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Nerdette is a weekly interview show that helps you unwind with fun conversations, inspiring ideas, and delightful recommendations. And join us every month for the Nerdette Book Club!

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Tom Hanks And Typewriters: A Love Story

Tom Hanks And Typewriters: A Love Story

Tom Hanks is a little obsessed with typewriters. So when we put the Academy Award-winning actor in front of a pre-WWII U... Read more

27 Jan 2017

25mins

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Power Up: Amy Schumer And Aidy Bryant

Power Up: Amy Schumer And Aidy Bryant

Let’s be real: life can be hectic sometimes. You don’t need to tell that to Amy Schumer and Aidy Bryant, two of the nati... Read more

27 Apr 2018

18mins

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Ask a Mortician's Caitlin Doughty nerds out about death

Ask a Mortician's Caitlin Doughty nerds out about death

Caitlin Doughty is host of the popular YouTube series Ask a Mortician and author of the new memoir Smoke Gets in Your Ey... Read more

11 Nov 2014

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Roxane Gay on being a 'Bad Feminist'

Roxane Gay on being a 'Bad Feminist'

Roxane Gay is the author of the fantastic book of essays 'Bad Feminist' and many of our favorite tweets. We discuss what... Read more

10 Dec 2014

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George R.R. Martin Still Hangs Out In Westeros

George R.R. Martin Still Hangs Out In Westeros

Good gravy! It's George R.R. Martin! If you're unfamiliar, he's the author of that little book series that became one of... Read more

1 Nov 2019

21mins

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson! Andy Weir! Space, pop culture and physics!

Neil DeGrasse Tyson! Andy Weir! Space, pop culture and physics!

Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains how pop culture fits into his plan to inundate us with a love of science. Andy Weir, author... Read more

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Sarah Vowell on Hamilton, grumpy cartographers and America's favorite Frenchman

Sarah Vowell on Hamilton, grumpy cartographers and America's favorite Frenchman

Author Sarah Vowell explains why we're all swooning over a musical about a treasury secretary, how she finds the most in... Read more

28 Jan 2016

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Best Books Of The Year!

Best Books Of The Year!

Books! Books! Books! Greta read 72 books this year, and today she sits down and ranks her 10 favorites. (Plus, she speak... Read more

27 Dec 2019

19mins

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Lindy West And Andi Zeisler On Fierce Feminism

Lindy West And Andi Zeisler On Fierce Feminism

Lindy West on fat-shaming, fighting trolls and finding your voice. Her incisive, hilarious new book is Shrill. Then, Bit... Read more

23 Jun 2016

34mins

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Miranda July on writing books, living clumsily, and meditation

Miranda July on writing books, living clumsily, and meditation

Miranda July talks about her new book, what it was like to make the Somebody App, and the overarching theme of her work:... Read more

27 Jan 2015

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Forget Cats: Jenny Slate Is A Plant Lady

Forget Cats: Jenny Slate Is A Plant Lady

Actress and comedian Jenny Slate has played many memorable characters on shows like Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show, Gi... Read more

28 Jul 2017

33mins

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Dan Savage On Nerdy Kink, Musical Theater, and Cultural Catholicism

Dan Savage On Nerdy Kink, Musical Theater, and Cultural Catholicism

Dan Savage is a relationship advice columnist, the creator of the “It Gets Better” project, and the host of the Savage L... Read more

13 May 2016

35mins

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Caitlin Moran on strident feminism, giddy optimism, and riotous laughter

Caitlin Moran on strident feminism, giddy optimism, and riotous laughter

This brilliant British columnist is incisive, tenacious, inspiring, and hilariously fun. Caitlin Moran talks with us abo... Read more

23 Jul 2015

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Nerdy summer camp stories and a Game of Thrones list

Nerdy summer camp stories and a Game of Thrones list

Autopsies! Mormons! Time Travel! We asked for your nerdy summer camp stories and you didn't disappoint. Hear three camp ... Read more

7 Jun 2013

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Happiness 101

Happiness 101

... Well, technically it's Pysc 157. This week Nerdette host Greta Johnsen speaks with the professor responsible for the... Read more

24 Aug 2018

18mins

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Summer Reads!

Summer Reads!

Hey! Nerdette is about to go on a little summer break, but before we do we wanted to share this lovely conversation Gret... Read more

29 Jun 2018

17mins

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Judy Blume And Kwame Alexander On The Books That Shape Childhood

Judy Blume And Kwame Alexander On The Books That Shape Childhood

Judy Blume's iconic books have defined the childhoods of multiple generations. And Newberry Award-winning writer Kwame A... Read more

9 Jun 2016

37mins

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Sex from Scratch, the history of birth control, and homework from Dan Savage

Sex from Scratch, the history of birth control, and homework from Dan Savage

Sarah Mirk couldn't find a helpful relationship how-to, so she wrote her own. We highlight two women who helped make ora... Read more

18 Jun 2015

Ranked #19

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Author Margaret Atwood Says ‘The Harvey Weinstein Moment’ Will Last

Author Margaret Atwood Says ‘The Harvey Weinstein Moment’ Will Last

“I think it’s going to last more than a moment,” said the celebrated author on this week’s Nerdette. “But how much more ... Read more

22 Nov 2017

26mins

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Gillian Anderson, Shakespeare with lightsabers and mad kitchen science

Gillian Anderson, Shakespeare with lightsabers and mad kitchen science

Gillian Anderson, aka Agent Scully of X-Files, nerds out about the ocean's health and talks about playing smart characte... Read more

11 Dec 2013

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