Ep 466 - Ash, by Malinda Lo
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
What if Cinderella didn't fall for Prince Charming? What if she developed a rich, endearing relationship with the King's Huntress instead? Malinda Lo's retelling of Cinderella blends cultural traditions and remixes key tropes, but also remains true to the folk tale's reverence for love and magic.
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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. |
| 0:43.2 | Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot's podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. |
| 0:47.5 | My name is Craig. |
| 0:48.7 | My name is Andrew. |
| 0:50.7 | Hope you know the name of the show because I said it real fast and if you don't know it, |
| 0:54.3 | you're screwed. |
| 0:55.3 | I mean, they will have had to get through several layers of security before without knowing |
| 1:02.1 | the name at this point. |
| 1:03.6 | That's true. |
| 1:04.6 | It's okay. |
| 1:05.6 | We are going to talk about the book Ash by Malinda Lowe in a second. |
| 1:09.8 | I'm going to tell Andrew about it. |
| 1:10.8 | I've never read it before. |
| 1:12.8 | You all are going to be stuck in this episode for the next 45 minutes to an hour, much like |
| 1:20.1 | that big boat. |
| 1:23.9 | We don't always talk about current events, which is like some time stamp on this episode. |
| 1:28.9 | It's a big boat time. |
| 1:29.9 | Sometimes, I'm listening to other podcasts that came out in September and they talk about |
| 1:33.6 | like things that happened in September and I'm like, do we, we don't do that? |
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