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 &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Happy To Be Here, the show for the perpetually curious!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Privacy Policy at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; and California Privacy Notice at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Welcome to Happy To Be Here, the show for the perpetually curious!

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Introducing Happy To Be Here!

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">Facebook group</a>, following Anna (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/annabaumanation/" target="_blank">@annabaumanation</a>) and Greta (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gretamjohnsen/?hl=en" target="_blank">@gretamjohnsen</a>) on Instagram, and subscribing to <a href="https://gretamjohnsen.substack.com/" target="_blank">Greta’s newsletter</a>. Thank you for 11 amazing years. We love you!See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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 &lt;p&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. 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;Then, we hear from YOU about what Nerdette has meant to you for the past 11 years. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We ultimately hope to find a new home for Nerdette! You can keep in touch with the team by joining our &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdettehq" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook group&lt;/a&gt;, following Anna (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/annabaumanation/" target="_blank"&gt;@annabaumanation&lt;/a&gt;) and Greta (&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gretamjohnsen/?hl=en" target="_blank"&gt;@gretamjohnsen&lt;/a&gt;) on Instagram, and subscribing to &lt;a href="https://gretamjohnsen.substack.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Greta’s newsletter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for 11 amazing years. We love you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Privacy Policy at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; and California Privacy Notice at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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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 Facebook group, following Anna (@annabaumanation) and Greta (@gretamjohnsen) on Instagram, and subscribing to Greta’s newsletter. 




Thank you for 11 amazing years. We love you!

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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.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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 &lt;p&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;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A programming note – &lt;strong&gt;this is our second to last episode as a production at WBEZ&lt;/strong&gt;. We are ultimately looking for a new home for the show. But until we figure that out, we’ll have &lt;strong&gt;one more episode on Tuesday&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Privacy Policy at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; and California Privacy Notice at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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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.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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">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">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">The Ministry of Time</a>’ by Kaliane Bradley (5/7)</li>
<li>‘<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250875372/thestardustgrail" target="_blank">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">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">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">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">Bear</a>’ by Julia Phillips (6/25)</li>
<li>‘<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hum/Helen-Phillips/9781668008836" target="_blank">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">The Most</a>’ by Jessica Anthony (7/30)</li>
</ul>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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 &lt;p&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;a href="https://bookriot.com/listen/shows/allthebooks/" target="_blank"&gt;All the Books!&lt;/a&gt;’ She and Greta trade their top picks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are the titles in the order that they’re mentioned in the episode: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://tinhouse.com/book/fire-exit/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fire Exit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Morgan Talty (6/3)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ministry-of-Time/Kaliane-Bradley/9781668045145" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Ministry of Time&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;’ &lt;/em&gt;by&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;Kaliane Bradley&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;(5/7)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250875372/thestardustgrail" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Stardust Grail&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Yume Kitasei (6/1)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715652/oye-by-melissa-mogollon/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oye&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;’ &lt;/em&gt;by Melissa Mogollon (5/14)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/margos-got-money-troubles-rufi-thorpe?variant=41107138183202" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Margo's Got Money Troubles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Rufi Thorpe (6/11)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676637/the-god-of-the-woods-by-liz-moore/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The God of the Woods&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Liz Moore (7/2) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563712/bear-by-julia-phillips/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bear&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Julia Phillips (6/25)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hum/Helen-Phillips/9781668008836" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Helen Phillips (8/6)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;‘&lt;a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jessica-anthony/the-most/9780316576376/?lens=little-brown" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Most&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’ by Jessica Anthony (7/30)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Privacy Policy at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; and California Privacy Notice at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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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 ‘All the Books!’ She and Greta trade their top picks.  




Here are the titles in the order that they’re mentioned in the episode: 
‘Fire Exit’ by Morgan Talty (6/3)
‘The Ministry of Time’ by Kaliane Bradley (5/7)
‘The Stardust Grail’ by Yume Kitasei (6/1)
‘Oye’ by Melissa Mogollon (5/14)
‘Margo's Got Money Troubles’ by Rufi Thorpe (6/11)
‘The God of the Woods’ by Liz Moore (7/2)  
‘Bear’ by Julia Phillips (6/25)
‘Hum’ by Helen Phillips (8/6)
‘The Most’ by Jessica Anthony (7/30)


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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">The Everlasting Meal</a>' and '<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Everlasting-Meal-Cookbook/Tamar-Adler/9781476799667" target="_blank">The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z</a>.' She also writes the newsletter “<a href="https://tamaradler.substack.com/about" target="_blank">The Kitchen Shrink</a>,” where she regularly gives out culinary advice.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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 &lt;p&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;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Everlasting-Meal/Tamar-Adler/9781439181881" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Everlasting Meal&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;' and '&lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Everlasting-Meal-Cookbook/Tamar-Adler/9781476799667" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.' She also writes the newsletter “&lt;a href="https://tamaradler.substack.com/about" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Kitchen Shrink&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,” where she regularly gives out culinary advice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Privacy Policy at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; and California Privacy Notice at &lt;a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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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 'The Everlasting Meal' and 'The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z.' She also writes the newsletter “The Kitchen Shrink,” where she regularly gives out culinary advice.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A kitchen therapy session with Tamar Adler

Happy To Be Here is a new interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious, full of conversations that make you feel right at home and allow you to learn a little bit about almost anything. Host Greta Johnsen (formerly of Nerdette) invites you to meet&nbsp; journalists, chefs, authors, and all kinds of excellent humans who will delight and inspire you. Packed with recommendations for stuff to eat, read, watch, and enjoy, this show is great for helping you make sure you actually take it easy this weekend, wherever you might happen to be.

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