Overdue

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EVERY TWO WEEKS

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 childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.

2 DAYS AGO

Ep 678 - The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

The Overdue boys sing the song of the angriest boy Achilles.

1h 18m
18 NOV

Ep 677 - No Longer Human, by Osamu Dazai

Misanthropy, anxiety, and societal alienation? In this economy??

1h 8m
11 NOV

Ep 676 - The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

The Overdue boys learn about all the animals that hear the Wind in the Willows.

1h 3m
4 NOV

Ep 675 - The Kid Who Ran For President, by Dan Gutman

It's election season here in the US (please go vote if you're reading this on November 4th or 5th)! And to uh "celebrate" we have chosen to put together a one-hour-and-forty-five-minute episode on Dan Gutman's 1996 book The Kid Who Ran For President.

1h 46m
28 OCT

Ep 674 - The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris

The Overdue boys discuss Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs while enjoying some "fava" beans and a nice chianti.

1h 8m
21 OCT

Ep 673 - I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson

I Am Legend is a foundational block for a lot of modern zombie fiction (even though its monsters are technically vampires).

1h 3m
14 OCT

Ep 672 - Nothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw

The boys from Overdue discuss Cassandra Khaw's novella NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH.

52 min
7 OCT

Ep 666 - Tender Is The Flesh, by Augustina Bazterrica

Tender Is The Flesh is about a cannibal dystopia, where people eat other people and where maybe we draw some parallels between how Special Meat is treated and how real-world non-special meat is treated.

1h 1m

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Terry Pratchett

20/09/2021

SIdsns

You have only 2 podcasts about 2 of his books, I hope you’ll talk about all of Terry Pratchett's books in your future podcasts.

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 childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.