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Greta Johnsen

Greta Johnsen

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Greta hosts and produces WBEZ’s Nerdette podcast and is a fill-in anchor on WBEZ. Prior to joining WBEZ in 2014. Greta hosted Morning Edition at WCQS in Asheville, North Carolina and at KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska. Greta has a BA in English from Saint Olaf College and a MS in Journalism from Northwestern University. She enjoys waking up early, reading, knitting, and walking her corgi.

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Goodbye for now!
Peter Sagal and co-host emeritus Tricia Bobeda play Burden or Delight!
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Summer books 2024
Arts & Culture
Five books you should read this summer — plus a few for extra credit
It is truly a year of phenomenal books, Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen says. Here are the ones you should take to the beach with you.
By Greta Johnsen
 
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A kitchen therapy session with Tamar Adler
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Greta Johnsen and Amor Towles sit on stage with microphones in conversation.
Nerdette Book Club LIVE with Amor Towles!
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
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A joyfully defiant summer playlist
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Beautyland. The book sits on a crowded shelf of books.
Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Beautyland’
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Scout + Scout the corgi sits on a bed with her head on a stuffed animal. She is gray, black and white with huge wing-like ears.
CORGIS ARE DELIGHTFUL
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
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Tortured poets and airlines for dogs
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
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Is mayo a burden or a delight? WE FIND OUT.
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Beautyland
Marie-Helene Bertino’s ‘Beautyland’ is one of the best novels of the year
By Greta Johnsen , Anna Bauman , and 1 more
 
Martyr! the yellow book sits on a busy shelf.
Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Martyr!’
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Burden or delight. A loaf of bread sits atop a kitchen towel. There are deep gashes through the top. It's encrusted in flour.
Burden or Delight: Sourdough edition
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Dick Turpin. Two actors in 'The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.' face the camera in period garb. Noel Fielding wears an enormous bonnet and a pink jacket with applique roses.
The aggressively delightful Noel Fielding
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Anita de Monte Laughs Last. The book sits on a shelf. An illustration of a woman's face peers through an archway.
Xochitl Gonzalez on art, belonging and nostalgia
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
Nerdette Book Club's selection for March is 'Martyr!' by poet Kaveh Akbar.
How the Midwest, poetry and addiction influenced Kaveh Akbar's ‘Martyr!’
By Greta Johnsen , Anna Bauman , and 1 more
 
Nerdette Book Club. The vibrant green book 'Come & Get It' sits on a busy book shelf. The cover has a pig on it.
Nerdette Book Club: ‘Come and Get It,’ discussed!
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
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Here’s to mucking about!
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman
 
The Book of Love. The red book sits on a busy bookshelf. There are cycles of the moon on the cover along with the title.
Kelly Link’s uncanny novel is “a love letter to romance”
By Greta Johnsen  and Anna Bauman