A podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Updates Mondays.
Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy murder mysteries: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.
This week, Andrew brings his oddly deep and specific knowledge of The Simpsons to bear on Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play. In a post-apocalyptic world in which Simpsons quotes were treated as currency, he would pretty much run the place.
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Welcome to 2017! Our first book of the year is Angel by Elizabeth Taylor, a somewhat forgotten mid-century classic about an author shaping her world through fiction.
Because it's us, we HAD to spend time talking about the other Angels and Elizabeths Taylor in our lives. We also found time to cover cheaters and lies, Ferris Buellering, and Jerry the Internet Editor.
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Up in the sky, look! It's a bird...it's a plane...it's a podcast about Superman!
Lucas Brown (host of the podcast "The Math of You") joins us for a discussion of Grant Morrison's timeless Man of Steel collection All-Star Superman.
We talk about origin story troubles, Superman's ever expanding powerset, and one of the most affecting Superman panels in recent memory.
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For our last regular show of 2016, we come to Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being and get schooled on the relationship between the writer and reader and the nature of time itself.
We also touch on Christmas gifts from the future-past, good names for blogs, and more.
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This week we learn all about the “quick, dirty, and over-the-top” erotic fiction of Alexa Riley – and since Stealing Christmas is holiday-themed, we get into the spirit of the season, too!
Join us for a frank and explicit discussion of mall barons, safe unsafeness, and sexy, sexy sexual intercourse. And between now and January 31, order Overdue merchandise at www.overduepodcast.com/store!
Show me Zadie Smith's WHITE TEETH! Join us for a discussion about her debut novel that tackles immigration, assimilation, and our collective struggle to control the lives we lead.
We'll also reference Lady Gaga, share some rules for fistfighting (and writing), and discover the sad clown Pa(g)liacci.
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S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders was written when the author was just 16, which is impressive not just because the book has an atypical amount of empathy and perspective for something written by a teenager, but because the author is especially close to her characters’ circumstances.
Also on tap for this week: sick raps, tales from the McDonald’s drive-thru, and a whole lot more.
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The History of Love is littered with catchphrases. Bazinga! Time to make the donuts! Not the Mama!
That is to say, our episode on The History of Love is littered with catchphrases. The 2005 novel by Nicole Krauss stars Leo and Alma, whose fates are intertwined by the success of a powerful book. The name of that book? The History of Love.
It's a book-within-a-book. Get it?!
We also chat about pen pals, t-shirts, saccharine texts, and the need to be seen.
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Neil Gaiman started 2013's The Ocean at the End of the Lane as a novella for his wife, who "doesn't really like fantasy." This gives the book a different vibe from some of Gaiman's other work, though any book that features a tattered sentient bedsheet clears the "fantastical" bar for us.
This breezy book deals mostly in Bradbury-esque musings on the nature of childhood and adulthood, and we spend a lot of time on that as well as the Great Page Count Race of 2016 and our new t-shirt empire.
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No book for this month's bonus episode, gang, and we're also releasing it at the same time for both patrons and everyone else in the interest of being timely.
We were both deeply saddened by the results of last week's United States presidential election, and we've spent most of the last week dissecting our feelings about it and trying to figure out where we go from here. In this episode, we provide some context for our international listeners, attempt to commiserate with those who agree with us and reach out to those who don't, and lay out a path for getting more involved if that's something you want to do.
Thanks for listening, everyone. Your support means the world to us.
