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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!
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Goodbye for now!
May 28, 2024 • 35m
Nerdette Book Club: More with Amor Towles, LIVE!
May 24, 2024 • 20m
All the books to read this summer!!!
May 17, 2024 • 20m
A kitchen therapy session with Tamar Adler
May 10, 2024 • 38m
Nerdette Book Club LIVE with Amor Towles!
May 7, 2024 • 31m
A joyfully defiant summer playlist
May 3, 2024 • 16m
Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Beautyland’
Apr 30, 2024 • 44m
CORGIS ARE DELIGHTFUL
Apr 26, 2024 • 20m
Tortured poets and airlines for dogs
Apr 19, 2024 • 28m
Is mayo a burden or a delight? WE FIND OUT.
Apr 12, 2024 • 21m
Killer gams FTW
Apr 5, 2024 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: Marie-Helene Bertino on ‘Beautyland’
Apr 2, 2024 • 17m
Bonus: The Culture Study Podcast
Mar 29, 2024 • 40m
Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Martyr!’
Mar 26, 2024 • 44m
Burden or Delight: Sourdough edition
Mar 22, 2024 • 23m
The aggressively delightful Noel Fielding
Mar 15, 2024 • 36m
Xochitl Gonzalez on art, belonging and nostalgia
Mar 8, 2024 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: Kaveh Akbar on ‘Martyr!’
Mar 5, 2024 • 28m
We have some questions for Rebecca Makkai
Mar 1, 2024 • 18m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Come and Get It,’ discussed!
Feb 27, 2024 • 33m
Here’s to mucking about!
Feb 23, 2024 • 28m
Kelly Link’s uncanny novel is “a love letter to romance”
Feb 16, 2024 • 30m
The Tortured Nerdettes Department
Feb 9, 2024 • 19m
Nerdette Book Club: Kiley Reid on 'Come and Get It'
Feb 6, 2024 • 20m
Snacky and tired? Us too.
Feb 2, 2024 • 25m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Jonathan Abernathy You are Kind,’ discussed!
Jan 30, 2024 • 37m
12 books to read in 2024
Jan 26, 2024 • 30m
Silent Book Club: An introvert’s dream
Jan 19, 2024 • 23m
New year, new Stanley tumbler
Jan 12, 2024 • 24m
Special Episode - Missing Pages
Jan 5, 2024 • 37m
Nerdette Book Club: Molly McGhee on ‘Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind’
Jan 2, 2024 • 27m
The best TV shows of 2023
Dec 29, 2023 • 48m
The best podcasts of 2023
Dec 22, 2023 • 39m
The best books of 2023
Dec 15, 2023 • 39m
The best cookbooks of 2023
Dec 12, 2023 • 19m
Special Episode - Text Me Back
Dec 8, 2023 • 22m
Yes, you are an activist
Dec 1, 2023 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Land of Milk and Honey,’ discussed!
Nov 28, 2023 • 38m
A sinister summer at ‘Saltburn’
Nov 24, 2023 • 24m
Give thanks, eat veggies
Nov 17, 2023 • 29m
A space show that’s not about space
Nov 10, 2023 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: C Pam Zhang on ‘Land of Milk and Honey’
Nov 7, 2023 • 24m
Your Friday ritual
Nov 3, 2023 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘The Vaster Wilds,’ discussed!
Oct 31, 2023 • 37m
Disco skeletons and rhinestone pumpkins
Oct 27, 2023 • 27m
V.E. Schwab says fantasy is more than swords and dragons
Oct 20, 2023 • 27m
TGI Friday the 13th
Oct 13, 2023 • 24m
Aparna Nancherla’s navel is your navel
Oct 6, 2023 • 23m
Nerdette Book Club: Lauren Groff on ‘The Vaster Wilds’
Oct 3, 2023 • 23m
A bounty of fall books
Sep 29, 2023 • 29m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Happiness Falls,’ discussed!
Sep 26, 2023 • 36m
National Book Award finalist: “I just wanted to go where the fun was”
Sep 22, 2023 • 28m
We should all be talking about periods
Sep 15, 2023 • 25m
How to navigate COVID this fall
Sep 8, 2023 • 31m
Nerdette Book Club: Angie Kim on ‘Happiness Falls’
Sep 5, 2023 • 19m
Reality TV reckoning
Sep 1, 2023 • 23m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘The Country of the Blind,’ discussed!
Aug 29, 2023 • 42m
Songs of the summer
Aug 25, 2023 • 29m
Cozying up with Ann Patchett
Aug 18, 2023 • 26m
Burden or delight: Spider-swallowing edition
Aug 11, 2023 • 31m
Justice for night owls
Aug 4, 2023 • 21m
Nerdette Book Club: Andrew Leland on ‘The Country of the Blind’
Aug 1, 2023 • 27m
Go romance yourself!
Jul 28, 2023 • 30m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Loot,’ discussed!
Jul 25, 2023 • 31m
What to watch and eat this summer
Jul 21, 2023 • 25m
Simon Pegg, king of the nerds
Jul 14, 2023 • 30m
BONUS: When Magic Happens
Jul 11, 2023 • 37m
Please stop throwing cheese on stage
Jul 7, 2023 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: Tania James on ‘Loot’
Jul 4, 2023 • 18m
"Humanity’s most batsh*t endeavors"
Jun 30, 2023 • 35m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi,’ discussed!
Jun 27, 2023 • 35m
The value of pop culture criticism with Aisha Harris
Jun 23, 2023 • 24m
Burden or delight?
Jun 16, 2023 • 29m
A decade of delight
Jun 9, 2023 • 30m
Nerdette Book Club: Shannon Chakraborty on ‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’
Jun 6, 2023 • 23m
The naked truth about hot dogs
Jun 2, 2023 • 29m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Take What You Need,’ discussed!
May 30, 2023 • 34m
Everything’s garbage. Sam Irby makes it better.
May 26, 2023 • 34m
K-beauty is all the rage
May 19, 2023 • 32m
Trans visibility with Tre’vell Anderson
May 12, 2023 • 27m
Pulitzer Prize winner Hernan Diaz on 'Trust'
May 10, 2023 • 21m
Your summer books preview
May 5, 2023 • 37m
Nerdette Book Club: Idra Novey on ‘Take What You Need’
May 2, 2023 • 21m
Are you there spring?! It’s me, Greta.
Apr 28, 2023 • 34m
‘Better the Blood,’ discussed!
Apr 25, 2023 • 26m
Adult BFFs
Apr 21, 2023 • 30m
Spoiler alert: It’s Friday
Apr 14, 2023 • 31m
The nerds behind some of the things you love most
Apr 7, 2023 • 14m
Nerdette Book Club: Michael Bennett on ‘Better the Blood’
Apr 4, 2023 • 20m
How to be a lazy cook (in the best possible way!)
Mar 31, 2023 • 25m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘I Have Some Questions for You,’ discussed!
Mar 28, 2023 • 38m
I want those three years back!
Mar 24, 2023 • 26m
It’s gonna be ok!!!!!!
Mar 17, 2023 • 27m
How old do you feel?
Mar 10, 2023 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: Rebecca Makkai on ‘I Have Some Questions for You’
Mar 7, 2023 • 18m
Brown butter FTW
Mar 3, 2023 • 26m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘How Far the Light Reaches,’ discussed!
Feb 28, 2023 • 26m
Are we having fun yet?
Feb 24, 2023 • 31m
Go to your room!
Feb 17, 2023 • 30m
A rom-com with a heavy dose of *dram*
Feb 10, 2023 • 22m
Nerdette Book Club: Sabrina Imbler on ‘How Far the Light Reaches’
Feb 7, 2023 • 23m
Special: NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’
Feb 3, 2023 • 9m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic,’ discussed!
Jan 31, 2023 • 37m
Taking down anti-fat bias with Aubrey Gordon
Jan 27, 2023 • 29m
Undercover: The art of adaptation
Jan 20, 2023 • 18m
Undercover: How audiobooks bring a story to life
Jan 13, 2023 • 18m
Nerdette Book Club: Kevin Wilson on ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic’
Jan 10, 2023 • 23m
Undercover: The thorny business of book blurbs
Jan 6, 2023 • 11m
Special: Making Rihanna
Dec 30, 2022 • 41m
Nerdette Book Club: 'Trust,' discussed!
Dec 27, 2022 • 30m
The best TV shows of 2022
Dec 23, 2022 • 26m
The best books of 2022
Dec 16, 2022 • 22m
The best podcasts of 2022
Dec 9, 2022 • 25m
Nerdette Book Club: Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’
Dec 6, 2022 • 20m
The story behind the behind
Dec 2, 2022 • 25m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm’
Nov 29, 2022 • 34m
Taking joy seriously with Ross Gay
Nov 25, 2022 • 19m
‘She Said’ reignites conversations around #MeToo
Nov 18, 2022 • 23m
The holidays, Covid and you
Nov 17, 2022 • 15m
Life is stressful, but baking doesn’t have to be
Nov 11, 2022 • 31m
What would you do with a billion bucks?
Nov 4, 2022 • 31m
Nerdette Book Club: Laura Warrell on ‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm’
Nov 1, 2022 • 22m
We made it to the Halloweekend!
Oct 28, 2022 • 26m
Nerdette Book Club: 'Our Missing Hearts'
Oct 25, 2022 • 35m
A very bookish episode
Oct 21, 2022 • 27m
The cookbooks you need this fall
Oct 14, 2022 • 26m
Five frightening books to read this fall
Oct 7, 2022 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: Celeste Ng on ‘Our Missing Hearts’
Oct 4, 2022 • 21m
One less thing to worry about
Sep 30, 2022 • 33m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’
Sep 27, 2022 • 38m
Hell, or hell yeah?!
Sep 23, 2022 • 23m
God save the new boy Queen
Sep 16, 2022 • 26m
Does ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ need a special master?
Sep 9, 2022 • 27m
Nerdette Book Club: Gabrielle Zevin on ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’
Sep 6, 2022 • 26m
The moon and Thee Megan
Sep 2, 2022 • 26m
Finding joy with Courtney Barnett
Aug 26, 2022 • 29m
Summer is NOT over!!!
Aug 19, 2022 • 29m
If you’re going to get COVID, make it count
Aug 16, 2022 • 28m
Goodbye to a GOAT
Aug 12, 2022 • 17m
We’re still talking about Beyoncé
Aug 5, 2022 • 24m
'Nope,' Austen adaptations, and the end of the Choco Taco
Jul 29, 2022 • 34m
Bennifer, 'Crawdads' and getting caught in the rain
Jul 22, 2022 • 36m
James Webb FTW
Jul 15, 2022 • 25m
A peek behind the librarian desk
Jul 8, 2022 • 11m
Let it out
Jul 1, 2022 • 24m
How are you REALLY?
Jun 28, 2022 • 1m
What to read this summer
Jun 22, 2022 • 15m
What is your daily EGOT?
Jun 17, 2022 • 35m
They weren’t heroes but they saved lives
Jun 10, 2022 • 36m
Tom Perotta on ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’
Jun 7, 2022 • 22m
What if phones but too much
Jun 3, 2022 • 27m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘This Thing Between Us’
May 31, 2022 • 28m
Masks are still a good idea
May 27, 2022 • 25m
Aim for just okay
May 20, 2022 • 25m
What to eat right now
May 13, 2022 • 28m
Music dance experience!
May 6, 2022 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: Gus Moreno on ‘This Thing Between Us’
May 3, 2022 • 25m
What's happening?
Apr 29, 2022 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Pachinko’
Apr 26, 2022 • 42m
Grow Along With Us
Apr 22, 2022 • 14m
Vibe shift, anyone?
Apr 15, 2022 • 31m
April is the cruelest month. Make a smoothie.
Apr 8, 2022 • 33m
Nerdette Book Club: 'Notes on an Execution'
Apr 5, 2022 • 28m
Is it a podcast or is it cake?
Apr 1, 2022 • 30m
Whole grain flour is in bloom
Mar 25, 2022 • 18m
Hearts and crafts: Nerdette live!
Mar 18, 2022 • 21m
Free the f-word
Mar 11, 2022 • 26m
The beauty of “Big Emotions”
Mar 4, 2022 • 31m
Nerdette Book Club: Danya Kukafka on ‘Notes on an Execution’
Mar 1, 2022 • 22m
Pandemic plot points: a dilemma
Feb 25, 2022 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘S*** Cassandra Saw’
Feb 22, 2022 • 30m
Should the Winter Olympics exist?
Feb 18, 2022 • 28m
What not to wear: Olympics edition
Feb 11, 2022 • 33m
Money is a 5 letter word
Feb 4, 2022 • 26m
Nerdette Book Club: Gwen E. Kirby on ‘S*** Cassandra Saw’
Feb 1, 2022 • 22m
January continues
Jan 28, 2022 • 31m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’
Jan 25, 2022 • 30m
Let them eat crow
Jan 21, 2022 • 29m
What to expect when you’re expecting Omicron
Jan 14, 2022 • 22m
New year, new apocalypse!
Jan 7, 2022 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’
Jan 4, 2022 • 22m
The best podcasts of 2021
Dec 31, 2021 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘You Better Be Lightning’
Dec 28, 2021 • 24m
The best TV shows of 2021
Dec 24, 2021 • 24m
Best books of 2021
Dec 17, 2021 • 28m
Sweet, sweet syrup shortage
Dec 10, 2021 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘You Better Be Lightning’
Dec 7, 2021 • 28m
Omicronoasis
Dec 3, 2021 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Bombshell’
Nov 30, 2021 • 27m
PIE FOR BREAKFAST
Nov 26, 2021 • 14m
A pre-holiday check-up
Nov 19, 2021 • 17m
What is this year’s sexiest supply chain?
Nov 12, 2021 • 21m
What is time?
Nov 5, 2021 • 31m
Nerdette Book Club: Sarah MacLean on ‘Bombshell’
Nov 2, 2021 • 23m
Shove it, Satan
Oct 29, 2021 • 26m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Light From Uncommon Stars’
Oct 26, 2021 • 39m
Fandom, feminists and fortune telling
Oct 22, 2021 • 29m
The women who painted themselves against all odds
Oct 15, 2021 • 30m
When life gives you kidneys, make 'bad art friends'
Oct 8, 2021 • 29m
Nerdette Book Club: Ryka Aoki on ‘Light From Uncommon Stars’
Oct 5, 2021 • 24m
What It Means To Be The First
Oct 1, 2021 • 17m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Crying in H Mart’
Sep 28, 2021 • 54m
When Reality Meets TV
Sep 24, 2021 • 31m
The Doctor Is In — Again!
Sep 17, 2021 • 19m
When The Pressure’s Just Too Much
Sep 10, 2021 • 32m
Book Club: Bonus Interview with Leigh Bardugo
Sep 7, 2021 • 45m
Queens Of Pop And Vampire Slayers
Sep 3, 2021 • 31m
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Klara and the Sun’
Aug 31, 2021 • 45m
Is Anything Even Good Anymore?
Aug 27, 2021 • 34m
#RushTok 101
Aug 20, 2021 • 31m
Is the New Nicolas Cage Movie … Actually Good?
Aug 13, 2021 • 31m
All Hail the Slacker Picnic
Aug 6, 2021 • 18m
Book Club: The Best Books Of 2021 So Far
Aug 3, 2021 • 29m
Adam Driver *Is* Hot And, Yes, Also A Centaur
Jul 30, 2021 • 30m
Nerdette Book Club: 'Version Zero'
Jul 27, 2021 • 48m
Olympics, Aliens, And Joy Revolution
Jul 23, 2021 • 35m
Olympics, Aliens, And Joy Revolution
Jul 23, 2021 • 35m
The Billionaire Space Race Is Yawn! I Mean On!
Jul 16, 2021 • 31m
Somehow It’s July! Are You Delighted Yet?
Jul 9, 2021 • 20m
Nerdette Book Club: David Yoon On 'Version Zero'
Jul 6, 2021 • 23m
Heat Waves, Fun Games, And Weird Plays
Jul 2, 2021 • 34m
SCOTUS: It's Okay To Say 'F*** School'
Jun 25, 2021 • 30m
Nerdette Book Club: 'Great Circle'
Jun 22, 2021 • 50m
Summer Reads And The Soundtrack For Them
Jun 18, 2021 • 24m
Don't Get FOMO, Get JOMO
Jun 11, 2021 • 30m
Nerdette Book Club: Maggie Shipstead On ‘Great Circle’
Jun 8, 2021 • 29m
Sex, Swears, And Tennis Phenoms
Jun 4, 2021 • 32m
Can I Really Take Off My Mask Now We Asked An Epidemiologist
May 28, 2021 • 25m
Nerdette Book Club: 'White Ivy'
May 25, 2021 • 36m
I Want To Believe… In An End To The Generation Wars
May 21, 2021 • 33m
This Week We're Going "Off The Rails!" (Wearing Slippers In Public And Leaning Into Dry Shampoo)
May 14, 2021 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: Susie Yang On ‘White Ivy’
May 11, 2021 • 22m
Bye Bye Herd Immunity, We Hardly Knew Ye
May 7, 2021 • 25m
Flashing Face After The Vax? It’s More Likely Than You Think
Apr 30, 2021 • 22m
Nerdette Book Club: 'The Office Of Historical Corrections'
Apr 27, 2021 • 42m
The Chauvin Verdict, 'Mother Grains,' And The Incoming Cicada Rager
Apr 23, 2021 • 30m
Police Violence, Podcast Recommendations, And The Pandemic Wall
Apr 16, 2021 • 28m
Nerdette Book Club: Danielle Evans On 'The Office Of Historical Corrections'
Apr 13, 2021 • 23m
Is Re-watching 'Grey's Anatomy' A Cry For Help? A Shondaland Investigation
Apr 9, 2021 • 34m
The Boat Is Unstuck! Time For A Satanic Panic, I Guess
Apr 2, 2021 • 32m
Nerdette Book Club: 'Piranesi'
Mar 30, 2021 • 42m
The USPS Is Not A Girl Boss And Neither Are You
Mar 26, 2021 • 31m
Working Moms, Spring Books, And Hot Cast Iron Tips
Mar 19, 2021 • 27m
Nerdette Recaps: 'Promising Young Woman'
Mar 16, 2021 • 41m
BONUS Nerdette Recaps: 'Promising Young Woman'
Mar 16, 2021 • 41m
Vaccine FOMO? Don't Worry! All Your Social Skills Have Atrophied Anyway
Mar 12, 2021 • 31m
Maybe We SHOULD Cancel The Culture
Mar 5, 2021 • 35m
April Is Around The Corner, And We’re Standing By That
Feb 26, 2021 • 29m
Nerdette Book Club: Rumaan Alam’s ‘Leave The World Behind’
Feb 23, 2021 • 40m
Your Weekend Starts Here: ‘Buffy,’ ‘Tarzan,’ And Cat Problems Solved
Feb 19, 2021 • 30m
Your Weekend Starts Here: Britney Spears, Mercury Retrograde And Your COVID Questions Answered
Feb 12, 2021 • 35m
Book Club: Rumaan Alam On His Netflix-Bound Apocalypse Novel ‘Leave The World Behind’
Feb 9, 2021 • 26m
Your Weekend Starts Here: Awards Season, Everything Bagel Ice Cream And Remembering SOPHIE
Feb 5, 2021 • 30m
Your Weekend Starts Here: Baby Busts, 'Black Buck' And The Collapse Of Capitalism?
Jan 29, 2021 • 30m
Your Weekend Starts Here: Baby Busts, 'Black Buck' And The Collapse Of Capitalism?
Jan 29, 2021 • 30m
Book Club: ‘The Space Between Worlds’
Jan 26, 2021 • 58m
A Nerdette Inauguration Special
Jan 22, 2021 • 26m
The 13th Month Of 2020
Jan 15, 2021 • 27m
Book Club: Micaiah Johnson On Her Debut Sci Fi Novel, ‘The Space Between Worlds’
Jan 12, 2021 • 19m
2021 Is A Mess. Here's How To Stay Positive
Jan 8, 2021 • 28m
This Year Gave Us Some Good Stuff, Too
Dec 24, 2020 • 17m
Book Club: Tana French’s ‘The Searcher’
Dec 22, 2020 • 36m
This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain This Weekend Eating The Year's Best Holiday Cookie.
Dec 18, 2020 • 30m
The Gift Of Dessa
Dec 11, 2020 • 24m
Book Club: Tana French Talks About Her New Mystery Novel, ‘The Searcher’
Dec 8, 2020 • 23m
Saved By The Bell, Seasonal Songs And Sprinkles
Dec 4, 2020 • 32m
Happy Zoomsgiving From Nerdette To You
Nov 26, 2020 • 15m
Movies Of 1999: ‘Office Space’
Nov 25, 2020 • 43m
Book Club: ‘The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue’
Nov 24, 2020 • 52m
Tweets, Sweets ... And A Convo About Animal Penises
Nov 20, 2020 • 24m
Movies Of 1999: ‘10 Things I Hate About You’
Nov 18, 2020 • 48m
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy On Curiosity, Creativity and Crosswords
Nov 13, 2020 • 21m
Movies Of 1999: ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
Nov 11, 2020 • 37m
Book Club: V.E. Schwab On ‘The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue’
Nov 10, 2020 • 20m
Don't Distress, De-Stress
Nov 6, 2020 • 30m
Movies Of 1999: ‘Election’
Nov 3, 2020 • 50m
Book Club: ‘Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation’
Oct 30, 2020 • 50m
Movies Of 1999: ‘The Blair Witch Project’
Oct 28, 2020 • 37m
Thank You For Voting
Oct 27, 2020 • 18m
Your Weekend Starts Here: Cache Your Cookies, Categorize Your Fun, Put Down Your Phone
Oct 23, 2020 • 31m
Movies Of 1999: ‘The Matrix’
Oct 21, 2020 • 42m
Burnout Is For Millennials (And Millennials At Heart)
Oct 16, 2020 • 25m
Preview: Nerdette Is About To Recap Movies Like It's 1999 ... with Peter Sagal
Oct 14, 2020 • 1m
Surprise! You’re A Genius
Oct 13, 2020 • 22m
Movies, TikTok And Fat Bears! (Oh My!)
Oct 9, 2020 • 28m
Cold-Weather Pandemic Advice From An Infectious Disease Expert
Oct 2, 2020 • 19m
Movies Of The '90s: 'Hook'
Sep 30, 2020 • 45m
Gillian Flynn Talks About the Comics, Conspiracies and Pandemics in her new TV Series, 'Utopia'
Sep 29, 2020 • 22m
Book Club: ‘The Shadow King’
Sep 25, 2020 • 41m
Comedy Meets Social Commentary in Hulu's 'Woke'
Sep 22, 2020 • 22m
How The Bechdel Test Changed This Woman's Career
Sep 18, 2020 • 17m
Movies Of The '90s: 'Toy Story'
Sep 16, 2020 • 45m
Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: How To Bake Away Your Feelings This Fall
Sep 15, 2020 • 21m
Book Club: A Look At ‘The Shadow King’ With Author Maaza Mengiste
Sep 11, 2020 • 22m
Movies Of The '90s: 'Pulp Fiction'
Sep 9, 2020 • 55m
Is It Too Early To Talk About Fall Books?
Sep 4, 2020 • 20m
Movies Of The ‘90s: ‘Dazed And Confused’
Sep 2, 2020 • 43m
What Made Feminism In The ‘90s So Fly?
Sep 1, 2020 • 18m
Book Club: 'Members Only'
Aug 28, 2020 • 1h 7m
Movies Of The '90s: ‘White Men Can’t Jump’
Aug 26, 2020 • 55m
A Good Old-Fashioned Field Trip: Nerdette Visits Argonne National Lab
Aug 25, 2020 • 30m
Good Movie Alert: Filmmaker Kris Rey Mixes Nostalgia and Reality in ‘I Used To Go Here’
Aug 21, 2020 • 22m
Movies Of The ‘90s: ‘Independence Day’
Aug 19, 2020 • 56m
The Women Who Fought For The Right To Vote
Aug 18, 2020 • 18m
Book Club: Let’s Talk ‘Members Only’ With Author Sameer Pandya
Aug 14, 2020 • 22m
Nerdette Recaps ‘Clueless’ With Peter Sagal
Aug 11, 2020 • 59m
Movies Of The '90s: 'Clueless'
Aug 11, 2020 • 59m
Introvert's Guide To The Good Life: You're Here And It's August
Aug 7, 2020 • 20m
Preview: Nerdette Recaps Are Back on August 12
Aug 5, 2020 • 2m
Why American Politics Needs More Ladiezzz
Aug 4, 2020 • 16m
Book Club: 'Last Tang Standing'
Jul 31, 2020 • 54m
A Road Trip To Fossil Town
Jul 28, 2020 • 19m
Big Friendships Take Work, But They Have Big Rewards
Jul 24, 2020 • 21m
Are Summer Movies Still A Thing This Year?
Jul 21, 2020 • 21m
Book Club: A Spoiler-Free Conversation About ‘Last Tang Standing’ With Author Lauren Ho
Jul 17, 2020 • 15m
‘One To Watch’ Corrects A Reality TV Blind Spot
Jul 14, 2020 • 22m
Isolation Insights From Sheyna Gifford, Who Spent A Year In A Mars Simulation
Jul 10, 2020 • 16m
A Tribute To The Nerdiest Of Instruments
Jul 7, 2020 • 31m
From Spacewalker To Deep Sea Diver
Jul 3, 2020 • 15m
Therapeutic Advice From An Infectious Disease Expert
Jun 30, 2020 • 27m
Book Club: ‘The Vanishing Half’
Jun 26, 2020 • 1h 13m
Why You Should Build Literally Anything
Jun 23, 2020 • 25m
It's Tidy Time
Jun 19, 2020 • 17m
Got Plants?
Jun 16, 2020 • 15m
Brit Bennett On Transgressing Racial Identity In ‘The Vanishing Half’
Jun 12, 2020 • 28m
What Can I Do?
Jun 9, 2020 • 26m
Books To Read Right Now
Jun 5, 2020 • 25m
Take A Minute
Jun 2, 2020 • 17m
Book Club: ‘The City We Became’
May 29, 2020 • 58m
Video Games For Noobs
May 25, 2020 • 18m
What To Do With All That Anxiety
May 22, 2020 • 21m
Exercise: Come On! Let’s Do It!
May 19, 2020 • 20m
Book Club: A Not-Too-Spoilery Convo With Sci-Fi Author N.K. Jemisin
May 15, 2020 • 36m
TV You Gotta Watch
May 12, 2020 • 21m
Should You Cut Your Own Hair?
May 5, 2020 • 16m
What Was On Your Pre-Pandemic Wish List?
May 1, 2020 • 15m
The Online Dating Scene
Apr 28, 2020 • 15m
Book Club: ‘You Never Forget Your First’
Apr 24, 2020 • 37m
Music You Can Use-ic
Apr 21, 2020 • 21m
Book Club: Author Alexis Coe On George Washington
Apr 17, 2020 • 19m
Podcasts To Help Cool Your Jets
Apr 14, 2020 • 22m
Book Club: Emily St. John Mandel On ‘The Glass Hotel’
Apr 10, 2020 • 22m
Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life: Movie Edition!
Apr 7, 2020 • 14m
Book Club: ‘The Glass Hotel’
Apr 3, 2020 • 56m
Ode to Pets!
Mar 31, 2020 • 15m
All The Books You’ll Ever Need
Mar 27, 2020 • 15m
Get Your Stress Bake On
Mar 24, 2020 • 12m
What's A Weekend
Mar 20, 2020 • 14m
How To Adapt
Mar 19, 2020 • 8m
Gratitude’s The Attitude
Mar 18, 2020 • 12m
Call Your People!
Mar 17, 2020 • 12m
8 Minutes Of Joy
Mar 16, 2020 • 8m
Book Club: ‘Uncanny Valley’
Feb 28, 2020 • 33m
Book Club: ‘Such A Fun Age’
Jan 31, 2020 • 1h 4m
Nerdette Book Club 2020
Jan 17, 2020 • 1m
Best Books Of The Year!
Dec 27, 2019 • 19m
Walking Into The Sky
Dec 24, 2019 • 49m
Daemons And Witches And Bears! Oh My!
Dec 17, 2019 • 47m
The Great Escape
Dec 10, 2019 • 53m
Where Have All The Daemons Gone?
Dec 3, 2019 • 50m
Armored Bears And A Singing Cowboy
Nov 26, 2019 • 43m
Oh Snap! God Cops!
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