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The Worst Bestsellers

Episode 198 – The Westing Game

The Worst Bestsellers

Worst Bestsellers

Comedy, Books, Arts

4.5609 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

 

Happy Fourth of July! Buy Westing Paper Products! Flashback Summer continues with a book that’s such a stone-cold classic, we strongly advise that you not listen to this episode if you haven’t read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Our guest, J.W. Friedman from the I Don’t Even Own a Television podcast, joined us to discuss this iconic mystery that won the 1979 Newbery Medal. Listen to this episode in between checking stock prices on your transistor radio. (But, again, only after you’ve read the book! Please!)

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: “8 Uses for an Asparagus Steamer” by Lindsay-Jean Hard.

Coming up next: The Door Into Fire by Diane Duane.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we've read about the many uses of Westing paper products so you don't have to.

0:17.2

I'm Kate.

0:18.0

And I'm Renata.

0:18.8

And for this episode, we read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

0:22.8

Joining us to discuss this 1979 Newberry Medal winner is J.W. Friedman from the I Don't

0:28.9

Even Own a Television podcast. Hello, Jay. Hello, hello. Thanks for having me.

0:35.2

And if you are one of the many people with excellent taste who are fans of both podcasts,

0:40.1

you might be wondering where's collision.

0:43.8

And we are actually here today to solve his murder.

0:49.3

Well, when collision's not on the screen, we want everybody to be wondering where's collision.

0:54.7

Yes. No, that's a little dark. He's not on the screen, we want everybody to be wondering where's collision. Yes.

0:55.8

No, that's a little dark.

0:58.0

He's not dead at the time of this recording.

1:02.0

And I have an alibi and I'm recording a podcast right now.

1:07.6

And I won't say anything else without a lawyer.

1:09.6

Or perhaps we've boldly decided to split up these co-house.

1:15.6

And perhaps you'll hear from him on this very show in two weeks.

1:19.1

Who's to say you had to follow all the clues and you'll find out?

1:23.2

Mysterious.

1:24.6

I just wanted to jump in on that before, because I'm sure intrepid listeners would wonder otherwise.

1:31.4

Yeah, don't worry. We haven't broken up.

1:33.4

Yeah.

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