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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.
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Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 1 & 2
Welcome 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 book The Doll's House (which actually came out first). Dream is on the hunt to track down some rogue underlings, and a woman named Rose learns a lot about her family. Also there's a Cereal Convention!Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.
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Ep 581 - Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
Heidi, 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 best self.
Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
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Do Overdue: Ep 580 - Ghost Train, by Louise Munro Foley (Bonus Episode)
WE 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.
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Ep 579 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
We 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.
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Ep 578 - This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This 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.
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Do Overdue: Ep 577 - Persuasion, by Jane Austen
For 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.
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Customer Reviews
Fun podcast!
I am an occasional listener because I tend to only listen to episodes featuring books I have read. However, if I don’t plan on reading a certain book and am interested in hearing about it, Overdue is a fun way to do that! I love the goofiness of the show but also its sincerity. Craig and Andrew have great podcast host chemistry which goes a long way.
Not what I was hoping for
I finished “Behind Closed Doors” by B.A. Paris and so wished I had someone to talk about it with! As I stayed up pretty late to finish the book, I resorted to searching for a podcast that had done an overview/discussion to indulge myself. The excitement of just having finished the novel and enjoying the ending quickly diminished as I listened to a jumbled recollection followed with poking fun. I can get down with goofy podcasts, but I was truly hoping for a good discussion and I was severely let down. It seems to me these men read books to essentially make fun and really just make you feel silly for actually getting lost in the story and enjoying it. I don’t read novels to examine perfect metaphors and critique the point of view, I read them to entertain my mind and escape to another world. I recommend checking out a different show if you’re looking for healthy discussion about a story and how it felt to read it.
Choose your own!
I like the silly episodes and choose your own adventure episodes especially.
A delightful podcast over all.