Ep 322 - The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov

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

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🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What's scarier than an authoritative government that censors and corrupts its artists? The literal devil! This week we're talking about The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, a seminal work in the 20th-century Russian canon and an exploration of just how weird stuff needs to get for the devil to introduce you to Pontius Pilate.

Spooky talking points include witch cream, vices, and Joseph Stalin's Haunted House.

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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	What's that look on your faces or something on your ceiling?
0:46.0	I'm trying to remember how Margaret Reedaville goes.
0:49.6	I refuse to let you make this into a master in Margaret Reedaville joke.
0:54.2	I just don't think we're better than that.
0:56.2	You think we're better than a master in Margaret Reedaville, something something lost
1:00.5	shaker, assault, book, toe, burr.
1:06.2	Welcome over to its podcast about the books, even me and Reed, my name is Craig.
1:09.3	My name is Andrew.
1:10.6	It's getting spooky in here again.
1:12.6	Yeah, we're playing together.
1:13.8	Plants of your buffet songs, hangin' ghosts on the windows.
1:17.8	Like you do.
1:18.8	Yeah, all the houses around here are starting to get like the big inflatable pumpkins
1:25.0	and then you got the spider webs and sometimes you got orange or purple like spooky Christmas
1:30.0	lights.
1:31.0	I saw, I keep walking by this house where there is a welcome mat that says come in we're
1:36.6	thirsty and it's all like blood letters.
1:40.0	Whoa.
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