Ep 282 - The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

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🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of Ursula K. Le Guin's tragic passing earlier this month, this week's episode covers her Nebula-award winning The Dispossessed. Part of the "Hainish Cycle," the book deals with capitalism, socialism, anarchism, and human nature in ways that resonate strongly in our current moment.

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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	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot.
0:42.0	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:45.1	My name is Craig.
0:46.3	My name is Andrew.
0:47.7	Andrew, what does utopia mean to you?
0:52.4	Well I know that you can't spell fruitopia without utopia.
0:56.8	I was wondering if you were going to bring up the hit 90s beverage fruitopia.
1:01.5	And I love those bottles of fruity drink.
1:04.0	Yeah.
1:05.0	Are they gone today disappear?
1:07.1	We all drink celtzer now in the year 2018.
1:10.0	So I think I think fruitopia must be gone.
1:13.4	This is not a beverage podcast.
1:14.8	This is a book podcast.
1:16.3	But we're.
1:17.3	But I think utopia is our better than dystopias I guess, but often things that appear to
1:24.6	be utopias are actually dystopias now.
1:26.9	So thanks, black mirror for just ruining that for everybody.
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