Ep 190 - Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell

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

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2016

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This week Andrew reads Rainbow Rowell’s pitch-perfect YA novel Eleanor and Park, and it spurs a discussion of 80s nostalgia, first kisses, censorship, body image issues, and teen life. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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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.
0:39.0	Hey, Craig.
0:40.0	What's your favorite decade?
0:43.0	Um, I guess the 1990s?
0:46.0	What's your favorite decade?
0:51.0	I know.
0:52.0	Slash what decade did you want to talk about?
0:54.0	Well, welcome to Overdo.
0:55.0	It's a podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
0:57.0	My name is Craig.
0:58.0	My name is Andrew.
0:59.0	And we'll talk about Eleanor and Park later in the episode.
1:04.0	But first, I just remember everything being all right in the 90s.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:08.0	Oh, it was a great time.
1:09.0	I mean, part of that was a function of being like nine years old.
1:13.0	Yeah.
1:14.0	And like Bill Clinton was playing saxophone on TV.
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