Ep 125 - Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume (w/ Margaret H. Willison)

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

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🗓️ 27 July 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Coming-of-age novels are a dime a dozen, but Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is one of the best known. It's such a significant work that we invited our pal Margaret H. Willison back to help us through it—she is, obviously, an expert on all things Margaret.

This week we talk about our changing bodies, running for no reason, and some truly horrifying bra shopping experiences. 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,
0:05.2	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	I'm definitely your great second first repeat guest.
0:41.0	You've chosen so well you guys. I can't even.
0:49.0	You won't be disappointed.
0:53.0	Who won't be disappointed?
0:55.0	No one.
0:56.0	That was I was being Margaret.
0:58.0	Oh, wait, what?
1:00.0	I don't know.
1:01.0	He was saying I should be saying you won't be disappointed.
1:05.0	But like, there are some things that go without saying Andrew.
1:09.0	That's true.
1:10.0	I should have I should have known.
1:12.0	I'm sorry.
1:13.0	It's okay. I mean, I guess I forgive you.
1:15.0	Okay, Craig, hit me with this.
1:18.0	You ran a 10k today, but not for any reason except to see if you could, which seems ridiculous to me.
1:26.0	No, no, no.
1:27.0	This is just Andrew recognized that my emotional understanding of him had evaporated.
1:31.0	He wanted to make sure that my emotional understanding of you also evaporated.
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