Happy To Be Here

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Happy To Be Here episodes

March 11, 2022 Free the f-word
Nerdette’s “resident epidemiologist” answers your questions on the lifting of mask mandates. Plus, we listen to the pop stars singing “F U.”
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27 min
March 04, 2022 The beauty of “Big Emotions”
We talk about the catharsis of crying at the movies and trade recommendations for what to watch this weekend.
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32 min
March 01, 2022 Nerdette Book Club: Danya Kukafka on ‘Notes on an Execution’
We talk to the author about her decision to upend the tropes of crime fiction in her new novel.
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23 min
February 25, 2022 Pandemic plot points: a dilemma
Are you ready to read or watch content about the pandemic? Plus, we take a look at equal pay in soccer and beyond.
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29 min
February 22, 2022 Nerdette Book Club: ‘S*** Cassandra Saw’
We dig into Gwen E. Kirby's 'S*** Cassandra Saw' with Glory Edim of Well Read Black Girl and Jess Zimmerman, author of 'Women and Other Monsters.'
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31 min
February 18, 2022 Should the Winter Olympics exist?
Today Explained podcast hosts Noel King and Sean Rameswaram round up the news of the week with us. Then, we talk to one of the showrunners behind the bear hug of a show Somebody Somewhere from HBO. Plus, did you know that you could binge watch Netflix for a living?
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29 min
February 11, 2022 What not to wear: Olympics edition
We talk about the Olympics and the Oscars with the hosts of Slate’s ICYMI podcast, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher. Plus, two delightful interviews with the singer Shamir and the board game designer Elizabeth Hargrave.
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34 min
February 04, 2022 Money is a 5 letter word
Did Wordle sell out? And what’s going on with banned books? We get into it. Plus, three delightful knitting designers tell us about their craft.
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27 min
February 01, 2022 Nerdette Book Club: Gwen E. Kirby on ‘S*** Cassandra Saw’
We talk to Gwen E. Kirby about her debut short story collection.
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23 min
January 28, 2022 January continues
“For Colored Nerds” hosts Eric Eddings and Brittany Luse discuss some weird and wonderful things from the week.
Book Riot’s Liberty Hardy shares some of the best books coming out in the early months of 2022. Her list includes…
“Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?” by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn (1/18)
“Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow” (4/5)
“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel (4/5)
“Unlikely Animals” by Annie Hartnett (4/12)
“Nettle & Bone” by T. Kingfisher (4/26)
And WHAT IS TIME?! We ask Chad Orzel, physicist and author of the new book “A Brief History of Timekeeping.”
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32 min

About Happy To Be Here

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Happy To Be Here is a new interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious, full of conversations that make you feel right at home and allow you to learn a…