The 5 Best Nerdette Podcast Episodes
1) Popular vs. Cool With Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson, senior editor of The Atlantic, tells Nerdette's Tricia Bobeda about his new book Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction. He explains what makes Adele’s "Hello"&...Show More
2) Book Club: ‘Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation’
Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. This month’s pick is Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation from ...Show More
Book Club: ‘Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation’
50:20 | Oct 30th, 2020
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3) Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life
September is right around the corner, which means fall is coming. To celebrate, Nerdette host Greta Johnsen talks with Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks, author and illustrator of the new graphic no...Show More
4) Get That Money.
How does one ask their employer for more money? The short answer, according to Refinery29's Lindsey Stanberry, is just do it. "It’s hard. And it’s not fun," Stanberry tells Greta this week. "I mean, y...Show More
5) Redefining Representation With ‘Well-Read Black Girl’
A little while after Glory Edim created an Instagram account under the name Well-Read Black Girl, she said she started getting a lot of messages from young women thanking her for creating a space that...Show More
6) GRETAGRAM book club: 'Whidbey,' discussed!
It’s the last Friday of May, which means it’s time to discuss T Kira Madden’s novel Whidbey! Host Greta Johnsen talks to self-professed T Kira stan Kristen Arnett, the author of several novels. (Her ...Show More
7) 9 books to read this summer
Host Greta Johnsen talks to two of her favorite readers -- MJ Franklin, an editor at the New York Times Book Review and host of The Book Review Book Club podcast, and Traci Thomas, who hosts the wonde...Show More
8) Swoony songs for summer
WXPN morning host and assistant music director Kristen Kurtis offers host Greta Johnsen three songs to enjoy this summer, and they are all BOPS: Zinadeplhia, “River”Parlor Greens, “Eat Your Greens”Al...Show More
9) Swedish Death Cleaning 101
Host Greta Johnsen talks with profesisonal organizer Kelly Brask about how Swedish death cleaning can help you live better by getting rid of the things that no longer fit int your life and keeping the...Show More
10) T Kira Madden on 'Whidbey'
Host Greta Johnsen talks with T Kira Madden, whose novel Whidbey is the GRETAGRAM Book Club selection for May. (TW: Child sexual abuse.) Whidbey is told from the points of view of three women who are...Show More