We've covered vaguely spiritual self-help books before on the show, but The Alchemist is unique insofar as it attempts to wrap the broad platitudes of a The Secret up in a there-and-back-again adventure story. Please listen, as long as it fits with your Personal Legend.
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Oct 26
Ep 773 - Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Also titled Let Me In, this mid-2000s horror debut from Sweden engages directly with some vampire tropes, as well as one of the great fears of humankind: what if the kids were bad?Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.Follow @overduepod on Instagram and BlueskyAdvertise o ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 19
Ep 772 - Butter, by Asako Yuzuki
It's true that we usually try to reserve Spooktober for books that are, how you say, "classically spooky." But isn't societal misogyny and fatphobia just as spooky as any ghost, ghoul, or pieced-together-monster-that-represents-humankind's-hubris? We'd like to think so. And we'd ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2023
Off the Shelf: The Alchemist
Join hosts Juanita, Kim, and Tisha as they break down November's book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Visit our sponsor, BubblesandBooks.com subscription service to receive a new book each month along with a selection of handmade bath and body items. Enter UNMEDITATED35 at checkou ... Show More
41m 16s
Dec 2023
Episode 275: The Ineffable Center (Borges' "The Aleph")
<p>An episode interesting from every point of view, we train our eyes on Jorge Luis Borges' "The Aleph." The first segment wins the kudos of the learned, the academician, the Hellenist, as we talk about the favorite things we saw this year. The second segment — baroque? decadent? ... Show More
1h 34m