Ep 350 - Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

Overdue

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut uses surprising humor and sci-fi wit to portray one man's experience of the horrific bombing of Dresden. But don't worry - you needn't have read Slaughterhouse One through Four to keep up with our episode on this classic.

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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	So this is the big 350.
0:44.0	Yeah.
0:45.0	Boy I'm so excited about it.
0:46.0	We read a book that a lot of people are big fans of, well, it's a little sexy.
0:53.0	Sure.
0:54.0	You know, it's a popular among teens, I think, probably.
0:59.0	Of a certain age.
1:00.0	Um, and you know, there are things and people in it that you could say are monstrous or
1:06.6	sort of, you know, not human.
1:11.3	People from different sides getting into conflict.
1:16.0	What also probably working together sometimes.
1:18.8	Yeah.
1:19.8	And having a motion, some of them, strong ones.
1:23.9	I think there might even be a truck.
1:29.2	Welcome to Overdo.
1:30.2	This is a podcast about the books, even meaning to read.
1:32.2	My name is Craig.
1:33.2	My name is Andrew.
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