Ep 427 - Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Everything happens for a reason in James McBride's new novel. It's September of 1969 and a doddering Brooklyn deacon just shot the neighborhood's top drug dealer. The events set in motion touch every member of the community - from its 102-year-old founder to the fire ants in the boiler room - and help them build a future as the world changes around them.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.5 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.3 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:30.0 | So when we talk about beer that we're drinking, you know it really burns my butt. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, tell me. |
| 0:48.7 | This is our new segment about what really burns my butt. |
| 0:50.9 | When you buy one of those beer like 12 packs, like the multipax, but one of the varieties |
| 0:57.2 | in it is like a low calorie IPA. |
| 1:01.5 | Why are those taking over all the beer multipax? |
| 1:04.6 | It really burns my butt because they don't want the alcohol in them is like not enough |
| 1:10.3 | to they do taste bad. |
| 1:14.4 | They do. |
| 1:15.4 | They don't have 100 calories in them, which is still kind of a lot compared to like a |
| 1:19.1 | diet coke or something. |
| 1:20.1 | Welcome to Overdoot the podcast about the beers you've been meaning to chug. |
| 1:23.0 | My name is Craig. |
| 1:24.2 | My name is Andrew and this has been what burned what really burns my butt. |
| 1:28.1 | I low calorie IPA's got a lesson for trying, but no thanks. |
| 1:33.2 | I know there are people out there who don't like the bitterness of an IPA. |
| 1:37.0 | They don't enjoy it. |
| 1:38.0 | It's fine. |
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