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Overdue

Overdue

629 Episodes • By Headgum • headgum.com/overdue
Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.
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Ep 592 - Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin #1), by Patrick O'Brian
Flog the jib and shiver me timbers, it's time to set... more
May 29 2023 1h
Naval Culture in a Novel
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Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 3 & 4
Welcome to our newest show-within-a-show! We're work... more
May 27 2023 2h 2m
Catalog of the Endless
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Ep 591 - The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean
This week: a non-fiction book that sometimes reads a... more
May 22 2023 58m
Passion and Managing the World
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Ep 590 - Super Mario Bros (1993) The Novelization, by Todd Strasser (Bonus Episode)
Mamma Mia! Let's-a go back to the 1990s and discuss ... more
May 20 2023 1h 22m
Super Mario Bros. Movie Questions
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Ep 589 - Carry On (Simon Snow #1), by Rainbow Rowell
This novel about a wizarding school and its teen mag... more
May 15 2023 1h 3m
Simon Snow's Final Year
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Ep 588 - Several People Are Typing, by Calvin Kasulke
Several People Are Typing was mostly written pre-pan... more
May 8 2023 59m
Corporate Communication in Tech Companies
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Ep 587 - The Going to Bed Book (and Other Stories), by Sandra Boynton
To celebrate this year's Children's Book Week, we de... more
May 1 2023 1h 3m
Children's Books and Learning
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Ep 586 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
We're talking about candy for the second week in a r... more
Apr 24 2023 1h 9m
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Ep 585 - The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan
It only took 500-or-so episodes to revisit the world... more
Apr 17 2023 1h 6m
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Ep 584 - All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders
This week's book is all about duality: science again... more
Apr 10 2023 1h 3m
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Ep 583 - Normal People, by Sally Rooney (w/ Vanessa Zoltan!)
This week, Vanessa Zoltan from the podcasts Harry Po... more
Apr 3 2023 1h 30m
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Ep 582 - O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
O podcast! O books! O episodes about hard-scrabble i... more
Mar 26 2023 1h
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Sand By Me: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - Books 1 & 2
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Mar 24 2023 2h 22m
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Ep 581 - Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
Heidi, Heidi, Heidi! Everyone's talking about this a... more
Mar 20 2023 1h 4m
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Do Overdue: Ep 580 - Ghost Train, by Louise Munro Foley (Bonus Episode)
WE FIND OURSELVES SHOOK BY THIS ROLLICKING RATTLING ... more
Mar 17 2023 1h 30m
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Ep 579 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
We finally read a play by Volunteer State Williams! ... more
Mar 13 2023 1h 4m
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Ep 578 - This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This is a twist on a time travel story where the rel... more
Mar 6 2023 56m
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Do Overdue: Ep 577 - Persuasion, by Jane Austen
For our fourth Do Overdue episode, we revisit our fi... more
Feb 27 2023 1h 7m
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Do Overdue: Ep 576 - The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
For our third Do Overdue episode, we return to a boo... more
Feb 20 2023 1h 1m
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Ep 575 - Horrorstör, by Grady Hendrix (Bonus Episode)
The graveyard shift in this haunted not-IKEA proves ... more
Feb 17 2023 1h 8m
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Do Overdue: Ep 574 - Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
To celebrate ten (10) years (!!) of Overdue, this mo... more
Feb 13 2023 57m
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Do Overdue: Ep 573 - Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In honor of our 10th (!) podcasting anniversary, thi... more
Feb 6 2023 1h 7m
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Ep 572 - The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin
Secret societies, extraterrestrial cultures, VR game... more
Jan 30 2023 1h 8m
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Ep 571 - Cast in Shadow (The Chronicles of Elantra Book #1), by Michelle Sagara
Super-dense fantasy isn't everyone's cup of tea, and... more
Jan 23 2023 1h 7m
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GOOSEBUMS Bonus - Goosebumps (2015)
Enjoy a bonus episode of our spookiest show-within-a... more
Jan 20 2023 1h 4m
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