That Episode about 'Cat Person'
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2017
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Gwen and Frank take on "Cat Person," the New Yorker story that turned the Internet upside down, and make some book recs based on its tone and subject.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. We just wanted to give you a heads up that today we're going to be talking about the short story cat person that was in the New Yorker. |
| 0:06.0 | And we wanted to let you know that it does contain a description of graphic sex and talk about consent and violence. |
| 0:13.1 | So just please be forewarned and know before you go into listening to this. |
| 0:26.4 | Okay. Hello. |
| 0:30.2 | Frank is going through puberty today. |
| 0:32.4 | My voice has changed. |
| 0:35.6 | We would like to welcome you to The Librarian is in The New York Public Libr's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm Gwen. |
| 0:42.6 | Frank is 12. |
| 0:43.7 | Yes. |
| 0:44.3 | Hello. |
| 0:45.9 | Hello. |
| 0:46.5 | Did that happen to you when your voice changed? |
| 0:47.9 | I don't remember. |
| 0:48.7 | I don't remember that being a thing like on the Brady Bunch when it was cracks. |
| 0:52.2 | I really don't. |
| 0:52.8 | I remember that being a thing for like when I was |
| 0:55.6 | that age and other boys were going through it. I remember their voice changing. Yeah. I don't really |
| 1:00.2 | remember. I think it was very embarrassing. And I don't remember that being an issue. I know I at 12 like |
| 1:05.7 | I gained a lot of weight. And we just talked about that. Yeah. And then you know the, yeah, that's right, what the culture will say about you. And then I grew like eight inches and was really skinny. So I like my body was perfect. We did talk about that the last time it's true. Anyway, my body, bodies change. And that's actually a perfect segue into what we're going to start this episode off talking |
| 1:28.0 | about, which is not, we're going to deviate from our usual formula a little bit today and talk about |
| 1:32.6 | the short story cat person that was in the New Yorker. Right. By, oh my goodness, I'm forgetting her name. |
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