Ep 368 - Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad

Overdue

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The horror, the horror! It's time to talk about colonialism, y'all. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness has inspired plenty of stories about a dude diving deep into nature to find another dude, so we figured we'd get to the...heart...of the matter. Listen and learn what exactly the horror, the horror means and why some notable writers want nothing to do with this classic text of 19th-century imperialism.

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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 Overdood.
0:43.1	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:45.8	My name is Craig.
0:46.8	I'm Andrew, still here.
0:47.9	And Andrew is still here.
0:49.9	We're still hanging out.
0:50.9	We're making podcasts together still.
0:54.1	How's that feel?
0:55.1	Babies due date is today.
0:56.9	What's today?
0:57.9	What's today?
0:58.9	We've been today.
0:59.9	Man, what if I haven't lie while we recorded it?
1:02.9	Oh my God.
1:04.9	You would turn to dust.
1:06.9	It is something like 5% of babies are born on their actual due date.
1:11.2	The due date is a target that most babies do not hit.
1:15.9	First babies are more likely to be late than early because when you're having subsequent
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