Ep 271 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2017
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Strap in and blast off to space with us Ender Wiggin, the pint-sized protagonist of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game.
It's the story of an ultra-talented youth pushed to the limit as he fights to save humanity. The book's chockablock with laser tag, future school, and telepathic aliens! It's also written by an author who has put in substantial time and effort to oppose same-sex marriage, as well as espouse some other harmful views that seem to run counter to the lessons at the core of Ender's Game.
Join us for a discussion about tolerance, the limits thereof, and whether or not we can ever truly separate art from the artist.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a head gum 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 | I saw you bowl. |
| 0:44.6 | Have I seen you bowl before? |
| 0:46.1 | Probably. |
| 0:47.1 | Yeah, you've ever seen me bowl. |
| 0:48.4 | I did a bad job bowling when we bowled today. |
| 0:51.6 | We bowled today after we did our pub trivia tournament. |
| 0:56.7 | This falls pub trivia tournament where we decided we wanted to go to the pub. |
| 0:59.9 | We came in at 50%. |
| 1:01.9 | We came in at 50%. |
| 1:03.9 | I'll take it. |
| 1:06.9 | But yeah, we was at a bowling alley and we bowled after and I peaked early. |
| 1:11.9 | I got a strike in my third frame and then rolled down hill after that. |
| 1:16.9 | I see what you did there. |
| 1:18.9 | You rolled. |
| 1:19.9 | You got up there and you threw that ball. |
| 1:22.9 | You really chucked it too. |
| 1:23.9 | You threw it pretty good. |
| 1:24.9 | And then you would turn back to the rest of us and I just see you do this little shake |
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