Ep 753 - You Are a Millionaire, by Jay Leibold (Choose Your Own Adventure #98)
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Living in our age of elite impunity made us want to imagine what it must be like to have one million US dollars (approximately $2.6 million, when adjusted for inflation). Luckily, there's a book series that lets you choose to be anything you want to be, as long as what you want to be exists within one of several scripted narrative paths of steadily escalating goofiness.
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| 1:12.2 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 1:16.2 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale, |
| 1:21.9 | they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 1:26.8 | Plus, these are books you should have read by now. Hey, everybody, welcome to Overdo. |
| 1:53.2 | It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. |
| 1:56.1 | My name is Craig. |
| 1:57.2 | My name is Andrew. |
| 1:58.6 | And who wants to be a listener to a podcast about becoming a millionaire? |
| 2:07.5 | I guess it's you. I guess it's you. |
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