How to Stop Reading a Book

Nobody Panic

Plosive, Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin

Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

You’d think this was fairly straightforward, so why is it so hard to admit defeat? Why do we use words like “admit defeat” when discussing a book? The book doesn’t know you’re not reading it! Stevie had these epiphanies recently, after pretending to read Crime and Punishment for circa 25 years, and Tessa is eager to learn.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nip to Nip
0:05.3	Pannick, a podcast about how to do things.
0:15.0	Sometimes they're very complex things that we get an expert in.
0:19.0	Sometimes they're how to stop reading a book.
0:22.0	And yeah, let me tell you when I say... let me tell you when I say,
0:24.0	let me tell you when I say, please,
0:26.0	this will sustain an entire episode.
0:28.0	Well, it will.
0:30.0	And I don't, I don't disagree.
0:32.0	I don't disagree. Don't disagree.
0:34.0	No, I'm thrilled to be here.
0:36.0	Thank you for having me on.
0:38.0	As the guest, thank you, Stevie Martin.
0:40.0	I arrived very recently, very late,
0:42.0	arrived in very chaotic energy. I love that you're telling you. arrived very
0:44.1	recently, very late,
0:42.6	around a very chaotic energy.
0:43.9	I love that you're telling me this, like,
0:45.8	that isn't every time other than when Paul
0:48.2	Rod was in here.
0:48.9	I would say, I actually, and I'll look to you for
0:52.3	incorporation, the last two on the trial have been ahead of schedule.
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