As y’all probably know, we’re calling this the “goodbye for now” episode of Nerdette because it’s our last episode while we’re employees at WBEZ. So, we thought it was the perfect time to call up Nerdette co-creator Tricia Bobeda and Nerdette Recaps co-host Peter Sagal to play our favorite game, Burden or Delight. Then, we hear from YOU about what Nerdette has meant to you for the past 11 years. We ultimately hope to find a new home for Nerdette! You can keep in touch with the team by joining our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdettehq" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Facebook group</a>, following Anna (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/annabaumanation/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">@annabaumanation</a>) and Greta (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gretamjohnsen/?hl=en" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">@gretamjohnsen</a>) on Instagram, and subscribing to <a href="https://gretamjohnsen.substack.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Greta’s newsletter</a>. Thank you for 11 amazing years. We love you!

<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;As y’all probably know, we’re calling this the “goodbye for now” episode of Nerdette because it’s our last episode while we’re employees at WBEZ. &lt;/span&gt;So, we thought it was the perfect time to call up Nerdette co-creator Tricia Bobeda and Nerdette Recaps co-host Peter Sagal to play our favorite game, Burden or Delight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;Then, we hear from YOU about what Nerdette has meant to you for the past 11 years. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;We ultimately hope to find a new home for Nerdette! You can keep in touch with the team by joining our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdettehq" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;Facebook group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;, following Anna (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/annabaumanation/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;@annabaumanation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;) and Greta (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gretamjohnsen/?hl=en" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;@gretamjohnsen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;) on Instagram, and subscribing to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://gretamjohnsen.substack.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;Greta’s newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;Thank you for 11 amazing years. We love you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]&gt;</description>

Goodbye for now!

May’s Book Club selection is the fabulous short story collection ‘Table for Two’ by Amor Towles. It was amazing to get to talk to Amor in front of a LIVE audience in Chicago a few weeks ago. Since we were only able to share about half of that conversation in the podcast feed, we decided to bring you more from our chat and dive even deeper into the book! A programming note – this is our second to last episode as a production at WBEZ. We are ultimately looking for a new home for the show. But until we figure that out, we’ll have one more episode on Tuesday.

<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;May’s Book Club selection is the fabulous short story collection ‘Table for Two’ by Amor Towles. It was amazing to get to talk to Amor in front of a LIVE audience in Chicago a few weeks ago. Since we were only able to share about half of that conversation in the podcast feed, we decided to bring you more from our chat and dive even deeper into the book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A programming note – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;this is our second to last episode as a production at WBEZ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;. We are ultimately looking for a new home for the show. But until we figure that out, we’ll have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;one more episode on Tuesday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]&gt;</description>

Nerdette Book Club: More with Amor Towles, LIVE!

This week, we ask voracious reader Liberty Hardy to rave about the best books coming out this summer. Liberty is the host of the Book Riot podcast ‘<a href="https://bookriot.com/listen/shows/allthebooks/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">All the Books!</a>’ She and Greta trade their top picks. Here are the titles in the order that they’re mentioned in the episode: <ul><li>‘<a href="https://tinhouse.com/book/fire-exit/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Fire Exit</a>’ by Morgan Talty (6/3)</li><li>‘<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ministry-of-Time/Kaliane-Bradley/9781668045145" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">The Ministry of Time</a>’ by Kaliane Bradley (5/7)</li><li>‘<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250875372/thestardustgrail" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">The Stardust Grail</a>’ by Yume Kitasei (6/1)</li><li>‘<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715652/oye-by-melissa-mogollon/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Oye</a>’ by Melissa Mogollon (5/14)</li><li>‘<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/margos-got-money-troubles-rufi-thorpe?variant=41107138183202" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Margo's Got Money Troubles</a>’ by Rufi Thorpe (6/11)</li><li>‘<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676637/the-god-of-the-woods-by-liz-moore/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">The God of the Woods</a>’ by Liz Moore (7/2) </li><li>‘<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563712/bear-by-julia-phillips/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Bear</a>’ by Julia Phillips (6/25)</li><li>‘<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hum/Helen-Phillips/9781668008836" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Hum</a>’ by Helen Phillips (8/6)</li><li>‘<a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jessica-anthony/the-most/9780316576376/?lens=little-brown" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">The Most</a>’ by Jessica Anthony (7/30)</li></ul>

<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;This week, we ask voracious reader Liberty Hardy to rave about the best books coming out this summer. Liberty is the host of the Book Riot podcast ‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookriot.com/listen/shows/allthebooks/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;All the Books!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ She and Greta trade their top picks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;Here are the titles in the order that they’re mentioned in the episode: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://tinhouse.com/book/fire-exit/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fire Exit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ by Morgan Talty (6/3)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ministry-of-Time/Kaliane-Bradley/9781668045145" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Ministry of Time&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent;"&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Kaliane Bradley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent;"&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;(5/7)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250875372/thestardustgrail" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Stardust Grail&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"&gt;’ by Yume Kitasei (6/1)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715652/oye-by-melissa-mogollon/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oye&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;by Melissa Mogollon (5/14)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/margos-got-money-troubles-rufi-thorpe?variant=41107138183202" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Margo's Got Money Troubles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"&gt;’ by Rufi Thorpe (6/11)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676637/the-god-of-the-woods-by-liz-moore/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The God of the Woods&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ by Liz Moore (7/2) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563712/bear-by-julia-phillips/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bear&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ by Julia Phillips (6/25)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hum/Helen-Phillips/9781668008836" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ by Helen Phillips (8/6)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent;"&gt;‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jessica-anthony/the-most/9780316576376/?lens=little-brown" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Most&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"&gt;’ by Jessica Anthony (7/30)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;]]&gt;</description>

All the books to read this summer!!!

This week, cookbook author and leftovers lover Tamar Adler joins us to answer YOUR questions on cooking, hosting and eating. Tamar is the author of '<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Everlasting-Meal/Tamar-Adler/9781439181881" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 122, 183);">The Everlasting Meal</a>' and '<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Everlasting-Meal-Cookbook/Tamar-Adler/9781476799667" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 122, 183);">The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z</a>.' She also writes the newsletter “<a href="https://tamaradler.substack.com/about" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 122, 183);">The Kitchen Shrink</a>,” where she regularly gives out culinary advice.

<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;This week, cookbook author and leftovers lover Tamar Adler joins us to answer YOUR questions on cooking, hosting and eating. Tamar is the author of '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Everlasting-Meal/Tamar-Adler/9781439181881" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Everlasting Meal&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt; and '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Everlasting-Meal-Cookbook/Tamar-Adler/9781476799667" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;.' She also writes the newsletter “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://tamaradler.substack.com/about" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Kitchen Shrink&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;,” where she regularly gives out culinary advice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]&gt;</description>

A kitchen therapy session with Tamar Adler

This week, we are bringing you a special LIVE edition of Nerdette Book Club!!! The great Amor Towles, author of 'A Gentleman in Moscow' and 'The Lincoln Highway,' joined us in front of a live audience at the Athenaeum Theater in Chicago to discuss our May Book Club selection, his most recent book '<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653353/table-for-two-by-amor-towles/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Table for Two</a>!' It’s a collection of six different short stories set in New York City and a novella based on characters from his first novel, 'Rules of Civility,' set in Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood. This is a spoiler-free conversation! We’ll be back at the end of the month with more.

<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;This week, we are bringing you a special LIVE edition of Nerdette Book Club!!! The great Amor Towles, author of '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Gentleman in Moscow'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; and '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Lincoln Highway&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;,' joined us in front of a live audience at the Athenaeum Theater in Chicago to discuss our May Book Club selection, his most recent book '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653353/table-for-two-by-amor-towles/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Table for Two&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;!' It’s a collection of six different short stories set in New York City and a novella based on characters from his first novel, '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Rules of Civility,' &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;set in Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood. This is a spoiler-free conversation! We’ll be back at the end of the month with more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]&gt;</description>

Nerdette Book Club LIVE with Amor Towles!

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