Ep 174 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
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4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2016
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
We're dipping back in the Victor Hugo well this week with his other best-known book The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Did you know that the book and the Disney movie don't end the same way?
Also on tap: road trips, games of tag, revisiting the poverty question from last week, and talking about Hugo's views on architecture vs. the printing press.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.3 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:30.0 | Andrew, what's your favorite thing about road trips? |
| 0:43.1 | Being done with them mostly. |
| 0:47.2 | I just drove like three and a half hours today, which isn't anything in the realm of road |
| 0:55.0 | trips, but it's also about as long as I can drive without getting bored. |
| 0:59.9 | I'm not good at saving up a podcast reservoir because I've already worked out time to listen |
| 1:07.5 | to those throughout the course of my regular week. |
| 1:11.8 | Otherwise it's just driving. |
| 1:13.8 | I also feel like on the east coast we're a little spoiled for how close together things |
| 1:19.0 | are. |
| 1:20.0 | So that three hour jaunt feels like a lot. |
| 1:23.0 | I talk to people from the Midwest and they're like, oh yeah, I'm just going to shop |
| 1:26.4 | it. |
| 1:27.4 | It's like three and a half hours away. |
| 1:28.4 | It's a good old bi-paired pants. |
| 1:29.6 | Well, there will be any traffic. |
| 1:31.6 | Nope. |
| 1:32.6 | It'll be super easy to find food and gas the whole time. |
| 1:37.3 | It'll all be delicious and filled with butter anyway. |
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