Nerdette LIVE with Brain Scoop's Emily Graslie

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Nerdette LIVE with Brain Scoop's Emily Graslie

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Nerdette LIVE featuring Tricia, Greta and Brain Scoop host Emily Graslie of The Field Museum in Chicago. Plus audience nerd confessions and the musical stylings of Drew Edwards from Blue Police Box Music. Our live audience? A heap of WBEZ members. Speaking of WBEZ... we have a pretty giant announcement in this episode.

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May 17, 2014

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