Overdue
by Headgum
Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.
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Episodes
Ep 611 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
1h 8m · PublishedThis novel was the genesis of the Blade Runner film franchise, which means like many books it gets eclipsed a bit by its adaptation. But does the movie have a gadget you can use to make yourself feel specific emotions, including the emotion that makes you want to use the gadget more? I didn't think so.
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Ep 610 - Moneyball, by Michael Lewis (Bonus Episode)
1h 15m · PublishedIt's time to talk about market efficiencies in popular non-fiction aka the work of Michael Lewis. Specifically, we're chatting about his 2003 book MONEYBALL, which chronicles the work of Billy Beane to optimize the Oakland A's despite his owners not wanting to spend real money.
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Ep 609 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson (w/ Strong Sense of Place)
1h 13m · PublishedThis "Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Dream" is a landmark of Gonzo journalism, a sensational writing style of which Thompson is the OG. Thankfully, we did not have to journey to Las Vegas on our own. We're joined this week by Mel and Dave from Strong Sense of Place, a website and podcast dedicated to literary travel and books we love.
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Ep 608 - I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
1h 17m · PublishedWhat if you got playing cards in the mail? Playing cards that told you to help random people in your community? Would you do it? Could you do it? What does "helping" mean? And who is even sending these cards?? We answer MOST of these questions as we discuss Markus Zusak's The Messenger (aka I Am the Messenger).
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Ep 607 - Slammed, by Colleen Hoover (w/ The Worst Bestsellers)
1h 48m · PublishedOur friends Renata and Kait are back to talk with us about Colleen Hoover and her debut novel Slammed. We dive into her recent reign as Queen of BookTok, the appeal of slam poetry, the lack of dads, and whether or not this work of New Adult Fiction worked for us.
Find more episodes of The Worst Bestsellers at worstbestsellers.com.
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Ep 606 - Where Are The Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
1h 14m · PublishedIt's time to meet the Queen of Suspense! To kick off her reign, Mary Higgins Clark spins a tale about a wrongfully accused women trying to reinvent herself -- only to be nearly caught by the monster she thought she'd left behind. It's more thrilling than mysterious, so it shouldn't be a surprise that we DO get an answer to the novel's titular question.
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Ep 605 - Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
1h 11m · PublishedYou don't end up liking everyone by the end of Madame Bovary, but in kind of a funny way? Come for the book talk, stay for the butchered French pronunciation.
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Ep 604 - The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
1h 8m · PublishedWho is Mr. Benedict? And why did he recruit four outstanding orphans to uncover and stop a madman's secret plot to takeover the world? Solve the puzzles hidden in this episode to find out! (Don't worry, you can just listen. There aren't any puzzles...or ARE there?!?)
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Ep 603 - Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
1h 3m · PublishedWhen a book's plot and characters don't break a ton of ground in and of themselves, you're left hoping that the writing and the perspective will be enough to make a book interesting—luckily for us, Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation is insightful and entertaining despite its narrow scope and well-trod material.
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Ep 602 - Sharpe's Eagle (Richard Sharpe #1), by Bernard Cornwell
1h 5m · PublishedBring on the battalion of Dad Books! Cornwell started writing the Richard Sharpe novels because he wanted something like Horatio Hornblower on land. Well, we haven't read any Hornblower yet but we can attest that this book sure is about a British rifleman fighting in the army during the Napoleonic Wars!
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Overdue has 689 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 751:13:30. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 12th, 2024 17:11.