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Ep 595 - Summerwater, by Sarah Moss

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

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It's summer, and we all need water to live, two things that make Sarah Moss's Summerwater feel timely this week. One other thing the book reflects is the Simmering Anxiety of Our Times!

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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.

0:21.3

Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot.

0:42.8

It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.

0:45.3

My name is Craig.

0:46.3

My name is Andrew.

0:48.0

It's Summer and one of us is Drink of Water.

0:51.0

Well, I mean, there's water in all the drinks that we have.

0:56.0

Oh, what does it mean?

0:57.0

It's a major component of it.

0:58.0

A real scientist, aren't you?

1:00.1

You know, we asked in high school, we asked an English teacher.

1:04.5

We were talking about how you're supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day or whatever.

1:07.6

Is that real?

1:08.6

And I asked whether other drinks counted and she said she didn't think so.

1:13.8

And for a very long time, I took that English teacher's sort of off the cuff guess about

1:22.4

how liquid works as gospel.

1:25.8

I mean, I drink a good amount of water.

1:29.8

That's that much is stuck with.

1:30.8

I am not someone who drinks one of those big jugs every day.

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