Ep 273 - Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Grab your tissues everyone! Wilson Rawls' first novel Where the Red Fern Grows is notorious for how sad it is, and the reputation is well-deserved. It's a story of a boy, his dogs, and "death in its saddest form." You do the math.
Also up for discussion this week are our own pet histories, the savagery of the trapping lifestyle, Andrew's new favorite dog magazine, and Providence.
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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 | Let's talk about some dead dogs. |
| 0:44.0 | Great. |
| 0:45.0 | That sounds perfect for the beginning of the holiday season. |
| 0:47.5 | Let's talk about dead dogs. |
| 0:49.0 | Jingle bells your dog is dead. |
| 0:53.0 | I mean, that's... |
| 0:54.0 | Isn't that what happens in that holiday episode of The Simpsons? |
| 0:57.0 | No, they get a dog. |
| 0:59.0 | That's the opposite of a dog dying. |
| 1:01.0 | The opposite of a dog dying is going to be a dog. |
| 1:03.0 | What can I over do to podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read? |
| 1:07.0 | My name is Craig. |
| 1:08.0 | My name is Andrew. |
| 1:09.0 | And each week we talk about a book. |
| 1:12.0 | Usually one of us has read it for the show and they're going to talk to the other person |
| 1:16.0 | who may or may not have read the book in question. |
| 1:18.0 | This week the book in question is Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. |
| 1:26.0 | If you've ever heard about this book or if you've read it, you know it's sad. |
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