Ep 490 - East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
After 488 episodes, we finally return to ol' Johnny Steinbeck. East of Eden mixes autobiography, pastoral fiction, and Biblical allegory -- a cocktail that has dismayed critics and excited audiences for decades. We dig into what works in this sprawling story and what might leave some readers wanting more.
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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. |
| 0:42.6 | Hey everybody, welcome to Overdo. |
| 0:45.6 | It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. |
| 0:49.2 | My name is Craig. |
| 0:50.6 | My name is Andrew. |
| 0:53.6 | And those are our names. |
| 0:55.1 | Those are our names and we're taking it back to the beginning this week. |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, I wrote so you read East of Eden by John Sineback. |
| 1:05.5 | Every week one of us reads a book we've never read before. |
| 1:07.4 | We tell the other person about it. |
| 1:08.6 | Everyone has a good time. |
| 1:09.6 | Everyone has a few laughs. |
| 1:11.4 | And sometimes we learn about why a book is known by people. |
| 1:17.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.4 | But I mean the real knowledge is the friends we made along the way. |
| 1:22.6 | Every time. |
| 1:23.6 | Every time. |
| 1:24.6 | Which is what it's a really consistent podcast I think. |
| 1:28.1 | We did John Sineback on the show back in February of 2013 for our first episode, which |
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