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Ep 562 - Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary (w/ Kathryn VanArendonk!)
28 november 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
We've talked about National Treasure Beverly Cleary on the show before, but we haven't spent time with her most indelible character, one Ramona Quimby. Recorded on the eve of Craig's new-dadhood, we're joined by TV critic and parenting expert Kathryn VanArendonk to discuss yard apes, sick days, and how differently the book hits from the other side of the parent/kid divide. Lees meer
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Ep 561 - Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg (w/ Meghan Winch!)
21 november 2022 · 1 uur 16 min
After the last food-related book we read, we figured we'd do a book about a tasty fried snack. Just a normal snack! Definitely nobody getting eaten in this book. At least not until toward the end. Lees meer
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GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 7 & 8
18 november 2022 · 1 uur 42 min
Enjoy another episode of our spookiest show-within-a-show yet! In case you can't tell by the name, we're reading a selection of eight spooktacular books from R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. Lees meer
Ep 7 - A NIGHT IN TERROR TOWER
Eddie and Sue get into trouble during a trip to London in this spine-tingling tale of history, magic, and time-travelling burger lovers.Ep 8 - EGG MONSTERS FROM MARS
Jovial Bob Stine is back again with another scary tale about...eggs? Also there's a rogue scientist operating outside the confines of petty things like academia or morality.Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.
Also, here's the full GOOSEBUMS reading list:
Welcome to Dead House
Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood
Say Cheese and Die - Again!
Night of the Living Dummy
The Haunted Mask
A Night in Terror Tower
Egg Monsters from Mars
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Ep 560 - Planet of the Dragons (Choose Your Own Adventure), by Richard Brightfield
14 november 2022 · 1 uur 7 min
You've crash-landed on the mysterious Planet of the Dragons, and suddenly you find yourself drafted into another culture's war by the very first sentient being you run into. Oh well! Guess you have nothing better to do! It's a classic Choose Your Own Adventure setup. Lees meer
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Ep 559 - One Last Stop, by Casey McQuiston
7 november 2022 · 1 uur 7 min
This week, Andrew's wife Suzannah sits in for Craig to discuss BookTok darling Casey McQuiston's book One Last Stop. An unlikely combination of gay romance and sci-fi elements, this one is the rare romance novel that will keep readers guessing. Lees meer
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Ep 558 - The Awakening, by LJ Smith (Vampire Diaries #1, w/ Natasha from UNSpoiled!)
31 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
Dear diary: Today we talked to our friend Natasha from the UNSpoiled podcast about a high-school-aged vampire novel with a popular screen adaptation. No, it's not Twilight. Lees meer
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Ep 557 - A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea G. Summers (w/ Christina Tucker and Kamille Washington)
24 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
Sometimes, a book comes along that is the exact combination of horny, spooky, and appetizing that makes you need to come on your friends' book podcast and talk about it. A Certain Hunger is about sex and cannibalism, in that order, and we needed a total of four people to help process it in an hour-or-so of airtime. Lees meer
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Ep 556 - Undead Girl Gang, by Lily Anderson
17 oktober 2022 · 52 min
Your best friend passes away unexpectedly. Via witchcraft, you bring them back to life unexpectedly. Two of your ALSO-dead casual acquaintances/frenemies ADDITIONALLY come back to life unexpectedly. And the person that caused all these deaths is the least expected thing of all. Lees meer
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Ep 555 - The Hellbound Heart, by Clive Barker
10 oktober 2022 · 55 min
You'll be on pins and needles for this one! The book that the Hellraiser series is based on, The Hellbound Heart introduces a race of not-quite-humans who can't tell the difference between pleasure and pain and so decide to get REALLY horny for pain! Lees meer
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Ep 554 - Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (edited by Carmen Maria Machado)
3 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
Carmilla is a double-whammy: an English-language vampire novel that predates Dracula by nearly three decades, and an edit from Carmen Maria Machado that both underlines the story's gay subtext and has a bit of fun with readers while doing it. Just try not to take her notes too literally and you'll be fine, probably. Lees meer
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GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 5 & 6
30 september 2022 · 2 uur 5 min
Enjoy another episode of our spookiest show-within-a-show yet! In case you can't tell by the name, we're reading a selection of eight spooktacular books from R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. Lees meer
Ep 5 - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUMMY
Twin girls Kris and Lindy fight over whose ventriloquist dummy is better...until they realize the real contest: which dummy is more haunted??Ep 6 - THE HAUNTED MASK
Carly Beth's friends like to scare her. But this Halloween she'll scare their faces off! (And maybe hers too??)Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.
Also, here's the full GOOSEBUMS reading list:
Welcome to Dead House
Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood
Say Cheese and Die - Again!
Night of the Living Dummy
The Haunted Mask
A Night in Terror Tower
Egg Monsters from Mars
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Ep 553 - Among Others, by Jo Walton
26 september 2022 · 51 min
This love-letter to sci-fi, libraries, and friends forged through literature is also a fairy tale of sorts about a young girl saving her world. Is the magic real? Probably! Lees meer
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Ep 552 - A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde
19 september 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Wilde's fairy tales probably aren't the best-known of his works, but that doesn't mean they don't get a little Wilde-y. Just don't expect many happily-ever-afters. Lees meer
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Ep 551 - Beard on Bread, by James Beard (Bonus Episode)
16 september 2022 · 1 uur 12 min
What's up homeslice? We baked up a real feast for you this time. Quit loafin' around and bite into this episode on James Beard, baking, and bread. We even baked our own bread and tasted it on-air! Lees meer
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Ep 550 - Con Air (novelization), by Richard Woodley
12 september 2022 · 1 uur 3 min
This podcast is taking off and it's got a lot of **bad guys** on it! Lees meer
Actually...it's just us. As usual. But we are talking about a surprisingly faithful novelization of Con Air, one that really reinforces how much the motley crew of character actors elevated the 1997 film.
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Ep 549 - The Lost Dreamer, by Lizz Huerta
5 september 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
It's us, back again with the first book in a (planned, as of this writing) multi-book fantasy series! The Lost Dreamer has a lot of neat ideas and a unique setting, but its abrupt ending and dearth of distinct supporting characters make it less strong than it could be. Lees meer
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Ep 548 - The Firm, by John Grisham
29 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
What do lawyers, airports, and thrillers have in common? They're all relevant to John Grisham's breakout novel The Firm! A Stepford-y secret, high-end copy machines, brilliant young law school grads -- this book has it all. Lees meer
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Ep 547 - My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante
22 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 8 min
This week's book, the first in a four-book series by the pseudonymous Elena Ferrante, is about the friendship of two Italian women across many years and many phases of life. You won't BELIEVE which friend ends up being the brilliant one! Lees meer
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Ep 546 - Wittgenstein's Mistress, by David Markson
15 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
This is a podcast about books.
This podcast is specifically about the book Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson.
It's a book full of short, declarative statements.
That is ultimately about loneliness.
Mostly. Lees meerOur theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
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Ep 545 - The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa
8 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
Welcome back, cats and kittens! We have another MEW episode for you to listen to right MEOW! Lees meer
The Cat Who Saved Books is a book about books for book lovers. It does have a talking cat in it, and the cat kind-of-sort-of sets events in motion that leads to the saving of books. But "The Teenager Who Saved Books, And Also A Cat Was There Sometimes" is not as good a title.
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Ep 544 - Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene (w/ Anne Bogel from What Should I Read Next?)
1 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 10 min
This week, Anne Bogel of What Should I Read Next? and Modern Mrs. Darcy joins us to talk about one of Graham Greene's most well-known "entertainments." It's time to answer the question: can a political spy thriller set in just before the Cuban Revolution be too silly? Lees meer
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GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 3 & 4
29 juli 2022 · 1 uur 59 min
Enjoy another episode of our spookiest show-within-a-show yet! In case you can't tell by the name, we're reading a selection of eight spooktacular books from R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. Lees meer
Ep 3 - MONSTER BLOOD
If you're like the kid in Monster Blood, you, too have been horrified by the prospect of needing to find progressively bigger containers for a slowly growing puddle of goop.Ep 4 - SAY CHEESE AND DIE - AGAIN!
An evil camera with some sick splat stats returns to trouble some teens! Can our hero overcome his hubris or will he be doomed by his desire for revenge on his teacher?Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.
Also, here's the full GOOSEBUMS reading list:
Welcome to Dead House
Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood
Say Cheese and Die - Again!
Night of the Living Dummy
The Haunted Mask
A Night in Terror Tower
Egg Monsters from Mars
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Ep 543 - Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
25 juli 2022 · 1 uur 16 min
This Man Booker Prize-winning novel has one question at its core: what if Thomas Cromwell wasn't quite the jerk we thought he was? Henry VIII's right-hand man definitely does dirty deeds on behalf of the King, but Mantel creatively fills in blanks in the historical record to imagine a man who wasn't so bad. Lees meer
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Ep 542 - Red Rising, by Pierce Brown (Red Rising series #1)
18 juli 2022 · 1 uur 5 min
This week we take a bloodydamn dive into the depths of a society living on a terraformed Mars hundreds of years into our future. The humans of this alternate reality are, get this, enforcing a rigid caste system that benefits a privileged few, and it's our meathead hero's job to infiltrate that society and take it down from the inside. Lees meer
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Ep 541 - Star Trek: Killing Time (1st Edition), by Della Van Hise (Bonus Episode)
15 juli 2022 · 1 uur 21 min
Killing Time is a classic Star Trek novel most notable for its "interesting" publication history. Della Van Hise was an OG fan fiction author who got the chance to bring her particular skills and interests to an official novel featuring Kirk, Spock, and a few other fan favorites. Lees meer
Also, Andrew brought slides?
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Ep 540 - The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-To-Be, by Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash Rudick
11 juli 2022 · 1 uur 19 min
It's time to talk about expectant fatherhood. But whose? You'll have to listen to find out! Lees meer
For our previous discussion of pending parenthood, tune into Ep 347 - What to Expect When You're Expecting
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Ep 539 - The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett
4 juli 2022 · 57 min
In the world of hardboiled detectives, no one is harder boiled than Sam Spade, a guy who loves to get one over on both the criminals AND the cops while also romancing dames. Lees meer
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Ep 538 - Angels in America, by Tony Kushner
27 juni 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Can we contain all of Tony Kushner's award-winning Angels in America, a Gay Fantasia on National Themes in one podcast? Probably! First we'll talk about Part I: Millennium Approaches, then we'll talk about Part II: Perestroika. And along the way we'll cover Roy Cohn, how to stage an angel, and the Kushner-to-Spielberg Pipeline. Lees meer
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Ep 537 - Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1), by Seanan McGuire
20 juni 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
What if the kids who fell into that wardrobe in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe all came back to the real world and needed extensive therapy to deal with the things they had seen and done? Welcome to Every Heart a Doorway, where a strong central conceit helps cover for a somewhat rushed mystery narrative. Lees meer
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Ep 536 - Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima
13 juni 2022 · 59 min
Tell me about a Complicated Man. Mishima's breakthrough coming-of-age novel about sexuality in late Imperial Japan has a powerful narrative voice and prose style. But the legacy of his work and his political goals has led to him being a bit of an "enigma" (as one listener referred to him) -- to put it lightly. Lees meer
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Ep 535 - The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
6 juni 2022 · 58 min
The Scarlet Letter is often included as part of a high school reading curriculum because it's good at teaching people about symbolism, and it's good at teaching people about symbolism because it uses a half-dozen symbols roughly 700 times apiece. Lees meer
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Ep 534 - A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
30 mei 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
What if thirty years of history took place JUST beyond the doors of your hotel? And what if you weren't allowed to leave that hotel? And, get this, the hotel is in Moscow. Lees meer
The beloved bestseller A Gentleman in Moscow fills its historical fiction with charming characters that you want to root for. But can we (or should we) figure out what it's trying to say?
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GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 1 & 2
27 mei 2022 · 1 uur 54 min
Welcome to our newest show-within-a-show! In case you can't tell by the name, we're reading a selection of eight spooktacular books from R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. Lees meer
In Episode 1, we do some table-setting on the series, Stine, and Scholastic books -- then we dive into the first entry in this long-running series of kids' horror books: Welcome to Dead House.
In Episode 2, we try to figure out what kind of grow operation Dad's got cooking up in the basement in Stay Out of the Basement!
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Also, here's the full GOOSEBUMS reading list:
Welcome to Dead House
Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood
Say Cheese and Die - Again!
Night of the Living Dummy
The Haunted Mask
A Night in Terror Tower
Egg Monsters from Mars
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Ep 533 - The Duke & I (Bridgerton #1), by Julia Quinn
23 mei 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
Whether you're a fan of Netflix's Bridgerton series or you just want an Austen novel with more modern language and more explicit sex scenes, the first novel in Julia Quinn's series about the Bridgerton family has something for you. Just, uh, watch out for the nonconsensual sexual encounter!! Oops!! Lees meer
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Ep 532 - The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot (Bonus Episode)
21 mei 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
Who wants to celebrate April with some modernist poetry??? This month, we allude to many of the allusions in T.S. Eliot's landmark poem. Lees meer
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Ep 531 - Fences, by August Wilson
16 mei 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
August Wilson wrote a whole bunch of plays, all of which contain dialogue and take place at certain points in history. He's most notable for his Pittsburgh aka Century Cycle, so we decided to talk about one of the standouts: Fences. Lees meer
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Ep 530 - Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic #1), by Tamora Pierce
9 mei 2022 · 53 min
The first of four books in the Circle of Magic series, Sandry's Book feels a bit less self-contained than first-books-in-a-series normally do. You'll meet likable and well-drawn characters, but be prepared to finish the series if you want a more satisfying story. Lees meer
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Ep 529 - How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell
2 mei 2022 · 57 min
The inspiration for the hit trilogy of DreamWorks films is rather different than you might expect. It's still about a boy named Hiccup and his dragon Toothless, but the original has more burping, farting, and Dragonese than the films dared to show -- which is odd because those are the guys what made Shrek. Lees meer
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Ep 528 - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Millennium #3), by Stieg Larsson
25 april 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
The thrilling conclusion to the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest continues most of the plot threads introduced in the previous book. If you thought that The Girl Who Played With Fire was lacking in secondary and tertiary characters, boy have we got good news for you! Lees meer
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Ep 527 - Trust Exercise, by Susan Choi
18 april 2022 · 1 uur 5 min
This award-winning novel by a real writer's writer has elicited a broad range of responses, with some folks praising the prose and structure and others bouncing off its characters and style. But maybe that range of reactions was inevitable given the way Trust Exercise explores the slipperiness of memory and narrative. Lees meer
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Ep 526 - The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare
11 april 2022 · 1 uur 6 min
Is The Winter's Tale a tragicomedy? A dramedy? A romance? A problem play? Who knows! But we can say for certain it's a play about a king who gets jealous and makes bad decisions. Also a bear eats someone. Lees meer
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Ep 525 - The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
4 april 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
Truly great butlers are work-focused automata, occupied only on maintaining and increasing the reputation of their employer. But what if there were more to life than that? This week, we follow one butler as he comes to exactly that realization. Lees meer
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Jagged Little Mill, a Don Quixote miniseries - Episodes 13 & 14
1 april 2022 · 1 uur 29 min
Enjoy the FINAL EPISODE of our latest show-within-a-show! We read Edith Grossman's translation of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes a few chapters at a time. Some Patreon supporters got these episodes monthly, but every two months we combined them for general consumption. Lees meer
These episodes cover Chapters 48-74 of Part Two aka The End of the Story.
In Episode 13, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza bid goodbye to the Duke and Duchess of Prankdom...for now.
In Episode 14, we bid goodbye to Don Quixote and Sancho. And we learn just how mad Cervantes was about that unofficial Quixote sequel.
Next up: GOOSEBUMS, a Goosebumps miniseries!
Find out how to get these longreads episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.
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Ep 524 - The Love Hypothesis, by Ali Hazelwood (w/ Heaving Bosoms)
28 maart 2022 · 1 uur 58 min
It's time to go back to school, where professional scientists Melody and Erin from the Heaving Bosoms podcast can help us talk about Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis. This STEAMy romantic comedy is one heck of a romp, and we have a heck of a time recounting it. Lees meer
Caveat lictor: This episode is marked explicit because this book includes adult material!
You can find more from our new friends at the Heaving Bosoms podcast here.
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Ep 523 - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (w/ Glory Edim from Well-Read Black Girl)
21 maart 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
This week, Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl fame joins us to talk about Deesha Philyaw's inaugural short story collection. We also chat with Glory about her work with WRBG and some of her favorite interviews. Lees meer
You can find more from Glory and Well-Read Black Girl at their website or on their podcast.
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Ep 522 - As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
14 maart 2022 · 55 min
My podcast is a fish. Faulkner's 1930 modernist "tour de force" (his words) takes one family's journey to bury its matriarch and splinters it into over a dozen increasingly-disjointed perspectives. The book's structure and characters are memorable but boy howdy are they difficult. Lees meer
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Overdue Update - March 2022
11 maart 2022 · 20 min
The State of our Podcast is strong! We just have a few announcements to make that wouldn't fit onto a regular episode. Lees meer
In this special edition podcast update, we drop the details on our next longread project GOOSEBUMS, discuss some tweaks to our Patreon project, and thank you all for making the show the success that it is!
To find out more about our Patreon changes, head on over to this post.
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Ep 521 - The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
7 maart 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
This week we talk about the 1985-1995 comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by way of the 1992 collection The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes. The strip is totally inseparable from a discussion of its medium and the merchandising-averse guy who made it. Lees meer
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Ep 520 - War with the Mutant Spider Ants (Choose Your Own Adventure), by Edward Packard (Bonus Episode)
5 maart 2022 · 1 uur 22 min
Join us in the Everglades as Florida Boy rummages through the bayou in search of adventure! Will we make it out alive? Will we win the war? Tune in to find out! Lees meer
Thank you to the Patreon supporters who joined us as we made these adventurous choices. Find out how to join us for bonus recordings at patreon.com/overduepod.
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Ep 519 - The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey
28 februari 2022 · 52 min
This mystery novel featuring Perveen Mistry (get it?) is also an engrossing work of historical fiction. We learn about different religious and family structures in 1920s Bombay, and we also learn about how the story's split timeline impacts the narrative. Also, Cyrus sucks. Boo Cyrus. Lees meer
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