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"Why We Geek Out So Damn Hard" w/ Dr. Sandra Calvert
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Dr. Sandra Calvert has spent much of her career investigating how media affects children and thus the rest of us. In this debut episode of NERTZ, Dr. Calvert reveals some fresh new research about why we connect so intimately with fictional characters, especially those onscreen. It's really weird, gang, but it's true. Probably. Harry Potter gets discussed a bunch, so there ya go.
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