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Overdue

Ep 679 - The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov

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

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

What if a play didn't need a "plot" to move you? What if all it needed was a gun on a wall and a bunch of artists besot with unrequired love? That is what Chekhov's The Seagull accomplishes.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a headgum podcast.

0:05.4

Spark something uncommon this holiday season with just the right gift from uncommon goods.

0:11.6

Andrew, have you finished your holiday shopping yet?

0:15.5

I've barely started it.

0:18.2

Well, don't panic because you and all the people at home who are in the same boat, we here

0:24.4

at Overdue have got a secret source for incredible original gifts, and that's uncommon

0:29.6

goods.

0:30.4

They've got gifts that spark joy, wonder, delight, and that it's exactly what I wanted

0:36.1

feeling.

0:37.4

Andrew, they've got gifts for everyone, including people who love birds.

0:41.4

Now, my mom loves birds.

0:43.3

She was doing a bird feeding craft with Simon today, which is what made me think of this.

0:48.3

And I went looking for bird things that you can get on uncommon goods.

0:53.5

I just need you to see this gift that I'm sending you.

0:57.8

It's called the Tree Wizard Bird Feeder.

1:01.9

Transform your tree into a magical sorcerer who cares for winged friends with snacks in his beard.

1:08.1

He holds the seeds in his little beard cup there?

1:11.3

You basically put a wizard's face on your tree and a bird can come snack in there.

1:17.0

That is an uncommon good.

1:18.6

I'll tell you what.

1:19.4

It's uncommon.

1:19.6

I have not, I have not, I've seen the witch that, like, flies into the tree for the Halloween decoration.

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