Ep 693 - Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

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

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the infinite halls of Piranesi’s House. Don’t mind the flooded basement, or the cloudy attic, or the fact that staying here more than a day starts to really take a toll on your memory. Piranesi’s got it all written down, so he knows everything there is to know about the House. Or does he?

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.6	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:11.3	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.2	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:45.9	Music These are books you should have read by now. Hey everybody, welcome to Overdue.
0:49.5	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:50.7	My name is Craig.
0:52.5	My name is Andrew.
0:56.6	Ooh, you sounded like you had something.
1:00.3	Do you have something to share with the class?
1:02.8	No, I mean, I don't think I don't think.
1:07.2	I was just thinking, I was looking at Pyreneesie, the name of the book that you read.
1:08.3	Piranasi. Piranesi for this, for the podcast.
1:11.2	Pyrinaezi.
1:12.5	Where every week one of us reads a book that we've never read before and then tells the other
1:17.0	person about it.
1:17.9	Yeah.
1:18.3	Susanna Clark was the one who wrote this one.
1:20.1	But every time I see Pyrinaeci, I'm like, the doctor, I am Piranasi.
1:24.8	Like, that's, he just, it just seems like the name of a sad clown.
1:31.5	Did you also say it sounded like a cookie?
1:33.5	Who said it sounds like, yes, I also said it sounded like one of those flavorless
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