Ep 327 - A Separate Peace, by John Knowles

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Remember November commences with us revisiting John Knowles' A Separate Peace. This book about a broken leg boy bored Craig to peaces in high school, but it turns out some books resonate more strongly than you might think.

Tune in for a conversation about male friendship, stairs and trees, and Kurt Vonnegut's fourth cousin Norb.

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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	Hey everybody welcome to Overdoot.
0:43.6	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:46.1	My name is Craig.
0:47.1	My name is Andrew.
0:48.1	And we have one announcement to open this week's episode with Andrew.
0:52.8	What is it?
0:53.8	Spooktubers over.
0:54.8	What's the other one?
0:56.1	The second one.
0:57.1	Okay.
0:58.1	So Tuesday, November 6th, for you who live in the US, it is election day.
1:04.1	And we go out of our way not to be too overtly political on the show because we know a lot
1:09.2	of people just need a break and we need a break so it's a break for everybody.
1:14.2	But yeah, if you live anywhere in the United States, you should make sure you know where
1:18.4	your polling place is, know who your candidates are, know what issues are on the ballot in
1:23.0	your area and you make a plan to vote and you go out and vote.
1:27.7	If you have any questions about any of that stuff, vote.org is a very good resource.
1:32.6	And I believe ballot pd also has a lot of information on the more obscured stuff that might show
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