Ep 096 - Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

It's not October anymore, but we've gone back to the spooky story well this week to read Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. Unlike The Martian Chronicles, the Bradbury book we read back in Episode 28, Wicked is a single coherent story, and it's about what happens when a mysterious and vaguely menacing carnival rolls into town.

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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	Football.
0:44.1	There are two ways that I know about.
0:49.5	There are two ways.
0:51.0	The face you made when I said football.
0:54.2	There are two ways that I know football is happening.
0:58.4	The first way is to be at the gym while there is football on.
1:03.2	The second way is to be on Twitter while there is football on.
1:09.2	While you are on Twitter, I'm sorry.
1:12.2	I was going to welcome to this podcast.
1:15.4	The books you've been meaning to read.
1:17.4	My name is Craig.
1:18.4	My name is Andrew.
1:19.3	Andrew doesn't like football.
1:21.5	That's the verbal equivalent of a fumble.
1:25.2	That's what just happened.
1:26.1	Oh, God, I'm running the wrong direction.
1:29.1	When you're on Twitter and you're reading about football,
1:32.8	there are two layers of it and they're both equally predictable.
1:36.8	Like, layer one is the people who are actually watching football and commenting on it.
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