Ep 715 - Mrs. Caliban, by Rachel Ingalls

Overdue

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We've all heard this story before—giant fish man escapes secret laboratory, giant fish man takes up with unfulfilled housewife, fish man and housewife have deeply meaningful affair, lots of people die. Tale as old as time! Suffice it to say the characters in Mrs. Caliban have a very different reaction to a giant fish than the characters in Jaws.

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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. It's the summer cold that does me in.
0:43.7	Summer cold.
0:45.8	My summer's hot.
0:48.4	Yeah, sure.
0:49.4	My summer is hot, hot, hot.
0:52.0	Humid, humid.
0:53.8	You've got a summer cold.
0:57.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to Overdew.
0:58.7	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
1:02.2	My name is Craig.
1:03.3	My name is Andrew.
1:04.6	What's your favorite fish?
1:07.7	I like a tuna steak, but I do not like a canned tuna because it smells bad.
1:14.2	I was wondering if you would give me fish to eat or just your favorite fish.
1:20.3	Do you like fish at all?
1:22.5	I don't like think about them as much.
1:27.1	I mean, we just did jaws.
1:28.3	So I guess my favorite fish
1:29.4	to compensate our favorite
	...

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