Ep 212 - The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss

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

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The History of Love is littered with catchphrases. Bazinga! Time to make the donuts! Not the Mama!

That is to say, our episode on The History of Love is littered with catchphrases. The 2005 novel by Nicole Krauss stars Leo and Alma, whose fates are intertwined by the success of a powerful book. The name of that book? The History of Love. It's a book-within-a-book. Get it?!

We also chat about pen pals, t-shirts, saccharine texts, and the need to be seen.

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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	Well, time to make the doughnuts.
0:44.0	Time to make the coffee.
0:46.0	I've been thinking about it.
0:49.6	I think our show needs more catch traces.
0:54.0	Do the Bart man.
0:55.0	Yeah, do the Bart man's good.
0:56.0	Like, time to make the doughnuts.
0:57.0	We could start every episode that way.
0:59.0	I have to worry about it.
1:00.0	Enjoy anymore.
1:01.0	That's a one spicy meatball I could say.
1:04.0	Not the mama.
1:05.0	Not the mama.
1:06.0	When you say something that's surprising, I could be like, that's a one spicy meatball.
1:12.0	Okay, and then if you try to come at me for a dumb thing, I said, I'll just go not the mama.
1:17.0	Or what if I did, did I do that?
1:21.0	That's a good one.
1:22.0	Jesus.
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