Is Re-watching 'Grey's Anatomy' A Cry For Help? A Shondaland Investigation

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🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Would you carry a vaccine passport? Should we have to rely on corporate overlords to ensure our right to vote? Will you still watch “Bridgerton” even though Regé-Jean Page won’t be around? IS RE-WATCHING “GREY’S ANATOMY” A CRY FOR HELP???? We are joined this week by Hanna Rosin, who runs podcasts at New York Magazine, and Gillian B. White, managing editor at The Atlantic. Plus, Sarah Langan stops by to talk about her new book Good Neighbors, which we CAN’T RECOMMEND ENOUGH! AND, Margaret Lyons, TV critic for the New York Times, offers some suggestions for what to watch this spring.

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0:00.0	This fall, WB Easy invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:17.0	From WB Easy, Chicago, this is Nerdette, I'm Greta Johnson, and it is another Friday.
0:22.0	Coming up, I'm going to chat with Sarah Langen, whose book Good Neighbors is phenomenal.
0:27.0	It's really about what is happening in this country.
0:30.0	Why are we tearing each other apart?
0:32.0	And what are the inevitable results of that?
0:36.0	Then New York Times TV critic Margaret Lyons recommends three new shows,
0:39.0	one of which involves a train car full of corgis.
0:43.0	And the holiday celebrated on a corgi car is called the Feast of a Thousand Chicken Nuggets,
0:47.0	which I think is a pretty good feast.
0:49.0	But first, it's our panel about the week that was our guests this week,
0:52.0	our Hana Rosen, who runs podcasts at New York Magazine, Hana.
0:55.0	Hey, hi, and we have Jillian White managing editor at the Atlantic.
0:59.0	Jillian, welcome.
1:01.0	Thank you.
1:02.0	Okay, so I think we should start this week as we often do with COVID.
1:07.0	Now that more and more Americans are getting vaccinated, there's controversy around the idea of a vaccine passport.
1:13.0	Good or should governments or businesses require people to show proof of vaccination
1:17.0	before doing certain things, especially around, you know, international travel, for example.
1:22.0	The Biden administration has been pretty clear that there will not be a federal mandate.
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