Ep 088 - Animal Farm, by George Orwell

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2014

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Old Man Stalin Had A Farm...E-I-E-I-O....What happens when you mix the Russian Revolution with a bunch of farm animals and (more than a dash) of dystopian bummers? George Orwell's Animal Farm! Come listen to us learn the joys of rewriting history, selling your friends for whisky money, and holding whips in your trotters.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Do you want to talk about high school reunions?
0:38.2	You.
0:39.7	Welcome to Overdo.
0:41.7	This is a podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
0:44.8	My name is Craig.
0:45.7	My name is Andrew.
0:46.5	What did you get an invite to a high school reunion?
0:49.9	I got one on Facebook.
0:51.6	Okay.
0:52.4	Now, I don't know if any of my friends on Facebook who I went to high school with
0:59.0	listened to overdo.
1:00.1	I don't want to put them on blast, but there are very few of them that I'm still in contact with
1:05.2	on a regular basis, right?
1:07.6	Yeah.
1:08.8	And I get a Facebook message, like an invite to a reunion next weekend.
1:17.5	I got this like two days ago.
1:20.4	Isn't that a little late?
1:21.5	Anyway, like, aren't they usually in the spring or the summer and now we're like deep into fall?
1:27.4	Yeah.
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