Overdue

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


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Ep 080 – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

Washington Irving – aka Jonathan Oldstyle, Abner Knickerbocker or Geoffrey Crayon – is widely regarded as the First American writer. Born just after the Revolutionary War, he broke ground...

Ep 079 – The Homecoming, by Harold Pinter

The stuff in these show notes is just as important as the stuff that isn’t in these show notes. At least, that would be the case if they were...

Ep 078 – The Mystery of Chimney Rock (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Edward Packard

We’re trying something a little different this week on Overdue. To hear more, turn to page 44. To go back, turn to page 56. OK, this episode listing doesn’t...

Ep 077 – Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman

Safecracker, prankster, bongo drummer, painter, teacher. Richard Feynman was many things in addition to being a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and he seemed to enjoy the incongruities of his varied...

Ep 076 – This Is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz

This week’s story,This Is How You Lose Her, is a loosely connected collection of short stories that blurs the line between protagonist and author. Junot Díaz’s upbringing and personal...

Ep 075 – The Hairy Ape, by Eugene O’Neill

“I’m a hairy ape, get me? And I’ll bust youse in de jaw if you don’t lay off kiddin’ me.” When Eugene O’Neill wants to get his point across,...

Ep 074 – Orange Is The New Black, by Piper Kerman

There’s a fair chance that you’re familiar with Piper Kerman’sOrange Is The New Blackthrough the award-winning Netflix drama. This week we wanted to go to the source material and...

Ep 073 – Portnoy’s Complaint, by Philip Roth

Things get a little hot and heavy on this week’s episode dedicated to Philip Roth’s 1969 novelPortnoy’s Complaint. We do, however, start off with some reactions to our Pride...

Ep 072 – Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

This week, we take another run at Jane Austen.Pride and Prejudiceis, in Andrew’s words, “a book where a bunch of people eventually get married to each other. “It’s also...

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