 21, 2023
Spoiler alert: It’s Friday
Episode • Apr 14, 2023
The nerds behind some of the things you love most
Episode • Apr 7, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Michael Bennett on ‘Better the Blood’
Episode • Apr 4, 2023
How to be a lazy cook (in the best possible way!)
Episode • Mar 31, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘I Have Some Questions for You,’ discussed!
Episode • Mar 28, 2023
I want those three years back!
Episode • Mar 24, 2023
It’s gonna be ok!!!!!!
Episode • Mar 17, 2023
How old do you feel?
Episode • Mar 10, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Rebecca Makkai on ‘I Have Some Questions for You’
Episode • Mar 7, 2023
Brown butter FTW
Episode • Mar 3, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘How Far the Light Reaches,’ discussed!
Episode • Feb 28, 2023
Are we having fun yet?
Episode • Feb 24, 2023
Go to your room!
Episode • Feb 17, 2023
A rom-com with a heavy dose of *dram*
Episode • Feb 10, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Sabrina Imbler on ‘How Far the Light Reaches’
Episode • Feb 7, 2023
Special: NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’
Episode • Feb 3, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic,’ discussed!
Episode • Jan 31, 2023
Taking down anti-fat bias with Aubrey Gordon
Episode • Jan 27, 2023
Undercover: The art of adaptation
Episode • Jan 20, 2023
Undercover: How audiobooks bring a story to life
Episode • Jan 13, 2023
Nerdette Book Club: Kevin Wilson on ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic’
Episode • Jan 10, 2023
Undercover: The thorny business of book blurbs
Episode • Jan 6, 2023
Special: Making Rihanna
Episode • Dec 30, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: 'Trust,' discussed!
Episode • Dec 27, 2022
The best TV shows of 2022
Episode • Dec 23, 2022
The best books of 2022
Episode • Dec 16, 2022
The best podcasts of 2022
Episode • Dec 9, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’
Episode • Dec 6, 2022
The story behind the behind
Episode • Dec 2, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm’
Episode • Nov 29, 2022
Taking joy seriously with Ross Gay
Episode • Nov 25, 2022
‘She Said’ reignites conversations around #MeToo
Episode • Nov 18, 2022
The holidays, Covid and you
Episode • Nov 17, 2022
Life is stressful, but baking doesn’t have to be
Episode • Nov 11, 2022
What would you do with a billion bucks?
Episode • Nov 4, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Laura Warrell on ‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm’
Episode • Nov 1, 2022
We made it to the Halloweekend!
Episode • Oct 28, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: 'Our Missing Hearts'
Episode • Oct 25, 2022
A very bookish episode
Episode • Oct 21, 2022
The cookbooks you need this fall
Episode • Oct 14, 2022
Five frightening books to read this fall
Episode • Oct 7, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Celeste Ng on ‘Our Missing Hearts’
Episode • Oct 4, 2022
One less thing to worry about
Episode • Sep 30, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’
Episode • Sep 27, 2022
Hell, or hell yeah?!
Episode • Sep 23, 2022
God save the new boy Queen
Episode • Sep 16, 2022
Does ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ need a special master?
Episode • Sep 9, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Gabrielle Zevin on ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’
Episode • Sep 6, 2022
The moon and Thee Megan
Episode • Sep 2, 2022
Finding joy with Courtney Barnett
Episode • Aug 26, 2022
Summer is NOT over!!!
Episode • Aug 19, 2022
If you’re going to get COVID, make it count
Episode • Aug 16, 2022
Goodbye to a GOAT
Episode • Aug 12, 2022
We’re still talking about Beyoncé
Episode • Aug 5, 2022
'Nope,' Austen adaptations, and the end of the Choco Taco
Episode • Jul 29, 2022
Bennifer, 'Crawdads' and getting caught in the rain
Episode • Jul 22, 2022
James Webb FTW
Episode • Jul 15, 2022
A peek behind the librarian desk
Episode • Jul 8, 2022
Let it out
Episode • Jul 1, 2022
How are you REALLY?
Episode • Jun 28, 2022
What to read this summer
Episode • Jun 22, 2022
What is your daily EGOT?
Episode • Jun 17, 2022
They weren’t heroes but they saved lives
Episode • Jun 10, 2022
Tom Perotta on ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’
Episode • Jun 7, 2022
What if phones but too much
Episode • Jun 3, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: ‘This Thing Between Us’
Episode • May 31, 2022
Masks are still a good idea
Episode • May 27, 2022
Aim for just okay
Episode • May 20, 2022
What to eat right now
Episode • May 13, 2022
Music dance experience!
Episode • May 6, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Gus Moreno on ‘This Thing Between Us’
Episode • May 3, 2022
What's happening?
Episode • Apr 29, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Pachinko’
Episode • Apr 26, 2022
Grow Along With Us
Episode • Apr 22, 2022
Vibe shift, anyone?
Episode • Apr 15, 2022
April is the cruelest month. Make a smoothie.
Episode • Apr 8, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: 'Notes on an Execution'
Episode • Apr 5, 2022
Is it a podcast or is it cake?
Episode • Apr 1, 2022
Whole grain flour is in bloom
Episode • Mar 25, 2022
Hearts and crafts: Nerdette live!
Episode • Mar 18, 2022
Free the f-word
Episode • Mar 11, 2022
The beauty of “Big Emotions”
Episode • Mar 4, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Danya Kukafka on ‘Notes on an Execution’
Episode • Mar 1, 2022
Pandemic plot points: a dilemma
Episode • Feb 25, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: ‘S*** Cassandra Saw’
Episode • Feb 22, 2022
Should the Winter Olympics exist?
Episode • Feb 18, 2022
What not to wear: Olympics edition
Episode • Feb 11, 2022
Money is a 5 letter word
Episode • Feb 4, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Gwen E. Kirby on ‘S*** Cassandra Saw’
Episode • Feb 1, 2022
January continues
Episode • Jan 28, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’
Episode • Jan 25, 2022
Let them eat crow
Episode • Jan 21, 2022
What to expect when you’re expecting Omicron
Episode • Jan 14, 2022
New year, new apocalypse!
Episode • Jan 7, 2022
Nerdette Book Club: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’
Episode • Jan 4, 2022
The best podcasts of 2021
Episode • Dec 31, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘You Better Be Lightning’
Episode • Dec 28, 2021
The best TV shows of 2021
Episode • Dec 24, 2021
Best books of 2021
Episode • Dec 17, 2021
Sweet, sweet syrup shortage
Episode • Dec 10, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘You Better Be Lightning’
Episode • Dec 7, 2021
Omicronoasis
Episode • Dec 3, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Bombshell’
Episode • Nov 30, 2021
PIE FOR BREAKFAST
Episode • Nov 26, 2021
A pre-holiday check-up
Episode • Nov 19, 2021
What is this year’s sexiest supply chain?
Episode • Nov 12, 2021
What is time?
Episode • Nov 5, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: Sarah MacLean on ‘Bombshell’
Episode • Nov 2, 2021
Shove it, Satan
Episode • Oct 29, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Light From Uncommon Stars’
Episode • Oct 26, 2021
Fandom, feminists and fortune telling
Episode • Oct 22, 2021
The women who painted themselves against all odds
Episode • Oct 15, 2021
When life gives you kidneys, make 'bad art friends'
Episode • Oct 8, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: Ryka Aoki on ‘Light From Uncommon Stars’
Episode • Oct 5, 2021
What It Means To Be The First
Episode • Oct 1, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Crying in H Mart’
Episode • Sep 28, 2021
When Reality Meets TV
Episode • Sep 24, 2021
The Doctor Is In — Again!
Episode • Sep 17, 2021
When The Pressure’s Just Too Much
Episode • Sep 10, 2021
Book Club: Bonus Interview with Leigh Bardugo
Episode • Sep 7, 2021
Queens Of Pop And Vampire Slayers
Episode • Sep 3, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Klara and the Sun’
Episode • Aug 31, 2021
Is Anything Even Good Anymore?
Episode • Aug 27, 2021
#RushTok 101
Episode • Aug 20, 2021
Is the New Nicolas Cage Movie … Actually Good?
Episode • Aug 13, 2021
All Hail the Slacker Picnic
Episode • Aug 6, 2021
Book Club: The Best Books Of 2021 So Far
Episode • Aug 3, 2021
Adam Driver *Is* Hot And, Yes, Also A Centaur
Episode • Jul 30, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: 'Version Zero'
Episode • Jul 27, 2021
Olympics, Aliens, And Joy Revolution
Episode • Jul 23, 2021
Olympics, Aliens, And Joy Revolution
Episode • Jul 23, 2021
The Billionaire Space Race Is Yawn! I Mean On!
Episode • Jul 16, 2021
Somehow It’s July! Are You Delighted Yet?
Episode • Jul 9, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: David Yoon On 'Version Zero'
Episode • Jul 6, 2021
Heat Waves, Fun Games, And Weird Plays
Episode • Jul 2, 2021
SCOTUS: It's Okay To Say 'F*** School'
Episode • Jun 25, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: 'Great Circle'
Episode • Jun 22, 2021
Summer Reads And The Soundtrack For Them
Episode • Jun 18, 2021
Don't Get FOMO, Get JOMO
Episode • Jun 11, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: Maggie Shipstead On ‘Great Circle’
Episode • Jun 8, 2021
Sex, Swears, And Tennis Phenoms
Episode • Jun 4, 2021
Can I Really Take Off My Mask Now We Asked An Epidemiologist
Episode • May 28, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: 'White Ivy'
Episode • May 25, 2021
I Want To Believe… In An End To The Generation Wars
Episode • May 21, 2021
This Week We're Going "Off The Rails!" (Wearing Slippers In Public And Leaning Into Dry Shampoo)
Episode • May 14, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: Susie Yang On ‘White Ivy’
Episode • May 11, 2021
Bye Bye Herd Immunity, We Hardly Knew Ye
Episode • May 7, 2021
Flashing Face After The Vax? It’s More Likely Than You Think
Episode • Apr 30, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: 'The Office Of Historical Corrections'
Episode • Apr 27, 2021
The Chauvin Verdict, 'Mother Grains,' And The Incoming Cicada Rager
Episode • Apr 23, 2021
Police Violence, Podcast Recommendations, And The Pandemic Wall
Episode • Apr 16, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: Danielle Evans On 'The Office Of Historical Corrections'
Episode • Apr 13, 2021
Is Re-watching 'Grey's Anatomy' A Cry For Help? A Shondaland Investigation
Episode • Apr 9, 2021
The Boat Is Unstuck! Time For A Satanic Panic, I Guess
Episode • Apr 2, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: 'Piranesi'
Episode • Mar 30, 2021
The USPS Is Not A Girl Boss And Neither Are You
Episode • Mar 26, 2021
Working Moms, Spring Books, And Hot Cast Iron Tips
Episode • Mar 19, 2021
Nerdette Recaps: 'Promising Young Woman'
Episode • Mar 16, 2021
BONUS Nerdette Recaps: 'Promising Young Woman'
Episode • Mar 16, 2021
Vaccine FOMO? Don't Worry! All Your Social Skills Have Atrophied Anyway
Episode • Mar 12, 2021
Maybe We SHOULD Cancel The Culture
Episode • Mar 5, 2021
April Is Around The Corner, And We’re Standing By That
Episode • Feb 26, 2021
Nerdette Book Club: Rumaan Alam’s ‘Leave The World Behind’
Episode • Feb 23, 2021
Your Weekend Starts Here: ‘Buffy,’ ‘Tarzan,’ And Cat Problems Solved
Episode • Feb 19, 2021
Your Weekend Starts Here: Britney Spears, Mercury Retrograde And Your COVID Questions Answered
Episode • Feb 12, 2021
Book Club: Rumaan Alam On His Netflix-Bound Apocalypse Novel ‘Leave The World Behind’
Episode • Feb 9, 2021
Your Weekend Starts Here: Awards Season, Everything Bagel Ice Cream And Remembering SOPHIE
Episode • Feb 5, 2021
Your Weekend Starts Here: Baby Busts, 'Black Buck' And The Collapse Of Capitalism?
Episode • Jan 29, 2021
Your Weekend Starts Here: Baby Busts, 'Black Buck' And The Collapse Of Capitalism?
Episode • Jan 29, 2021
Book Club: ‘The Space Between Worlds’
Episode • Jan 26, 2021
A Nerdette Inauguration Special
Episode • Jan 22, 2021
The 13th Month Of 2020
Episode • Jan 15, 2021
Book Club: Micaiah Johnson On Her Debut Sci Fi Novel, ‘The Space Between Worlds’
Episode • Jan 12, 2021
2021 Is A Mess. Here's How To Stay Positive
Episode • Jan 8, 2021
This Year Gave Us Some Good Stuff, Too
Episode • Dec 24, 2020
Book Club: Tana French’s ‘The Searcher’
Episode • Dec 22, 2020
This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain This Weekend Eating The Year's Best Holiday Cookie.
Episode • Dec 18, 2020
The Gift Of Dessa
Episode • Dec 11, 2020
Book Club: Tana French Talks About Her New Mystery Novel, ‘The Searcher’
Episode • Dec 8, 2020
Saved By The Bell, Seasonal Songs And Sprinkles
Episode • Dec 4, 2020
Happy Zoomsgiving From Nerdette To You
Episode • Nov 26, 2020
Movies Of 1999: ‘Office Space’
Episode • Nov 25, 2020
Book Club: ‘The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue’
Episode • Nov 24, 2020
Tweets, Sweets ... And A Convo About Animal Penises
Episode • Nov 20, 2020
Movies Of 1999: ‘10 Things I Hate About You’
Episode • Nov 18, 2020
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy On Curiosity, Creativity and Crosswords
Episode • Nov 13, 2020
Movies Of 1999: ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
Episode • Nov 11, 2020
Book Club: V.E. Schwab On ‘The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue’
Episode • Nov 10, 2020
Don't Distress, De-Stress
Episode • Nov 6, 2020
Movies Of 1999: ‘Election’
Episode • Nov 3, 2020
Book Club: ‘Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation’
Episode • Oct 30, 2020
Movies Of 1999: ‘The Blair Witch Project’
Episode • Oct 28, 2020
Thank You For Voting
Episode • Oct 27, 2020
Your Weekend Starts Here: Cache Your Cookies, Categorize Your Fun, Put Down Your Phone
Episode • Oct 23, 2020
Movies Of 1999: ‘The Matrix’
Episode • Oct 21, 2020
Burnout Is For Millennials (And Millennials At Heart)
Episode • Oct 16, 2020
Preview: Nerdette Is About To Recap Movies Like It's 1999 ... with Peter Sagal
Episode • Oct 14, 2020
Surprise! You’re A Genius
Episode • Oct 13, 2020
Movies, TikTok And Fat Bears! (Oh My!)
Episode • Oct 9, 2020
Cold-Weather Pandemic Advice From An Infectious Disease Expert
Episode • Oct 2, 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Hook'
Episode • Sep 30, 2020
Gillian Flynn Talks About the Comics, Conspiracies and Pandemics in her new TV Series, 'Utopia'
Episode • Sep 29, 2020
Book Club: ‘The Shadow King’
Episode • Sep 25, 2020
Comedy Meets Social Commentary in Hulu's 'Woke'
Episode • Sep 22, 2020
How The Bechdel Test Changed This Woman's Career
Episode • Sep 18, 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Toy Story'
Episode • Sep 16, 2020
Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: How To Bake Away Your Feelings This Fall
Episode • Sep 15, 2020
Book Club: A Look At ‘The Shadow King’ With Author Maaza Mengiste
Episode • Sep 11, 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Pulp Fiction'
Episode • Sep 9, 2020
Is It Too Early To Talk About Fall Books?
Episode • Sep 4, 2020
Movies Of The ‘90s: ‘Dazed And Confused’
Episode • Sep 2, 2020
What Made Feminism In The ‘90s So Fly?
Episode • Sep 1, 2020
Book Club: 'Members Only'
Episode • Aug 28, 2020
Movies Of The '90s: ‘White Men Can’t Jump’
Episode • Aug 26, 2020
A Good Old-Fashioned Field Trip: Nerdette Visits Argonne National Lab
Episode • Aug 25, 2020
Good Movie Alert: Filmmaker Kris Rey Mixes Nostalgia and Reality in ‘I Used To Go Here’
Episode • Aug 21, 2020
Movies Of The ‘90s: ‘Independence Day’
Episode • Aug 19, 2020
The Women Who Fought For The Right To Vote
Episode • Aug 18, 2020
Book Club: Let’s Talk ‘Members Only’ With Author Sameer Pandya
Episode • Aug 14, 2020
Nerdette Recaps ‘Clueless’ With Peter Sagal
Episode • Aug 11, 2020
Movies Of The '90s: 'Clueless'
Episode • Aug 11, 2020
Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: You're Here And It's August
Episode • Aug 7, 2020
Preview: Nerdette Recaps Are Back on August 12
Episode • Aug 5, 2020
Why American Politics Needs More Ladiezzz
Episode • Aug 4, 2020
Book Club: 'Last Tang Standing'
Episode • Jul 31, 2020
A Road Trip To Fossil Town
Episode • Jul 28, 2020
Big Friendships Take Work, But They Have Big Rewards
Episode • Jul 24, 2020
Are Summer Movies Still A Thing This Year?
Episode • Jul 21, 2020
Book Club: A Spoiler-Free Conversation About ‘Last Tang Standing’ With Author Lauren Ho
Episode • Jul 17, 2020
‘One To Watch’ Corrects A Reality TV Blind Spot
Episode • Jul 14, 2020
Isolation Insights From Sheyna Gifford, Who Spent A Year In A Mars Simulation
Episode • Jul 10, 2020
A Tribute To The Nerdiest Of Instruments
Episode • Jul 7, 2020
From Spacewalker To Deep Sea Diver
Episode • Jul 3, 2020
Therapeutic Advice From An Infectious Disease Expert
Episode • Jun 30, 2020
Book Club: ‘The Vanishing Half’
Episode • Jun 26, 2020
Why You Should Build Literally Anything
Episode • Jun 23, 2020
It's Tidy Time
Episode • Jun 19, 2020
Got Plants?
Episode • Jun 16, 2020
Brit Bennett On Transgressing Racial Identity In ‘The Vanishing Half’
Episode • Jun 12, 2020
What Can I Do?
Episode • Jun 9, 2020
Books To Read Right Now
Episode • Jun 5, 2020
Take A Minute
Episode • Jun 2, 2020
Book Club: ‘The City We Became’
Episode • May 29, 2020
Video Games For Noobs
Episode • May 25, 2020
What To Do With All That Anxiety
Episode • May 22, 2020
Exercise: Come On! Let’s Do It!
Episode • May 19, 2020
Book Club: A Not-Too-Spoilery Convo With Sci-Fi Author N.K. Jemisin
Episode • May 15, 2020
TV You Gotta Watch
Episode • May 12, 2020
Should You Cut Your Own Hair?
Episode • May 5, 2020
What Was On Your Pre-Pandemic Wish List?
Episode • May 1, 2020
The Online Dating Scene
Episode • Apr 28, 2020
Book Club: ‘You Never Forget Your First’
Episode • Apr 24, 2020
Music You Can Use-ic
Episode • Apr 21, 2020
Book Club: Author Alexis Coe On George Washington
Episode • Apr 17, 2020
Podcasts To Help Cool Your Jets
Episode • Apr 14, 2020
Book Club: Emily St. John Mandel On ‘The Glass Hotel’
Episode • Apr 10, 2020
Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life: Movie Edition!
Episode • Apr 7, 2020
Book Club: ‘The Glass Hotel’
Episode • Apr 3, 2020
Ode to Pets!
Episode • Mar 31, 2020
All The Books You’ll Ever Need
Episode • Mar 27, 2020
Get Your Stress Bake On
Episode • Mar 24, 2020
What's A Weekend
Episode • Mar 20, 2020
How To Adapt
Episode • Mar 19, 2020
Gratitude’s The Attitude
Episode • Mar 18, 2020
Call Your People!
Episode • Mar 17, 2020
8 Minutes Of Joy
Episode • Mar 16, 2020
Book Club: ‘Uncanny Valley’
Episode • Feb 28, 2020
Book Club: ‘Such A Fun Age’
Episode • Jan 31, 2020
Nerdette Book Club 2020
Episode • Jan 17, 2020
Best Books Of The Year!
Episode • Dec 27, 2019
Walking Into The Sky
Episode • Dec 24, 2019
Daemons And Witches And Bears! Oh My!
Episode • Dec 17, 2019
The Great Escape
Episode • Dec 10, 2019
Where Have All The Daemons Gone?
Episode • Dec 3, 2019
Armored Bears And A Singing Cowboy
Episode • Nov 26, 2019
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