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giggling kicking my feet thinking abt Richard Gray(dilf)son.

Dick Grayson My Beloved.

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V.E. Schwab says fantasy is more than swords and dragons | WBEZ Chicago

The author calls her 23rd title “a fantasy for people who think they don’t like fantasy.”

This week, we talk about Netflix’s reinvention of the video store, the right way to board a plane, and the art of advice-giving with Chicago Sun Times’ new advice columnist Ismael Perez and Brandon Pope, who hosts WBEZ’s Making podcast and On the Block from Block Club Chicago and WCIU.

Then, author V.E. Schwab talks about the latest installment in her “Shades of Magic” fantasy series, The Fragile Threads of Power. This will be her fourth time on Nerdette, because her books are just that good. You may know her from her bestselling novel The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue or one of her other 23 published books.

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Former ‘Hamilton’ Star Daveed Diggs On 'Wonder' And His Many, Many Project (WBEZ) [x]: 

Daveed Diggs says starring in the hit musical Hamilton opened a lot of doors for him, such as meeting one of his heroes, blinged-out rapper Busta Rhymes.

“One of the first famous champions of the show was Busta Rhymes,” Diggs told Nerdette co-host Greta Johnsen, adding that during an early performance, the rapper “sat in the front row with a red shirt and a bunch of gold chains on.”

“Like, I can text Busta Rhymes right now. That? That is a crazy thing to me.”

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Diggs: I was an intern at the Hip Hop Theater Festival in 2001. Hip hop and theater have been happening together for a long time. The reason that Hamilton feels like such an anomaly for all of us I think is because the way plays work, you do a play, you have an incredible time, and generally nobody cares. Right? You did it, the people who saw it had a transformative experience, and that’s how it goes. The world at large doesn’t pay attention to it at all.

I think for those of us who work in theater, hip-hop’s been creeping its way in for a long time. It was always surprising to me that it took it as long to be successful on Broadway as it had, mostly because when you look at Broadway in the ‘40s and 50’s and even the 60’s, it was sort of relying on the popular music of the time in order to sell tickets. I don’t know when that stopped, but rock musicals came about and then that was it. Hip hop’s been the most popular music in the world for 15 years. It’s been a huge money-maker. It seems obvious, but probably because it was long overdue.

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listen to the full podcast!

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Alex talking about Alliums and her obsession with them just made my day 😍😍😍

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Gillian Anderson on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago’s Nerdette Podcast, Dec. 11, 2013 talking about the Fish Love campaign.

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Don’t Get FOMO, Get JOMO

Heather Havrilesky and Daniel Lavery join today to unpack the week that was. Plus, we talk to a drug-using drug researcher!

Writers Heather Havrilesky (Ask Molly) and Daniel Lavery (The Chatner) 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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WBEZ Presents Adriana Herrera, author of “A Caribbean Heiress in Paris, and Sarah MacLean, author of “Heartbreaker: A Hell's Belles Novel” in conversation with WBEZ's Greta Johnsen, host of Nerdette at Printers Row Lit Fest 2022.