Ep 199 - Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt

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

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

It's my life...and it's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever! OR AM I? Natalie Babbitt's beloved children's novel Tuck Everlasting tackles the tough questions. What would happen if I could live forever? What will I do with the time I'm allotted on this mortal coil? Would it be creepy for a teenager to tell a ten-year old to drink immortality water in seven years so that he can be her forever husband?

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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	The clock is just there as a guideline.
0:44.4	Like you go, you line them up to get an idea of it and then you listen to a bit of it and
0:49.5	if it sounds like I'm talking to you from half a mile away then you scoot the sound
0:54.2	around a little bit.
0:55.2	Yeah.
0:56.2	I understand.
0:57.2	I just like getting a good one though.
0:59.5	You can't, the lag makes it literally impossible to tell what's a good one.
1:05.0	Well I can tell.
1:06.0	I really, like I know you're trying to just make yourself feel better but.
1:09.4	But I can tell.
1:11.7	You can't, you really can't.
1:14.2	But I can.
1:15.2	I can hear it.
1:16.2	I can feel it.
1:17.2	No you can.
1:18.2	Yeah.
1:19.2	I can't.
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