Overdue
708 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsOverdue 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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Ep 637 - The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White
March 11, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBThe third and final of White's whimsical children's books about animals, The Trumpet of the Swan asks important questions like: How do swans learn English? How can we better provide accommodations for those who need them? And how much money could a swan earn at a jazz club in the 1960s? This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @ov...
Ep 636 - The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis
March 04, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBModern readers often experience C.S. Lewis as "the Narnia guy," but he's also one of the 20th century's foremost Christian apologetics. The Screwtape Letters, written from the point of view of a demon whose object is to send souls to Hell, is a deeply Christian work but its appeal comes just as much from Lewis' insight into what makes humanity tick. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squarespace.com/overdue for 10% of your first purchase of a website or domain. Our t...
Ep 635 - Jazz, by Toni Morrison
February 26, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBToni Morrison’s second novel in her beloved Beloved trilogy, Jazz introduces the reader to a trio of characters united by an incident of tragic romance. Will the freewheeling optimism of the Jazz Age set them on the path of redemption or will they be bound to their painful pasts? This episode is sponsored by Factor. Head to factormeals.com/overdue50 and use code overdue50 to get 50% off delicious, ready-to-eat meals. This episode is also brought to you in part by Eavesdrop: Conve...
Ep 634 - The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3), by Rick Riordan
February 19, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBPercy Jackson returns for another road trip across a mythological United States. Plenty of new characters are introduced -- and some of them survive! This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squarespace.com/overdue for 10% of your first purchase of a website or domain. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Instagram and Bluesky Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...
Ep 633 - Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries #5), by Martha Wells
February 12, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBOur month of sequels continues with the first full-length novel in Martha Wells' Murderbot series. The book's extra length leaves it room to dig into themes that the novellas had only nodded at, and also has a whole bunch of extra murderbots in it. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Instagram and Bluesky Adve...
Ep 632 - Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #2), by Tamsyn Muir
February 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBTo kick off a month of sequel coverage, we get bone deep in the Locked Tomb follow up Harrow the Ninth. This obtuse but compelling sci-fi/fantasy tome plays with perspective, doubles down on the space wizards, and challenges the reader NOT to notice oddly specific meme references. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to squarespace.com/overdue for 10% of your first purchase of a website or domain. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Insta...
Ep 631 - The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
January 29, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBAn early-90s Bengali novel that was translated into English relatively recently, The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die has a lot going for it, but as with many books the thing we'll remember the most is the murderous horny ghost aunt. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episodes 1 & 2 (Books 1-4)
January 26, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBFor our latest show-within-a-show, we'll revisit Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad. We'll be reading it a few books at a time and having a more in-depth chat about it than we do about most books. These two episodes cover Books 1-4. Episode 1: The Iliad drops us right into the middle of the action, where "the middle" is 9 years into a 10 year conflict and "the action" is a couple of easily-affronted guys who instantly get mad at each other. T...
Ep 630 - Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson
January 22, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBMove along, everyone. Nothing to see here. No women navigating adult friendships and their identities as parents. No jabs at men in power who work overtime to cover up their shame. And definitely no kids that catch on fire. Move along! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 629 - The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen (Bonus Episode)
January 19, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBTime to celebrate winter with a chilly fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Also we're talking Disney's FROZEN! To join us for future bonus recordings, head to patreon.com/overduepod. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 628 - The Witch Elm, by Tana French
January 15, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThe Witch Elm has Dublin, and it has murder, and it has a squad of detectives, but despite all that it is not a book in Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series. This riff on her classic crime novel formula focuses instead on some of the suspects, namely Toby Hennessey, who doesn’t know if he can’t remember things because of head trauma or because for most of his life he’s been able to get by without acknowledging the existence of systemic problems. This episode is sponsored by Be...
Ep 627 - Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
January 08, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBBanned in many countries until the 1960s, David Herbert Lawrence's 1928 novel is both racier and tamer than you might imagine. What more would you expect from a book that uses both "the love experience" and [BLEEP] to describe, well, adult behavior? Caveat lictor: this episode features discussions of Adult Situations. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...
Ep 626 - The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne
January 01, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBHappy 2024, and happy Public Domain day! Time finally caught up to US copyright law a few years ago, and the result has been a steady trickle of new creative work that’s available for anyone to modify and adapt. This year’s Big One is the earliest version of Mickey Mouse, but the new batch of PD stuff also includes this week’s Pooh book, as well as Tigger himself. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a...
Ep 625 - Her Night With Santa, by Adriana Herrera
December 25, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBYou can't spell Horny without Ho(-Ho-Ho)! In this year's Happy Hornydays celebration, one of the people finding love during the holiday season is Santa herself. That's right, this is an F/F steamy short featuring a gender-swapped Kristina Kringle and the niece (???) of Melchior (????) the Magi (?????). Sadly, the extremely promising lore goes somewhat underexplored. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to ...
Ep 624 - Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
December 18, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThis generation-spanning epic explores the experience of a Korean family living in Japan throughout (most of) the 20th century. We talk about Lee's use of time, her penchant for "minor" characters, and the recent adaptation of Pachinko for Apple TV+. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 623 - Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake
December 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBDespite being fairly well-versed in 20th-century fantasy, Mervyn Peake and his Gormenghast series has flown completely under our radar until now. It's a strange, florid, disjointed book with some fascinating character portraits, and also the most detailed description of a dude taking a bite of a pear that we have ever read. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was c...
Sand by Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 9 & 10
December 09, 2023 11:00 - 2 hours - 158 MBOur previous show-within-a-show concludes! In this longread project, we worked our way through Neil Gaiman's signature graphic novel series THE SANDMAN. Some Patreon supporters got these episodes monthly, but every two months we combined them for general consumption. If you haven't heard, our current longread project is Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's ILIAD. That's right - STOP! HOMER TIME is back! But first, our final Sandman episodes. In Episode 9: THE KINDLY ONES, things c...
Ep 622 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin
December 04, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBIn this episode, two gamers sit down to talk about one of the buzziest books of 2022. Zevin's blockbuster novel spans 30 years of advancement in technology and in the friendship of Sadie and Sam, two gifted game designers working out how they fit into each other's lives. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 621 - All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells
November 27, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBWhen you make an AI too smart, you also give it anxiety and depression and an appetite for serialized television. These are the things that motivate Murderbot, the protagonist of the many Murderbot Diaries stories that Martha Wells has released in the short time between 2017 and now. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on ...
Ep 620 - The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2), by Rick Riordan
November 20, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBPercy Jackson and his pals are back in another mythology-packed middle-grade adventure story, this time (mostly) patterned after the voyages of our old pal Odysseus. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 619 - The Stranger, by Albert Camus
November 13, 2023 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBMssr. Merseault only likes a few things, unfortunately he must live his life doing plenty of other things for people he doesn't particularly care about. Such is the story of this seminal work of 20th-century fiction and absurdist philosophy. Join us as we grapple with an indifferent universe (and a compelling translation by Matthew Ward). Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti...
Ep 618 - A Night in the Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny (Bonus Episode)
November 10, 2023 13:07 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBWhat if a dog was your POV character? What if that dog's owner was JACK THE RIPPER? What if there was a game but you didn't know who was playing? All of these questions and more get asked in our Spooktober bonus episode. To join us for future bonus recordings, head to patreon.com/overduepod. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...
Ep 617 - Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros (w/ Heaving Bosoms!)
November 06, 2023 11:00 - 2 hours - 148 MBWe joined Melody and Sabrina for episode 300 of Heaving Bosoms, where we all chatted about the made-to-order, big-on-TikTok, new-adult romantasy that is Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing. (It may be about the fourth wing, but it's the first of a planned five books). Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episode 0
November 03, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBFor this new show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew will be revisiting Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad. We'll be reading it a few books at a time and having a more in-depth chat about it than we do about most books. This episode is a free teaser for our Stop! Homer Time project. Patreon supporters can get new Stop! Homer Time episodes monthly (Episode 1 is up right now!), but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. On ...
Ep 616 - The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty
October 30, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBBased on the hit film--just kidding. Blatty's novel was swiftly turned into a landmark film adaptation just a few years after its release. And it's easy to see why: hauntings, sad priests, the patriarchy's fears about the social mobility of women. People couldn't get enough of that stuff. So let's dive in and hope we don't get possessed! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...
Ep 615 - Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice
October 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBHow would the "breakdown" phase of an apocalypse novel function if the characters involved had already survived through multiple apocalypses? That's the perspective that this week's book brings, in addition to the subtle spooks that come from anticipating the end of the world. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 614 - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
October 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBWhat if H.G. Well's classic tale of humanimals created by a mad scientist were recontextualized in southeast Mexico? Would you find yourself saying that the Yucatan is less an island and more of a peninsula? Sure, you might say that - but why waste time on pedantry when you can engage with Moreno-Garcia's themes of colonialism, paternalism, and class conflict! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and ...
Ep 613 - The Island of Doctor Moreau, by H.G. Wells
October 09, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIf you've ever done surgery on a dog to make it more like a guy, only to set it loose in the wilderness and gradually watch it shift back into being a dog, maybe you'll have some sympathy for Doctor Moreau. Otherwise it's pretty hard to get fully onboard with his whole badly-make-animals-into-people gambit. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...
Ep 612 - Cackle, by Rachel Harrison (w/ Natasha from UNspoiled!)
October 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBWelcome to Spooktober 2023! We've all been through a bad break-up, right? We've all moved away to start fresh, we've all started a new job, we've all befriended witchy spider-ladies and felt a strange new power growing within us. Right? Tale as old as time. We're joined this week by Natasha from the UNspoiled! podcast family, hear more of her work at unspoiledpodcast.com. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 7 & 8
September 30, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 141 MBWelcome to our current show-within-a-show! We're working our way through Neil Gaiman's signature graphic novel series THE SANDMAN. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. In Episode 7: BRIEF LIVES, Gaiman digs deep into the concept of lifetimes while following Delirium and Dream on a quest to find their missing brother. In Episode 8: WORLD'S END, a reality storm leaves people from multiple worlds strand...
Ep 611 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
September 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBThis 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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n...
Ep 610 - Moneyball, by Michael Lewis (Bonus Episode)
September 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBIt'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. To join us for future bonus recordings, head to patreon.com/overduepod. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California ...
Ep 609 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson (w/ Strong Sense of Place)
September 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBThis "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. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best se...
Ep 608 - I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBWhat 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). This episode is sponsored by Microdose Gummies. To learn more about microdosing THC go to Microdose.com and use code Overdue. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis....
Ep 607 - Slammed, by Colleen Hoover (w/ The Worst Bestsellers)
September 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBOur 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. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme mus...
Ep 606 - Where Are The Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
August 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBIt'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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Pr...
Ep 605 - Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
August 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBYou 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. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California ...
Ep 604 - The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWho 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?!?) Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...
Ep 603 - Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
August 07, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBWhen 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. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by N...
Ep 602 - Sharpe's Eagle (Richard Sharpe #1), by Bernard Cornwell
July 31, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBBring 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! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 5 & 6
July 28, 2023 14:02 - 2 hours - 140 MBWelcome to our newest show-within-a-show! We're working our way through Neil Gaiman's signature graphic novel series THE SANDMAN. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. In Episode 5: A GAME OF YOU, the story is about Barbie, her fantastical dreams, Barbie's friend Wanda, their neighbors Hazel and Foxglove, a vengeful witch named Thessaly, an authoritarian cuckoo bird, and MARTIN FLIPPING TENBONES. In Ep...
Ep 601 - An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon
July 24, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBImagine a version of the spaceship from Wall-E, but with racial and class divisions that mirror those in our own society. That's a (dramatically oversimplified) one-line summary of what's going on in this week's book. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See P...
Ep 600 - The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1), by Rick Riordan
July 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBIt's episode 600, baybee!!! To celebrate, we're embarking on a voyage through Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, some middle-grade fantasy-but-in-the-real-world fiction that passed us by when it came out in 2005. We'll be reading the first five books in the series, starting with The Lightning Thief. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...
Ep 599 - Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack Vol 1, by Jim Davis
July 14, 2023 13:08 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBWe're talking Mondays. We're talking lasagna. We're talking annoying dogs and bumbling owners. We're talking Lyman -- wait what? Join us as we dive into the Garfield deep lore (and learn to make a Garf of our very own). Want to join the chat for future Bonus Episodes? Head to patreon.com/overduepod Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...
Ep 598 - A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
July 10, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBWould a rose by any other name smell as sweet? If you're a wizard of Earthsea, you can make it smell however you want if you know it's TRUE name. LeGuin's beloved fantasy novel is notable for how it plays both against and into common fantasy tropes, delivering a proper hero's journey without the same Sturm und Drang we've come to expect in the genre. ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us for our 600th episode recording at bit.ly/overdue600. We're talking PERCY JACKSON! This episode is sponsored b...
Ep 597 - The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
July 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBWe've covered vaguely spiritual self-help books before on the show, but The Alchemist is unique insofar as it attempts to wrap the broad platitudes of a The Secret up in a there-and-back-again adventure story. Please listen, as long as it fits with your Personal Legend. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...
Ep 596 - The Roaches Have No King, by Daniel Evan Weiss
June 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBOur Patron's Choice Poll for June had a theme: Junebugs! And this novel by Weiss about a roach colony attempting to assert control over the apartment in which they live is uhh...well it won the poll. So Craig read it. And now he's going to talk about it. Caveat lictor: this book is a strange one (also it's got more explicit sexual content than you might expect!) This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to bein...
Ep 595 - Summerwater, by Sarah Moss
June 19, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIt's summer, and we all need water to live, two things that make Sarah Moss's Summerwater feel timely this week. One other thing the book reflects is the Simmering Anxiety of Our Times! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 594 - Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
June 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBMeet Gulliver, a traveling English surgeon. First he's big, then he's small. Next he's wise, then he's a Yahoo! To wit, Swift's seminal satire is realer, grosser, and really grosser than either of us knew. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Polic...
Ep 593 - Less, by Sean Andrew Greer
June 05, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThis week’s book tackles aging and writing and the author’s determination to write a book about a gay character who is allowed to experience joy. These are all themes that hit us where we live as we trundle into early middle age ourselves. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...