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Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Updates Mondays.
We can’t wait to Meet Samantha later this month!
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Ep 730 - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
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Ep 730 - An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones — Overdue
What starts as a dismaying story about a wrongful conviction turns into a deep meditation on loyalty, marriage, and independence. Given the subject matter, you might expect a mystery or a courtroom dr...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/11/25/ep-730-an-american-marriage-by-tayari-jones
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Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 05 - Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club #5)
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Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 05 - Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club #5) — Overdue
Our newest BSC member, Dawn, has a lot to juggle in her debut as a series protagonist. Her mom is dating Mary-Anne's dad. She's low-key feuding with Kristy, the BSC President. And she's been hired by ...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/11/22/sit-me-baby-one-more-time-ep-05-dawn-and-the-impossible-three-the-baby-sitters-club-5
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"'I Who Have Never Known Men'” was the first novel I didn’t know what to do with—the first novel that, instead of frightening me or thrilling me, gave me an unmooring sense of disquiet....The book, an enigma, remained in my possession as I moved closer and closer to the end of the world."
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“I Who Have Never Known Men” Is a Warning
The slim, disquieting novel, which has become a sensation on TikTok, imagines a child who finds herself at the end of the world.
https://www.newyorker.com/newyorkercom/books/second-read/i-who-have-never-known-men-jacqueline-harpman-excerpt
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Remember: If you're good with loose ends: I Who Have Never Known Men. If you need lots of lore, You'll like something else more.
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“The narrator slowly reconciles herself to the fact that, as the youngest among them, she will be the last of her cohort to survive. Possibly — she has no way of knowing for sure — her death will mean the end of all humanity. Booksellers can barely keep the book in stock.”
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The Handmaid’s Tale for Gen Z
How BookTok made a dystopian novel from the ’90s into an indie best seller.
https://www.thecut.com/article/booktok-i-who-have-never-known-men-novel.html
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Ep 729 - I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
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Ep 729 - I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman — Overdue
A story about a young woman trapped in an underground prison with 39 other women sounds like it could be a stone cold bummer, and it isn’t not that. But this translated French novel from 1995 also...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/11/17/ep-729-i-who-have-never-known-men-by-jacqueline-harpman
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The 1996 takeover of the Japanese embassy in Peru "'ought to be an opera,' [Patchett] remembered thinking... she even considered titling the book “How to Fall in Love with Opera,” but her editor told her bookstores would mis-shelve it in their 'How To” sections.'"
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Lyric Opera’s ‘Bel Canto’ ripped from the heart, not the headlines
My pain, my pain, has now rehearsed. It has resounded in my heart, And now summons me to sing. For I have met terror on this land, But also kindness, humility, Deliverance and love. I must move for…
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/11/24/lyric-operas-bel-canto-ripped-from-the-heart-not-the-headlines/
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Us, as is our right as millennials, about the Garden State soundtrack. What’s yours?
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Did you know that by becoming a patron, you get access to our Special Collections? The newest entry is just *despicable*:
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Special Collections 003: Despicable Me (2010) | Overdue
Get more from Overdue on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/special-003-me-143258779
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“Through annotation, I saw patterns in the book I’d scarcely been aware of, as well as countless small acknowledgments I’d embedded here and there: nods to literature and to friends, and to my life at that moment.”
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Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel Bel Canto Twenty Years Later
If you’ve never read Bel Canto, this is not the place to start. Unmarked copies of this novel abound, and I suggest you get one of those if you want to come to the story without constant interrupti…
https://lithub.com/ann-patchett-on-annotating-her-award-winning-novel-bel-canto-twenty-years-later/
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We're happy to support Philabundance. If you're able, we hope you'll consider supporting a food bank or community fridge in your area.
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Nonprofit Food Bank and Charity in Philadelphia | Leading the Fight Against Hunger
Our mission is to end hunger for good in the greater Philadelphia area. Learn about who we are, our initiatives and how you can help.
https://www.philabundance.org/
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Ep 728 - Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
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Ep 728 - Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett — Overdue
Perhaps befittingly, Ann Patchett's fourth novel changed the trajectory of her career. The award-winning Bel Canto centers on 58 people (a combination of hostages and militants sequestered in an unn...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/11/10/ep-728-bel-canto-by-ann-patchett
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“Young men, starting out in life, have often asked me “How can I become an Internee?” Well, there are several methods. My own was to buy a villa in Le Touquet on the coast of France and stay there until the Germans came along. This is probably the best and simplest system.”
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The genius of Wodehouse - The New Criterion
On the life and works of the master humorist.
https://newcriterion.com/article/the-genius-of-wodehouse/
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If you have an election today—and odds are good that you do!—please go vote. Whether it’s hyperlocal or a nationally watched race, your voice matters. Send us your sticker pics and we’ll share them!
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Ep 727 - My Man Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Ep 727 - My Man Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse — Overdue
Did you ever wonder why the name "Jeeves" has always been inseparable from the concept of "a very good butler"? It's because of these short stories (plus more short stories, plus several novels) by English novelist P.G. Wodehouse. Hapless gadfly Bertie Wooster relies o
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/11/3/ep-727-my-man-jeeves-by-pg-wodehouse
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"Along with S.E. Hinton, Judy Blume and Robert Cormier, Ms. Duncan was credited with helping establish the genre of young-adult fiction — literature carefully tailored for readers who are neither children nor grown-ups, who know more than it may seem but not enough to make their way in the world."
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Lois Duncan, whose suspense novels held teen readers spellbound, dies at 82
Her “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Killing Mr. Griffin” are classics of YA lit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/lois-duncan-whose-suspense-novels-held-teen-readers-spellbound-dies-at-82/2016/06/17/01440cf8-33ef-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html
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Have you listened to this week's episode yet? We and the kid who directed this scene (??) have a question:
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“I was quite horrified by the sensationalized violence...To have people screaming and laughing about it did not go down well…[But] I was happy that the book had been made into a movie, because that made all my backlist suddenly very popular. It was like getting a rebirth but in a very strange way.”
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Author Was ‘Horrified’ by the Movie’s ‘Sensationalized Violence’ After Her Teenage Daughter’s Murder
Lois Duncan, who wrote the original 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' book, was taken aback by the film adaptation's graphic violence.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-author-hated-violence-1236448878/
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Ep 726 - I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Ep 726 - I Know What You Did Last Summer, by Lois Duncan — Overdue
Did you know that the classic 1997 slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer was actually based on a propulsive young adult thriller from 1973? Lois Duncan's original novel isn't too interested in ...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/10/27/ep-726-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-by-lois-duncan
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Sit Me Baby One More Time 04 - Mary Anne Saves the Day (The Baby-Sitters Club #4)
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Sit Me Baby One More Time Episode 04 - Mary Anne Save the Day (The Baby-Sitters Club #4) — Overdue
Fresh off their victory over the Baby-Sitters Agency, the girls of the BSC turn on each other in this month's entry. Quiet Mary Anne has to get the group back together, negotiate with her well-meaning...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/10/25/sit-me-baby-one-more-time-episode-04-mary-anne-saves-the-day-the-baby-sitters-club-4
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Choose Your Own "Choose Your Own Adventure" Adventure with this list of Overdue's previous CYOA episodes:
overduepodcast.com/search?q=%22...
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Choose Your Are You Afraid Own Nightmare of the Dark? 🤝 "IN THE DOLLHOUSE!!!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVy...
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Are You Afraid of the Dark-The Tale of the Dollmaker (trapped inside the dollhouse scene)
YouTube video by pilipinas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVy7We0XCc
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What if The Haunted Baby is a Gabby's Dollhouse origin story, have you ever thought of that??
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Ep 725 - The Haunted Baby (Choose Your Own Nightmare #13), by Edward Packard
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Ep 725 - The Haunted Baby (Choose Your Own Nightmare #13), by Edward Packard — Overdue
An official offshoot of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure series, the Choose Your Own Nightmare books cropped up for a couple of years in the mid-90s, an (alleged) response to the popularity of ou...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/10/20/ep-725-the-haunted-baby-choose-your-own-nightmare-13-by-edward-packard
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Want more OverBOO on Ray BradBOOry? He’s been haunting us for years: Ep 28: The Martian Chronicles
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Ep 028 - The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury — Overdue
Ray Bradbury once described his first novel, The Martian Chronicles, as a collection of short stories "pretending to be a novel." In fact, many of the Martian stories were published indivi...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2013/9/2/episode-028-the-martian-chronicles?rq=Ray%20Bradbury
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Inside every Small Assassin there are two early 90s Macaulay Culkin Starring Vehicles
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Whomst among those of us hovering around 40 *doesn’t* spend some time each day yelling at our skeletons
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Mr. Electrico "reached down with a flaming sword full of electricity and he tapped me on both shoulders and then the tip of my nose and he cried, 'Live, forever!' And I thought, 'God, that’s wonderful. How do you do that?'...I went home and within days I started to write. And I’ve never stopped."
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Ray Bradbury Recalls the Visit to the Circus That Inspired Him To Become a Writer
The problem with death, Ray Bradbury once said to me, is that “it is so damned permanent.”
https://slate.com/culture/2012/06/ray-bradbury-the-author-of-fahrenheit-451-recalls-the-visit-to-the-circus-that-changed-his-life.html
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Ep 724 - Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury
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Ep 724 - Dark Carnival, by Ray Bradbury — Overdue
Everybody loves our old friend Ray Bradbury! This time we’re taking a spin with his first short story collection Dark Carnival, a smattering of spooky tales that wound up scattered across a number of ...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/10/13/ep-724-dark-carnival-by-ray-bradbury
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He doesn't mind!!
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"A rising young author of sci-fi horror has made Goulburn her home and is enchanted by its 'cute, quirky and charming’' qualities." Overdue group vacation?
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Sci-fi horror author spells out qualities giving Goulburn an edge | About Regional
A rising young author of sci-fi horror has made Goulburn her home and is enchanted by its “cute, quirky and…
https://aboutregional.com.au/sci-fi-horror-author-spells-out-qualities-giving-goulburn-an-edge/471593/
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Ep 723 - Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
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Ep 723 - Of Monsters and Mainframes, by Barbara Truelove — Overdue
Rudyard Kipling's classic story collection The Jungle Book doesn't have a jazz orangutan named Louie, but it does have the bare necessities of imperialist fiction. The stories about Mowgli and other...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/10/06/ep-723-of-monsters-and-mainframes-by-barbara-truelove
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about 2 months ago
Not sure if you’ve seen this but definitely relevant to this episode 😂
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I’ve mentioned this podcast a few times but it’s good and informative about the authors and books in a way that doesn’t sound like two guys reading Wikipedia at you and I think the horror eps they do every October are some of the best.
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ICYMI: new Sit Me Baby episode on the main feed!
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Sit Me Baby One More Time Episode 03 - The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club #3) — Overdue
The Club has encountered (gasp) competition! How will they manage to beat their new rivals, the Baby-sitters Agency? Also, Stacey's ready to spill her truth: her parents need to chill out. She's succe...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/9/29/sit-me-baby-one-more-time-episode-03-the-truth-about-stacey-the-baby-sitters-club-3
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"'The Jungle Book,' which Kipling wrote out of a Vermont cabin in 1894, doesn’t showcase his bigotry so much as his uncritical reverence for power. Might makes right mesmerized Kipling."
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How Disney’s New Jungle Book Subverts the Gross Colonialism of Rudyard Kipling
Before Disney’s dazzling live-action update of The Jungle Book swung into theaters on Friday, some worried about how the film would negotiate Rudyard...
https://slate.com/culture/2016/04/how-disney-s-new-jungle-book-subverts-rudyard-kipling-s-racism.html
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Ep 722 - The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
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Ep 722 - The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling — Overdue
Rudyard Kipling's classic story collection The Jungle Book doesn't have a jazz orangutan named Louie, but it does have the bare necessities of imperialist fiction. The stories about Mowgli and other...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/9/29/ep-722-the-jungle-book-by-rudyard-kipling
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"Using the ‘we’ voice allowed me to tell a much larger story than I would have been able to tell otherwise. At first I tried telling the story from the point of view of a single picture bride, but this approach felt too narrow and confining...It’s a very capacious and infinitely expandable voice."
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Julie Otsuka | Interview
‘Using the ‘we’ voice allowed me to tell a much larger story than I would have been able to tell otherwise.’ An interview with Julie Otsuka.
https://granta.com/interview-julie-otsuka/
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On the syllabus for this week's episode:
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Euphemisms, Concentration Camps And The Japanese Internment
A listener compares the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to the Jewish Holocaust under the Nazis and raises the question of what to call the camps used in both experiences. At stak...
https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2012/02/10/146691773/euphemisms-concentration-camps-and-the-japanese-internment
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Ep 721 - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
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Ep 721 - The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka — Overdue
Some of us read a book. Some of us research the author and the historical context. Some of us sit in front of our microphones and record a podcast. Some of us edit it together and upload it to the web...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/9/22/ep-721-the-buddha-in-the-attic-by-julie-otsuka
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Mary Smith in Cranford, maybe???
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"Fixed income": Boring; sound stressful; reminds you of our delicate and tenuous social safety net "Elegant economy": Mysterious; classy; sounds like a *choice* to live below your means, in a chic way
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“I had always felt a deep sympathy with the care-worn men, who looked as if doomed to struggle through their lives in strange alternations between work and want; tossed to and fro by circumstances, apparently in even a greater degree than other men.”
www.gutenberg.org/files/2153/2...
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mary Barton, by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2153/2153-h/2153-h.htm
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Ep 720 - Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell
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Ep 720 - Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell — Overdue
Perhaps Elizabeth Gaskell’s best-known work, Cranford chronicles the lives of some Victorian era LMMs (Ladies of Modest Means). Their customs and relevance may be waning as Industrialization advances,...
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2025/9/15/ep-720-cranford-by-elizabeth-gaskell
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POV: you just told Godzilla you haven’t listened to this week’s episode of yet
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