Overdue
732 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days 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 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-...
Ep 592 - Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin #1), by Patrick O'Brian
May 29, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBFlog the jib and shiver me timbers, it's time to set sail with the first of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels Master and Commander. It's equal parts ship jargon, ship action, and shipmen (aka sailors) pondering themes of isolation and authority. Plus, we get to the bottom of who exactly is the master and who is the commander. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https:...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 3 & 4
May 27, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours - 112 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 3: DREAM COUNTRY, Gaiman needed a bit of a break after the Doll's House arc, and the result was a series of one-shots that contributed bits and pieces to the series' mythology without telling one larger story. Doesn't mean there...
Ep 591 - The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean
May 22, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBThis week: a non-fiction book that sometimes reads a lot like fiction, The Orchid Thief is only a little about the titular thief and a LOT about Florida and its history and its denizens. Plus, "orchidelirium," the part of the 19th century where the English aristocracy would just go wild for these bad boys. 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 Ca...
Ep 590 - Super Mario Bros (1993) The Novelization, by Todd Strasser (Bonus Episode)
May 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBMamma Mia! Let's-a go back to the 1990s and discuss Todd Strasser's novelization of the 1993 film adaptation of the Super Mario Bros. videogame franchise. It all makes about as much sense as the sentence you just read! This episode was recorded with some of our Patreon supporters watching live. Find out how to join us for future episodes at patreon.com/overduepod. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Ep 589 - Carry On (Simon Snow #1), by Rainbow Rowell
May 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThis novel about a wizarding school and its teen magicians feels like the finale of a series that you've heard about but haven't read. Which is...sort of the point? Born out of an in-universe work of fan fiction from a different Rowell novel, Carry On provides a great opportunity to dig into what helps a story inspired by another story succeed. 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. ...
Ep 588 - Several People Are Typing, by Calvin Kasulke
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBSeveral People Are Typing was mostly written pre-pandemic but failed to garner publisher interest until a virus locked us all inside our homes with nothing to turn to but our jobs and our friend-Slacks. It manages to perfectly encapsulate what it feels like to use Slack for anything, with a dash of creepypasta for good measure. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...
Ep 587 - The Going to Bed Book (and Other Stories), by Sandra Boynton
May 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBTo celebrate this year's Children's Book Week, we decided to discuss the work of children's author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, whose board books we both have and which are well known for their fun illustrations and whimsical poetry. Since they're each pretty short we decided to talk about a bunch of them, including: 1. Doggies 2. Dinosaur Dance! 3. Barnyard Dance! 4. Pajama Time! 5. Blue Hat, Green Hat 6. Moo, Baa, La La La! 7. The Going to Bed Book This episode is sponsored b...
Ep 586 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
April 24, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBWe're talking about candy for the second week in a row, but this time the candy is literal, and the building is a factory and not a house. Willy Wonka is a mad candy scientist who flouts labor regulations and inflicts misery on children he deems insufficiently deserving. It's a fantabulous, scrumdiddlyumptious romp! 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/priv...
Ep 585 - The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBIt only took 500-or-so episodes to revisit the world of Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad. We did, of course, have to wait for Egan to write her sequel (sort of) novel. This follow-up to a post-postmodern classic is focused on memories (digital and otherwise) and relationships (virtual and otherwise). It's got "what if the Meta but for everyone's memories" okay?? Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/l...
Ep 584 - All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders
April 10, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThis week's book is all about duality: science against magic, love vs. hurt, book about middle school alienation and also near-future climate apocalypse. And also there are birds! 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 583 - Normal People, by Sally Rooney (w/ Vanessa Zoltan)
April 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBThis week, Vanessa Zoltan from the podcasts Harry Potter & the Sacred Text and Hot & Bothered joins us to chat about Sally Rooney, her 2018 novel Normal People, our approaches to reading, and what it felt like when email really meant something. 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 ...
Ep 582 - O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
March 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBO podcast! O books! O episodes about hard-scrabble immigrants eking out an existence on tough Nebraska land. Cather's work - rich in memorable prose and compelling characters - could stand to be better known, but it still has blind spots common in American frontier fiction. 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:...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 1 & 2
March 24, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 130 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 1, we do some table-setting on the series, and Gaiman -- then we dive into the first trade paperback Preludes & Nocturnes, which introduces Dream and his whole deal over the first 8 issues. In Episode 2, we dig into the second ...
Ep 581 - Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
March 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBHeidi, Heidi, Heidi! Everyone's talking about this adorable ragamuffin, a precocious child who lights up every life she touches like a ray of God's perfect sunshine. This week we learn that living in a hut in the Swiss Alps is better than living in a city, and that if you roast a piece of cheese just right it sounds like the best food you could ever eat. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your b...
Do Overdue: Ep 580 - Ghost Train, by Louise Munro Foley (Bonus Episode)
March 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBWE FIND OURSELVES SHOOK BY THIS ROLLICKING RATTLING RIDE ALONG THE RAILS OF THE GHOST TRAIN. This bonus episode was part of our Do Overdue 10th Anniversary Spectacular, in which we revisited books from earlier in the run of our show. It was also recorded with a live Patreon supporter audience online. Find out how to join us for future bonus episodes at patreon.com/overduepod. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Ep 579 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
March 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBWe finally read a play by Volunteer State Williams! Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a rumination on a family falling apart in the South. It's also an interesting example of how revisions and rewrites can shape a story's legacy. 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 578 - This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBThis is a twist on a time travel story where the relationship between two enemies-turned-frenemies-turned-lovers takes center stage, leaving the actual mechanics of the time travel and all the world-building mostly unexplained. The dual authorship—each author wrote the chapters for one of the two characters—adds another interesting wrinkle. 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 ...
Do Overdue: Ep 577 - Persuasion, by Jane Austen
February 27, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBFor our fourth Do Overdue episode, we revisit our first trip to Austenland and Jane Austen's final novel, a book Craig liked but didn't fully grok ten years ago. 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.
Do Overdue: Ep 576 - The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
February 20, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBFor our third Do Overdue episode, we return to a book that Andrew wanted to like more than he did, Donna Tartt's debut novel about murder at a small-town college. It went better the second time, thankfully! 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 Pol...
Ep 575 - Horrorstör, by Grady Hendrix (Bonus Episode)
February 17, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBThe graveyard shift in this haunted not-IKEA proves rather spooky! This bonus episode was recorded live with an audience of our Patreon supporters. Find out how to join us for future bonus recordings at 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 California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Do Overdue: Ep 574 - Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
February 13, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBTo celebrate ten (10) years (!!) of Overdue, this month we'll be re-doing some episodes based on books we read way back in the show's early years. This week we revisit our first-ever episode, talking about men, isolation, and tragic best friends who triumph against the odds. 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...
Do Overdue: Ep 573 - Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBIn honor of our 10th (!) podcasting anniversary, this month we'll be re-doing some episodes based on books we read way back in the show's early years. This week we revisit our second-ever episode, talking about love, cholera, and the time when both of those things could happen simultaneously. 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. Adver...
Ep 572 - The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin
January 30, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBSecret societies, extraterrestrial cultures, VR games, HARD SCIENCE- Liu Cixin's award-winning novel has it all. It's also set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, grounding the story not only in science but in history as well. 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-...
Ep 571 - Cast in Shadow (The Chronicles of Elantra Book #1), by Michelle Sagara
January 23, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBSuper-dense fantasy isn't everyone's cup of tea, and even people who enjoy that kind of tea can sometimes find individual cups of tea that aren't to their taste. Still, any book with lion and bird people in it can't be all bad. 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 informati...
GOOSEBUMS Bonus - Goosebumps (2015)
January 20, 2023 13:02 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBEnjoy a bonus episode of our spookiest show-within-a-show yet! We read a selection of eight spooktacular books from R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series, and then we realized there was a movie! This episode was originally released in November 2022. Some Patreon supporters get longread episodes monthly, but every two months we release them for general consumption. And our next longread project is SAND BY ME, a reading of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Find out more about how to get these ep...
Ep 570 - The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
January 16, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBNatty Bumppo is here to guide you through the wilderness of a Canonical White Guy's famous adventure tale. Maybe he can help us track down why it became the template for some less-than-helpful stereotypes based on dubious historical records. 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-...