Ep 379 - Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Please, sir, I want some more podcast! Dickens' classic novel about a lovable urchin named Oliver Twist is equal parts social novel, mystery, and bildungsroman -- or so Charlie thought. We dive into what works and doesn't work about its depictions of London in the Industrial Revolution, Oliver's moral compass, and the titular twist.

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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	You got anything?
0:43.6	You got any goofs?
0:45.5	I mean, this is the first time we're recording a podcast while I am all in baby duty.
0:52.2	I am all in for right now.
0:54.0	Henry has my beaper.
0:56.6	If he's got anything that he's worried about, I'm the one who has to go deal with it.
1:01.6	But he is asleep.
1:02.6	I didn't leave him down in the basement in the baby cage just crying.
1:09.0	But this is the first time that I put him down for bed and went to go do something else
1:13.6	with another human being.
1:15.6	Wow.
1:16.6	Okay.
1:17.6	What can I overdo?
1:18.6	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
1:19.6	My name is Craig.
1:20.6	My name is Andrew.
1:21.6	Don't wake Andrews, baby.
1:23.7	Don't wake the baby, Henry.
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