Ep 503 - White Noise, by Don DeLillo

Overdue

Headgum

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

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

DeLillo's award-winning breakthrough novel is a satirical rumination on the fear of death while living in a hyper-consumerist America inundated with information delivered by modern technology. Did we mention it was written in the 80s?

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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.
0:42.7	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot.
0:47.3	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:49.7	My name is Craig.
0:50.7	My name is James.
0:52.7	No, uh-uh.
0:53.7	Wait, who are you?
0:56.3	You're not.
0:57.3	This is James, I said.
0:59.3	This is your new co-host.
1:01.3	Nice to meet you James.
1:03.3	Deep, smooth voice.
1:05.3	James, it's so nice you could be here.
1:08.0	I thought Andrew was going to be on the call.
1:13.0	You're here instead.
1:14.0	But James, here, yeah, I'm off camera with a different microphone.
1:18.7	Oh, that explains everything.
1:20.8	Do you like books, James?
1:22.9	Lit movement is deep fake.
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