Latest Craig getting Podcast Episodes
Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episode 0
Overdue - November 03, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsFor 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...
Ep 616 - The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty
Overdue - October 30, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsBased 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 stuf...
Ep 615 - Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice
Overdue - October 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsHow 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 the...
Ep 614 - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Overdue - October 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWhat 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 w...
Ep 613 - The Island of Doctor Moreau, by H.G. Wells
Overdue - October 09, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsIf 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-animal...
Ep 612 - Cackle, by Rachel Harrison (w/ Natasha from UNspoiled!)
Overdue - October 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWelcome 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 ...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 7 & 8
Overdue - September 30, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWelcome 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...
Ep 611 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
Overdue - September 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsThis 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 ...
Ep 610 - Moneyball, by Michael Lewis (Bonus Episode)
Overdue - September 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsIt'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 joi...
Ep 609 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson (w/ Strong Sense of Place)
Overdue - September 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsThis "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 web...
Ep 608 - I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
Overdue - September 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWhat 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 ...
Ep 607 - Slammed, by Colleen Hoover (w/ The Worst Bestsellers)
Overdue - September 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsOur 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 ...
Ep 606 - Where Are The Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
Overdue - August 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsIt'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...
Ep 605 - Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
Overdue - August 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsYou 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...
Ep 604 - The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
Overdue - August 14, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWho 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 w...
Ep 603 - Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
Overdue - August 07, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWhen 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 sco...
Ep 602 - Sharpe's Eagle (Richard Sharpe #1), by Bernard Cornwell
Overdue - July 31, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsBring 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...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 5 & 6
Overdue - July 28, 2023 14:02 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWelcome 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 ...
Ep 601 - An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon
Overdue - July 24, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsImagine 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 a...
Ep 600 - The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1), by Rick Riordan
Overdue - July 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsIt'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, s...
Ep 599 - Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack Vol 1, by Jim Davis
Overdue - July 14, 2023 13:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWe'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.c...
Ep 598 - A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Overdue - July 10, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWould 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 wi...
Ep 597 - The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
Overdue - July 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWe'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 musi...
Ep 596 - The Roaches Have No King, by Daniel Evan Weiss
Overdue - June 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsOur 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 s...
Ep 595 - Summerwater, by Sarah Moss
Overdue - June 19, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsIt'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 f...
Ep 594 - Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Overdue - June 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsMeet 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...
Ep 593 - Less, by Sean Andrew Greer
Overdue - June 05, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsThis 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....
Ep 592 - Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin #1), by Patrick O'Brian
Overdue - May 29, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsFlog 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 e...
Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 3 & 4
Overdue - May 27, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsWelcome 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 nee...
Ep 591 - The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean
Overdue - May 22, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsThis 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...
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