Ep 006 - The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka

Overdue

Headgum

Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2013

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How would you and your family react if you awoke one morning changed into a huge bug? In our kafkaesque discussion of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, Craig and Andrew talk about communication issues, the ties that bind human beings together, and why explaining how things happened can actually make a story less meaningful.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.0	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Welcome to OverDue.
0:35.0	It is a podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
0:38.0	My name is Craig.
0:39.0	My name is Andrew.
0:40.0	And if you haven't listened to us before or you've just plumbed for God,
0:43.0	each week we will read a different book.
0:46.0	One of us, myself or Andrew, will have read a new book.
0:49.0	Sometimes from our shelves, sometimes just from books that we know,
0:53.0	someone told us a long, long ago that we should read or whatever.
0:59.0	And then we share it on the podcast and share it with each other and share it with you.
1:03.0	And that's how it goes.
1:05.0	What did you read this week, Andrew?
1:07.0	Okay, this week I read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
1:12.0	Ooh.
1:13.0	Yeah.
1:14.0	I think I put that in the pile of books that I was supposed to read in high school but didn't.
1:19.0	See, I never, I never really was exposed to this at all.
1:24.0	I wasn't even supposed to read it and missed it.
1:26.0	I think I read a web comic that like played on it.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Headgum, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Headgum and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.