Ep 272 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by JK Rowling
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2017
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
For this week’s show, we attempt to figure out what we can add to a conversation about one of the most-discussed books in all of modern literature! Join us for a chat about what JK Rowling’s first book does well, how useful we find the concept of “sorting” real-world people in different contexts, and the nature of fandom.
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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 | How about yours? |
| 0:42.0 | How was your Thanksgiving that definitely happened several days ago and not in several days |
| 0:47.2 | in the future? |
| 0:48.7 | We're talking about Thanksgiving here on Overdoop, a podcast of books that you've been |
| 0:51.7 | meaning to read. |
| 0:52.7 | My name is Andrew. |
| 0:53.7 | You know, we could just an easier Thanksgiving open with than to talk about what we're thankful |
| 0:58.0 | for. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving that definitely has already happened. |
| 1:04.0 | It's already happened in the past, right? |
| 1:06.0 | Where I drank a, I'm going to be, I will have been in Chicago and had a goose island that |
| 1:15.0 | tasted good. |
| 1:16.0 | Oh, yeah, you can't get a good goose island on the East Coast. |
| 1:19.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.9 | And I probably convinced someone to let me go find a hot dog in Chicago to eat because |
| 1:26.8 | I do like eating a good Chicago hot dog. |
| 1:29.4 | You get some portillos or something? |
| 1:30.9 | Yeah. |
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