Ep 029 - The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2013

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Andrew wanted something short and funny for his selection this week, and he got it in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. It's up for debate whether Wilde actually meant to say anything with this farcical comedy, but if there's one thing to take away from it it's "stop taking everything so seriously all the time."

We tried to wrap this one up early and then accidentally got into a sort-of-personal talk about the nature of marriage. Enjoy!

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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	Wait, are you hitting on me right now?
0:41.0	No, like, this is a new phase in our friendship.
0:44.0	Hey, you want to go somewhere and do a podcast?
0:48.0	Hey, do you podcast around here much?
0:50.0	Hey, what's your major?
0:52.0	I haven't seen you podcasting around here before.
0:56.0	Can I pod you a cast?
0:59.0	What, what does that one mean?
1:01.0	Can I buy you a podcast is what I was trying to say.
1:04.0	We met on that site, okay podcast.
1:07.0	We had a 92% match.
1:09.0	If there was a site called okay podcast,
1:12.0	I would hope that we would get on it.
1:14.0	That would be nice if they...
1:15.0	Yeah, this is an okay podcast.
1:19.0	Welcome to overdue.
1:21.0	We're an okay podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
1:25.0	My name is Craig.
1:26.0	My name is Andrew.
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