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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Writers Heather Havrilesky and Daniel Lavery join to unpack the week that was, including FOMO, vaccine incentives, and Simone Biles. We also hear from Dr. Carl Hart, a drug researcher at Columbia University who thinks drugs should be legal again! And last but not least, author Martha Wells tells us about her surprisingly delightful series 'Murderbot Diaries.'

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0:00.0	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:05.0	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:06.0	We made it to another Friday.
0:08.0	Today on the show, a neuroscientist who studies drugs explains why sometimes he does the
0:14.0	drugs.
0:15.0	That's like sand.
0:16.0	So you are a person.
0:18.0	You have sex.
0:19.0	Yup, that's right.
0:20.0	And then, author Martha Wells helps me explain why if you haven't read the Murderbot
0:24.0	Diaries series, you are definitely missing out.
0:27.0	Anything that makes you feel different or other in society.
0:31.0	People who feel that way have been able to identify with this character.
0:34.0	But first, it's our panel on the week that was.
0:37.0	With us this week is Heather Heverleski.
0:39.0	She's written several books and writes an advice newsletter on sub-stack called Ask Molly.
0:44.0	Heather, hey.
0:45.0	Hello.
0:46.0	And Danny Lavry is the author of Something That May Shock and Discredit You.
0:50.0	He writes The Chatner, a weekly humor newsletter about literature and pop culture,
0:54.0	and was dear prudence at Slate from 2016 until earlier this year.
0:58.0	Danny, hey.
	...

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