Ep 014 - The Crucible, by Arthur Miller

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2013

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When you talk about a witch-hunt, you aren't normally referring to sane, procedural, and fair trials. You're talking about a fear-driven investigation driven by suspicions rather than facts, where personal agendas can be more influential than alibis and evidence.

That's the thrust of Arthur Miller's 1953 play The Crucible, which Andrew read this week. We also talk about how the events of the play reflect the then-current Red Scare, and how witch-hunt mentality continues to persist even today.

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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	Hello, and welcome to Overdo. This is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. My name is Craig.
0:40.0	And my name is Andrew.
0:42.0	And if you didn't know this already, each week one of us takes a book off our bookshelves and reads it to the other person,
0:48.0	but not actually two of them, they just read it and we talk about it.
0:51.0	This is still a better intro than anything I did last week. Thanks for taking that over, Andrew.
0:57.0	Yeah, no, it was, it was hard work, but you know, somebody's got to do it and you clearly were not up to sass.
1:03.0	No, I really wasn't. We're going to be talking about the crucible this week by Arthur Miller,
1:08.0	but do we have any like retractions or anything? Anything we need to correct from last time?
1:12.0	I don't think so.
1:13.0	I don't think we did anything wrong in particular, which is very particular.
1:20.0	So you're saying there's a perfect podcast.
1:23.0	Basically, except for we sound really tired.
1:27.0	And I still don't remember the name of the book, as are they dying?
1:31.0	Nope, not it. Try again.
1:33.0	The things before dying.
1:34.0	Nope, try again.
1:36.0	No, less than before dying. That was it.
1:38.0	Yeah, things fall apart by genuine chaper.
1:41.0	Yeah.
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