Overdue
715 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 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 554 - Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (edited by Carmen Maria Machado)
October 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBCarmilla 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. 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/pri...
GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 5 & 6
September 30, 2022 10:00 - 2 hours - 114 MBEnjoy 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. 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 ...
Ep 553 - Among Others, by Jo Walton
September 26, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBThis 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! 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 552 - A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde
September 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWilde'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. 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 551 - Beard on Bread, by James Beard (Bonus Episode)
September 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBWhat'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! 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 information. See Privacy Poli...
Ep 550 - Con Air (novelization), by Richard Woodley
September 12, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBThis podcast is taking off and it's got a lot of **bad guys** on it! 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. Con Air is our Patron's Choice episode for September. Find out how to vote on future Patron's Choice selections at patreon.com/overduepod Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue S...
Ep 549 - The Lost Dreamer, by Lizz Huerta
September 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIt'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. 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://ar...
Ep 548 - The Firm, by John Grisham
August 29, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBWhat 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. 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 547 - My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante
August 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThis 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! 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-i...
Ep 546 - Wittgenstein's Mistress, by David Markson
August 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBThis 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. 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 545 - The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa
August 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBWelcome back, cats and kittens! We have another MEW episode for you to listen to right MEOW! 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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Ep 544 - Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene (w/ Anne Bogel from What Should I Read Next?)
August 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBThis 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? You can find more from Anne at her website or on her podcast. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https:/...
GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 3 & 4
July 29, 2022 14:07 - 1 hour - 109 MBEnjoy 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. 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 ...
Ep 543 - Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
July 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThis 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. 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 C...
Ep 542 - Red Rising, by Pierce Brown (Red Rising series #1)
July 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThis 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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at ht...
Ep 541 - Star Trek: Killing Time (1st Edition), by Della Van Hise (Bonus Episode)
July 15, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBKilling 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. Also, Andrew brought slides? 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 compo...
Ep 540 - The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-To-Be, by Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash Rudick
July 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBIt's time to talk about expectant fatherhood. But whose? You'll have to listen to find out! For our previous discussion of pending parenthood, tune into Ep 347 - What to Expect When You're Expecting 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 539 - The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett
July 04, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIn 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. Find out how to vote on future Patron’s Choice episodes 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/priva...
Ep 538 - Angels in America, by Tony Kushner
June 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBCan 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. 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 537 - Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1), by Seanan McGuire
June 20, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBWhat 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. 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 a...
Ep 536 - Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima
June 13, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBTell 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. 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 an...
Ep 535 - The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
June 06, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBThe 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. 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-...
Ep 534 - A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
May 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBWhat 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. 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? Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. S...
GOOSEBUMS, an R.L. Stine's Goosebumps miniseries - Episodes 1 & 2
May 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBWelcome 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. 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 Epi...
Ep 533 - The Duke & I (Bridgertons #1), by Julia Quinn
May 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBWhether 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!! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 533 - The Duke & I (Bridgerton #1), by Julia Quinn
May 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBWhether 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!! 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 532 - The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot (Bonus Episode)
May 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBWho wants to celebrate April with some modernist poetry??? This month, we allude to many of the allusions in T.S. Eliot's landmark poem. Thank you to the Patreon supporters who joined us as we navigated this tricksy poem. Find out how to join us for 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 Priv...
Ep 531 - Fences, by August Wilson
May 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBAugust 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. 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 530 - Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic #1), by Tamora Pierce
May 09, 2022 04:26 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBThe 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. 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...
Ep 529 - How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell
May 02, 2022 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBThe 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. 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 528 - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Millennium #3), by Stieg Larsson
April 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBThe 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! 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 Priva...
Ep 528 - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson
April 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBThe 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! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 527 - Trust Exercise, by Susan Choi
April 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThis 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. 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/pr...
Ep 526 - The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare
April 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBIs 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. 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 525 - The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
April 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBTruly 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. 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-sel...
Jagged Little Mill, a Don Quixote miniseries - Episodes 13 & 14
April 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBEnjoy 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. 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 ...
Ep 524 - The Love Hypothesis, by Ali Hazelwood (w/ Heaving Bosoms)
March 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBIt'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. 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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advert...
Ep 524 - The Love Hypothesis, by Ali Hazelwood (w/ Heaving Bosoms
March 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBIt'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. 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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Ove...
Ep 523 - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (w/ Glory Edim from Well-Read Black Girl)
March 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis 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. You can find more from Glory and Well-Read Black Girl at their website or on their podcast. 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...
Ep 522 - As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
March 14, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBMy 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. 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...
Overdue Update - March 2022
March 11, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThe State of our Podcast is strong! We just have a few announcements to make that wouldn't fit onto a regular episode. 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. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue See omnystudio.co...
Ep 521 - The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
March 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBThis 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. 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-s...
Ep 520 - War with the Mutant Spider Ants (Choose Your Own Adventure), by Edward Packard (Bonus Episode)
March 05, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBJoin 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! 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. 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/...
Ep 519 - The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey
February 28, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThis 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. 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 Notic...
Ep 518 - Black Buck, by Mateo Askaripour
February 21, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBWe bring our weirdest and most chaotic vibes to our conversation about Black Buck and the forces that inform it, whether that's a bad thing or not is sort of up to you! 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 517 - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
February 14, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBRoll of thunder, hear our podcast! We're talking about Taylor's Newbery-winning novel about the Logan family working to survive in the Jim Crow South. Also, Andrew makes a joke about The Sims to try and liven things up. 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 516 - Maus, by Art Spiegelman
February 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIn response to the McMinn County, TN's unanimous decision to ban Art Spiegelman's Maus from its 8th-grade curriculum last month, we've both re-read the book to encourage a conversation about its continued importance and (sadly) relevance. Also, did you know that Art Spiegelman helped make Garbage Pail Kids? We've made donations to HIAS Pennsylvania and The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia this week. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on Overdue ...
Feed Drop: Well-Read Black Girl - Min Jin Lee on Becoming a Writer
February 03, 2022 11:00 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBWe're sharing a special preview of the new podcast, Well-Read Black Girl from Pushkin Industries. Well-Read Black Girl is the literary kickback you never knew you needed. Glory Edim, author and founder of the Well-Read Black Girl community, sits in deep, honest and close conversation with authors like Tarana Burke, Anita Hill, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Acevedo and more. You’ll also meet book club members, literacy advocates, and Black booksellers to hear what they’re reading and ...
Ep 515 - Ratha's Creature (The Named #1), by Clare Bell
January 31, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBClare Bell's novel about prehistoric big cats with language, culture, and fire is also a pretty engrossing adventure about being cast out from your home and discovering the world around you. Time to join the clan of the Red Tongue! 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. ...
Jagged Little Mill, a Don Quixote miniseries - Episodes 11 & 12
January 29, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBEnjoy another episode of our latest show-within-a-show! We're reading Edith Grossman's translation of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes a few chapters at a time. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. These episodes cover Chapters 27-47 of Part Two. In Episode 11, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza meet a Duke and Duchess familiar with Quixote's adventures. LARPing and pranks ensue. In Episode 12, the Duke a...