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That sounds so bad. SIMON: This is Natalie Moore, host and writer of the latest season of the WBEZ podcast Making. It's called Stories Without End, and it's all about the soaps - soap operas.

That sounds so bad. SIMON: This is Natalie Moore, host and writer of the latest season of the WBEZ podcast Making. It's called Stories Without End, and it's all about the soaps - soap operas.

That sounds so bad. SIMON: This is Natalie Moore, host and writer of the latest season of the WBEZ podcast Making. It's called Stories Without End, and it's all about the soaps - soap operas.