A River Runs through It (episode 1)

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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And we're off. It's time for Norman Maclean's A River Runs through It. On this episode, David, Heidi, and Tim discuss roughly the first half of the story. They chat about the central metaphors in the book, Maclean's craftsmanship as a prose writer, the subtly of the characterizations, the relationship between the brothers, and much more. Remember, if you like this show, your ratings and reviews (wherever you get podcasts), go a long way in helping the show longterm.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Close Streets here on the Close Streets Podcast Network.
0:06.0	I'm David Kern and I'm joined by the usual crew, Heidi White, Tim McIntosh.
0:11.9	Happy Thanksgiving.
0:13.0	Welcome back to the podcast.
0:14.3	We are here to discuss a river runs through it.
0:16.4	But first, I have to ask pumpkin pie or pecan pie.
0:20.7	Tim.
0:21.8	It's not an either or, David. It's not an, it just, oh, it's not any. Sometimes we look at the world as the world is not black and white.
0:31.6	Sometimes it's gray and gray is a mixture of two things. And in our hearts, we can both love pecan pie and pumpkin pie.
0:41.3	Heidi, said them straight or agree?
0:43.6	I mean, I totally agree.
0:46.1	But if I had to choose, it would be pecan.
0:48.8	And I just always accept the premise of your questions, David.
0:51.5	And I probably should question them more.
0:53.4	But I am going to go with the con.
0:56.8	Hey, I'm not saying you can't love them both.
0:58.5	I'm just asking, in your loves, can there still be a hierarchy?
1:02.1	I like a little crunch.
1:03.1	I like a little texture in my pie.
1:05.1	So I'm going to go with the con.
1:06.6	That's fair. I'm just going to say because we need, you know, to start this episode off with a little
1:12.7	bit of, a little bit of debate, a little bit of controversy. I'm going to say the thing that
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