Ep 237 - Skateboard Tough, by Matt Christopher (Special Bonus Episode)
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2017
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to our rad, bad, extra-jumbo bonus episode on Matt Christopher's Skateboard Tough! It's a jumbo episode because we spend at least 10 minutes reading the titles of every sport book for kids he wrote.
This episode attempts to answer the burning question in all of our hearts: what does Skateboard Tough even mean??? Included with your download: surprisingly serious conversation about childhood experiences and the importance of being seen, Matt Christopher's minor league woes, and activist journalism.
The song at the end is a snippet of Lupe Fiasco's Kick, Push, a song you should've heard by now.
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Transcript
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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 | Are we are we doing the show right now? |
| 0:44.4 | I'm recording the thing. |
| 0:46.7 | So the show is happening. |
| 0:48.4 | The show happens whenever we're in the same room and there's a microphone picking it up. |
| 0:52.5 | That is true. |
| 0:53.5 | So hey. |
| 0:54.5 | And I say hey. |
| 0:55.5 | Welcome to overdue, Obama. |
| 1:00.8 | This is a podcast about the books that you've already read because you spied on us. |
| 1:05.7 | My name is Craig. |
| 1:06.7 | My name is Andrew. |
| 1:07.7 | And we are in the same room so things are a little weird. |
| 1:10.7 | So we're doing a bit of a wacky morning DJ. |
| 1:19.2 | Your cat hated that noise that I just made. |
| 1:21.8 | He's just sitting on the table looking right at you and being there. |
| 1:26.1 | I don't know what's his face look like right now. |
| 1:28.1 | I only see the back of his head. |
| 1:29.5 | So your cat has this thing. |
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