This Week We're Going "Off The Rails!" (Wearing Slippers In Public And Leaning Into Dry Shampoo)

Nerdette

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week we’re joined by Amy Ratcliffe, author of ‘A Kids Guide To Fandom’ and managing editor of Nerdist, and Jasmine Warga, who wrote ‘Other Words For Home’ and ‘The Shape Of Thunder.’ They tell us about their “off the rails” pandemic moments, opinions on the Golden Globes, and how often they’ve been showering as of late. Then, Anna Sale, host of WNYC’s ‘Death, Sex, And Money’ joins to discuss her new book ‘Let’s Talk About Hard Things.’ AND, chemistry Youtuber and author of 'Chemistry For Breakfast' Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim nerds out about the science of everyday things.

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0:00.0	This fall, WBEZ invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:17.0	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it!
0:21.0	We made it to Friday, coming up, and a sale.
0:24.0	The host of Death, Sex, and Money tells us about her new book.
0:26.0	It's called Let's Talk About Hard Things.
0:29.0	I come to this journalism about hard things with the real belief that like this stuff is all happening in our lives.
0:37.0	So it's not a choice of whether we have the hard thing or not. It's whether we acknowledge it.
0:43.0	Plus, a chemistry nerd shares her love of science with us.
0:46.0	I just wanted to show that science and especially chemistry is everywhere.
0:51.0	But first, it is time to chat about the week that was.
0:54.0	With us today, we have Amy Ratcliff. She's the author of A Kids Guide to Fandom, which came out last week.
1:00.0	She is also the Managing Editor for Nerdist. Amy, hey!
1:03.0	Hi Greta, thank you for having me.
1:05.0	Glad to have you.
1:06.0	Also with us is Jasmine Warga. She wrote other words for home.
1:10.0	A John Newberry Honor book. Her newest book is called The Shape of Thunder, and it just came out on Tuesday.
1:15.0	Jasmine, welcome.
1:16.0	Hi Greta, I'm excited to be here.
1:18.0	Thanks for being with us.
1:20.0	Okay, so I don't know. I think it's fair to say this has been a relatively quiet week in the US considering.
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