<description>&lt;![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;This week, senior &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wbez.org/shows/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/087fda4e-bff3-402c-a30f-bc32285a5237" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reset&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; producer Meha Ahmad and journalist Araceli Gómez-Aldana join us to unpack the week. We get into friendship breakups over Taylor Swift, a new airline for dogs and Olympic fashion. &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;Then, Maura Cheeks tells us about her debut novel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716030/acts-of-forgiveness-by-maura-cheeks/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acts of Forgiveness&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;. The book imagines a world where the U.S. government awards cash reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]&gt;</description>

Nerdette

WBEZ Chicago

Tortured poets and airlines for dogs

APR 19, 202428 MIN
Nerdette

Tortured poets and airlines for dogs

APR 19, 202428 MIN

Description

This week, senior Reset producer Meha Ahmad and journalist Araceli Gómez-Aldana join us to unpack the week. We get into friendship breakups over Taylor Swift, a new airline for dogs and Olympic fashion.


Then, Maura Cheeks tells us about her debut novel Acts of Forgiveness. The book imagines a world where the U.S. government awards cash reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.