Ep 300 - Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

Overdue

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2018

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our 300th episode than with a *biting* discussion of Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster hit Twilight.

Will klutzy cipher Bella Swan and perfect baseballboy Edward Cullen make it? Can you practice abstinence in the world that gave rise to Fifty Shades? And when you become a vampire, does it make you HOT?

Find the answers to these questions and more in our tricentennial extravaganza!

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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	This is Sparta.
0:47.8	Because it's 300, 300 episodes.
0:50.8	It's also okay, it looks some stuff up.
0:52.6	It's also emboling a perfect score achieved by rolling strikes in all 10 frames.
0:58.0	It's the lowest possible fair Isaac credit score.
1:01.2	300 F.T. per second is the maximum legal speed of a shot paintball feet per second, I guess.
1:08.0	In Hebrew Bible, the size of the military force deployed by the Israelite judge Gideon
1:13.4	against the Midianites.
1:15.9	Watch out Midianites.
1:16.9	Watch out.
1:17.9	According to Islamic tradition, 300 is a number of ancient Israeli king Talut soldiers,
1:24.3	victorious against Goliath soldiers.
1:27.0	According to Herodidus, 300 is the number of ancient Spartans resisting 1 million
1:30.2	Persian invaders.
1:31.2	I feel like people are just making the stuff up.
1:33.4	There were some people there.
1:34.9	Was it a lot of people?
1:35.9	No.
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