Ep 115 - Everything and Nothing, by Jorge Luis Borges

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

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🗓️ 26 May 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Craig tackles Jorge Luis Borges this week, and what results is a pile of conversations about fake novels and encyclopedias, WIkipedia hoaxes, the way that reviews work, and thoughts on which fast food franchises make the best (and worst) road trips.

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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.
0:30.9	Imagine if you will that you were driving between like six and eight hours.
0:40.1	It's like on the long side of a day trip or like a drive you could make it a day, I guess.
0:47.4	Like what fast food restaurant do you hope you can find when it's time to eat?
0:52.0	What restaurant will you settle for? And what restaurant will you never stop at in a million years?
0:57.8	Okay, welcome to Overdoot. This is a podcast about the books that you've been meeting to read.
1:02.6	My name is Craig.
1:03.6	My name is Andrew.
1:04.4	And Andrew, repeat the three choices for me again.
1:06.4	You okay, the fast food restaurant that you want to find so you can stop and eat lunch,
1:14.4	the fast food restaurant that you will settle for, and the one that you would never stop at in a million years.
1:21.6	Okay, now not implying quality of food, I want a Roy Rogers.
1:26.8	That's what I want.
1:29.3	Explain why I want their chicken and I want their steak fries.
1:35.6	Okay, I find I find chicken tenders to be the most reliable
1:43.0	highway food.
1:44.3	All right, I understand that.
1:46.0	How often do you run into Roy Rogers's though?
1:49.8	Not as often as I would like.
1:52.1	Right.
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