Ep 712 - The Trial, by Franz Kafka

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

He is Franz Kafka! Franz Kafka! He wrote The Trial. It’s a book about byzantine bureaucracy bearing down on lil old Josef K. Less of it takes place in a courtroom than you’d think.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.7	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:11.4	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. Hey everybody, welcome to Overdo. It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. My name is Craig.
0:50.2	My name is Andrew.
0:53.0	If we were, whoa.
0:57.0	If we were, if something was going to be overdue-esque, what state of being would you like that to describe?
1:03.9	Because Kafka, his is bad.
1:07.9	His is generally bad.
1:10.2	And I don't, like, that's a whole other thought experiment is like, would you rather
1:14.1	have your name live on forever, but it describes something bad or be forgotten by history?
1:21.0	That's a good question.
1:22.3	And that's a different question.
1:23.3	But the question I'm asking you is if overdue-esque were to be a thing, what would you like that to represent?
1:32.7	Perhaps overly chuckly.
1:36.7	Mm-hmm.
1:37.3	Chuckly.
1:38.4	Mm-hmm.
1:38.6	Chuckly.
1:39.6	A couple of chuckle boys.
1:40.8	Yeah.
1:41.2	And like, um,
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