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Phil Chandler, teacher and author of 'The Barefoot Beekeeper', talks about 'balanced beekeeping' and explains why he believes we need to change both the way we grow our food and the way we work with honeybees if we want them - and ourselves - to survive and thrive. Beekeeping has been all about honey production. Now we need to learn to value bees for their own sake - for their part in nature as pollinators of many plant species, both wild and cultivated. The Barefoot Beekeeper is available i ...
Down on his luck gumshoe Blake Skye only had two options: take the job or die in the gutter. But worse things than death lie waiting in the shadows of the City. What madness and horror await, and can our intrepid investigator survive it? Find out, in this thrilling drama that mixes Raymond Chandler and H. P. Lovecraft in an exciting and modern cocktail of danger, romance, suspense, and cosmic horror from the mind and mouth of S. J. Ryker, with new episodes the last Sunday of every month!
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 455 - Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1), by Ann Leckie
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Ancillary Justice is a novel take on sci-fi's "collective consciousness" trope. What if, when cut off from the rest of its collective, an individual member of a collective consciousness just went on existing as an individual? And also what if they were thrust into the center of high-stakes intergalactic political drama? Our theme music was composed…
Professor Lezner provides her closing notes on the research, as well as some personal feelings about everyone involved. Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical. Starring Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (https://twitter.com/achill3a) and Kale B. as Quinn McDunn (https://twitter.com/SuperHuman…
Finding herself left with a missing research assistant and in possession of a recording she cannot allow anyone to hear, Professor Lezner solicits help from Deacon University library archival assistant Samantha Nolan to complete her research. Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical. Starring…
An argument between Quinn and Professor Lezner is interrupted by an unfamiliar face. Hope finds herself on the receiving end of a threat. Quinn learns something they shouldn’t have.Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical. Starring Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (https://twitter.com/achill3a…
After receiving a stern reprimand from Professor Lezner, Quinn finally opens the book. The archive room recorder experiences a strange malfunction. Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical. Introducing Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (https://twitter.com/achill3a), Rebecca M. as Sam Nolan (ht…
In a secluded corner of the Deacon University campus, something strange begins to brew as hapless research assistant Quinn McDunn begins their evaluation of a very unusual text.Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical. Introducing Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (https://twitter.com/achill3a)…
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Ep 454 - The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth #2), by N.K. Jemisin
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The second entry in N.K. Jemisin's award-winning Broken Earth series is centered on a mother/daughter pair of magic users, each learning new ways to use their abilities to heal their shattered world. It is, of course, the second book in a planned trilogy, so we discuss how well it sets up events that will be delivered on in the next book. Just comi…
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Ep 453 - 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas, by Jacqueline Frost (Bonus Episode)
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It's a bit late, but this year we trade a sexy holiday book for a murder mystery holiday book. After a local businessman/pervert turns up dead, it's up to Holly White and her friends in the town of Mistletoe, Maine to figure out who did it and to clear her best friend's name. Find out how to join us for bonus episode recordings at patreon.com/overd…
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Ep 452 - Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
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It's not referenced as often as George Orwell's 1984, but Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is in some ways a dystopia that's closer to our current reality: a society modeled around a production line, designed to pacify its citizenry while maximizing consumption in whatever way possible. Or maybe that's just our read on it!! Our theme music was compo…
Welcome to the finale of Genie Babies, a magic carpet ride of a podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On this show-within-a-show, we're reading Husain Haddawy's translation of Muhsin Mahdi's manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights (also known by its westernized title, The Arabian Nights). Some Patreon supporters get these episodes early, but we …
With the ashes finally settled, Elenore is left to honor a crooked deal. Can she survive in the clutches of the Order? And more importantly, can she keep herself from becoming one of them?Starring Gabi B. as Elenore Kostanksi (SeeliePunk on Twitter)Stephen B./Ness as Professor August Howard (NessRocker on Twitter)Merry B. as Desmond Ayer (muddyevil…
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Ep 451 - Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell
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"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember." Maggie O'Farrell's prize-winning novel Hamnet is one of remembrance -- a work of historical fiction about guilt, loss, and the people who live in the margins of a Great Author's biography. Come to marvel at how skillfully O'Farrell shunts William Shakespeare off-stage, stick arou…
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Ep 450 - The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler
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Hey dicks and dames, this week we ankle down to the hoosegow to talk about Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep. You better hope we can finish talking about it before we get our clocks punched! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
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Ep 449 - Never Tell, by Selena Montgomery (w/ Sophie Brookover)
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Our friend Sophie Brookover (co-author of Two Bossy Dames) joins us this week to discuss Never Tell, a romantic thriller written under a nom de plume by prominent politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. It's about a talented criminal psychologist trying to move on from a violent past and the reporter she falls for after that past catch…
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Ep 448 - Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente
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If you're into really focused, plot-driven fantasy, the vague and dreamy world of Palimpsest might not be for you. But if you're into people made out of bees and horny trains that adhere to no schedule but their own, you might just be able to spend a few nights there. Note: this episode bears the Explicit tag because we do talk about some Adult Sit…
Welcome to another episode of Genie Babies, a magic carpet ride of a podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On this show-within-a-show, we're reading Husain Haddawy's translation of Muhsin Mahdi's manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights (also known by its westernized title, The Arabian Nights). Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, …
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our podcast turns its lonely ears to you. Woo-woo-ooo The Graduate is a story about the ennuied Benjamin Braddock, the provocative Mrs. Robinson, and the affair they embark upon that upends their lives. The iconic 1967 film adaptation is perhaps more famous than Webb's book, but the novel does contain all of the c…
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Ep 446 - The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Buried Giant is a sort of inversion of a typical fantasy novel - instead of a young person setting out to change the world, we get some aging heroes at the end of the Arthurian era trying to decide how everything is going to wind down. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
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Ep 445 - Topdog/Underdog, by Suzan-Lori Parks
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning play is about two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, and the elaborate con that is their shared history. Tune in for a conversation about Suzan-Lori Parks' place in American theater, some patter from the street game three-card monte, and the open question that haunts your hosts: who is top dog of Overdue? Our theme music was c…
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Ep 444 - Charmed Life (Chrestomanci #1), by Diana Wynne Jones
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Is Chrestomanci a type of magic? A government office? A person? Find out in the first of Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci novels. Join us for a discussion of the nine-lived Cat and his sister Gwendolyn, magical pranks, and mystical multiverses. Looking for more DWJ? Check out Ep 201 - Howl's Moving Castle. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerang…
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Ep 443 - Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff (Bonus Episode)
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Matt Ruff's 2016 novel about two Black families fighting the forces of evil riffs on Lovecraftian fiction by focusing in on the cosmic horror that is America's racist past, present, and future. We dive into each of the interconnected stories and spend some time comparing the overall vibe to that of HBO's recent TV adaptation. Our theme music was co…
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Ep 442 - The Last Wish (Introducing The Witcher), by Andrzej Sapkowski
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Geralt of Rivia is a witcher, which means he travels the realm witching. What does that mean exactly? It's a little unclear! But Sapkowksi's protagonist and the world he inhabits have proven popular enough to warrant several novels, videogames, and screen adaptations. Toss a coin to your podcast, why don'tcha? For more on voting in the 2020 electio…
The moon is full on the most haunted, cursed night of the year. And there is not better time than that for this: a particularly cursed piece of audio. Listen in horror at the bumbling escapades of the worst Gentleman Thief to ever live...if you dare.Starring Kale B. as Unnamed Vaguely Slavic Person, Mummydad H'stry-Museeeeem IV(SuperHumanFoods on T…
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Ep 441 - Demon Theory, by Stephen Graham Jones
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If you wanted more of your books to be metatextual pseudo-screenplays then Demon Theory is for you! If you do not want your books to be that, however, Demon Theory may not be for you. For more on voting in the 2020 election here in the United States, head to votesaveamerica.com. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.…
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Ep 440 - The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux
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The Opera's alive with the sound of music! It's time to dive into the serialized story-slash-novel that spawned one of the most successful musicals of all time. (The one by Andrew Lloyd Webber, maybe you've heard of it?) It's pretty different, it seems? For more on voting in the 2020 election here in the United States, head to votesaveamerica.com. …
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Ep 439 - Revenge of the Russian Ghost (Choose Your Own Adventure), by Jay Leibold
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This week we choose to travel to Mother Russia to make jingoistic jokes and hang out with Rasputin, every 90s kid's favorite historical figure! Not sure what's going on with the voices in this one. For more on voting in the 2020 election here in the United States, head to votesaveamerica.com. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.…
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Skye Mail #11 (Special Guest: Cat C.)
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CW: Swears, in honor of KaleWelcome to solemn and dignified Skye Mail, the mailbag for Blake Skye: Private Eye! We discuss the fallout of the Season One finale, SJ's sins, and Unpredictable Domicile Printing. Special guest Cat C.Support Cat at https://ko-fi.com/studyofmonstersVisit out Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePINew Website: http…
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Ep 438 - Midnight Sun (A Twilight Novel), by Stephenie Meyer
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Welcome to Spooktober 2020! What's scarier than a story about a teenage girl who falls in with a family of vampires? 160 more pages than the original story and it's all from the sad vampire boy's perspective! Meyer's companion novel to the original Twilight reminds us what we did and didn't like about the series, as well as fleshes out a bit of the…
Welcome to another episode of Genie Babies, a magic carpet ride of a podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On this show-within-a-show, we're reading Husain Haddawy's translation of Muhsin Mahdi's manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights (also known by its westernized title, The Arabian Nights). Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, …
Death hunts in the shadows, stalking our heroes with inhuman skill and fury. Can they dodge the reaper's scythe once more? Or is it time to face the music?CW: DeathStarring Kale B. as Mickey O'Shae (SuperHumanFoods on Twitter) Stephen Kropa as Gordon Graves (KropaCabana on Twitter)Gabi B. as Elenore Kostanksi (SeeliePunk on Twitter)Zane Schacht as …
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Ep 437 - Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, et al
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This week we answer the question on everyone's minds: why, the last man? This mid-2000s graphic novel imagines a world without men, a specific kind of apocalypse with a different flavor from The Leftovers or other "what if X suddenly disappeared from Earth forever" fiction. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.…
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Ep 436 - How Much of These Hills Is Gold, by C Pam Zhang
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C Pam Zhang's Booker Prize-listed debut novel focuses on a family of Chinese immigrants working coal mines, panning streams, and laying railroads in the American West. Her characters, myth-making, and lyrical style work to correct the historical record with specificity and humanity. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.…
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Ep 435 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon
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Michael Chabon's 2007 alternate history novel is a murder mystery featuring a hard-boiled detective, though neither the detective nor the murder mystery are the most memorable parts of it. The alternate history part, along with Chabon's prose, are enough to make up for whatever other shortcomings the novel might have. Our theme music was composed b…
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Skye Mail #10 (Special Guest: Fabrice Sapolsky)
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Welcome to a another very special Skye Mail, the mailbag for Blake Skye: Private Eye! Changing up genres, we talk to a master of noir storytelling, Fabrice Sapolsky of FairSquare Comics, talking about comics, representation, and all that's fit to print but isn't because this is an audio format.Check out FairSquare Comics at https://fairsquarecomics…
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Ep 434 - Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
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What if all we knew about alien culture was their garbage? Or is it their garbage? The Strugatsky brothers' most famous novel is about a world where stalkers crawl through hazardous Zones for precious artifacts. Also it's about hope, bureaucracy, and our relationship to the unknown. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.…
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Ep 433 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0), by Suzanne Collins (Bonus Episode)
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We just couldn't resist another trip to Panem! This origin story for the trilogy's primary villain, Coriolanus Snow, takes us all the way back to the 10th Annual Hunger Games. Things are a little less flashy, but no less deadly. Struggle along with us through the hunger, through the games, and through the limits of fiction told through the antagoni…
Join us and our possibly imaginary gigantic anthropomorphic rabbit for a discussion about a play that just HAPPENS to be about a man who is friends with a possibly imaginary gigantic anthropomorphic rabbit. Funny how that works out! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
As forces mount against our heroes, a thin sliver of hope shines from an unexpected source. Can it be real? Or is hope a losing gamble? Blake and company might just find out the hard way.Starring Kale B. as Mickey O'Shae (SuperHumanFoods on Twitter) Stephen Kropa as Gordon Graves (KropaCabana on Twitter)Gabi B. as Elenore Kostanksi (SeeliePunk on T…
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Ep 431 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
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We've all heard that a tree grows in Brooklyn. But what ELSE grows there? A love of reading? A bootstraps narrative? We get to the root of the mystery this week on Overdue. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
Eggs is a book that has eggs in it, but also adolescent pain and friendship. Eggs! Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
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Ep 429 - Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
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Lauren Oliver's first novel is about a teenage girl forced to relive the last day of her life over and over again. What can she change? What should she change? And how will she change? Find out the answers to those questions and more (namely, how all time loop fiction is beholden to the 1993 film Groundhog Day) in this week's episode. Our theme mus…
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Welcome to a very special Skye Mail, the mailbag for Blake Skye: Private Eye! From across the podcast seas comes a certified, licensed and bonded master of the macabre, Tonia Ransom of NIGHTLIGHT, A Black Horror Podcast. Together, we will explore such topics as why H. P. Lovecraft was complete trash, the refreshing taste of Beef Fizz, and topics fa…
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Ep 428 - Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
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Children of Blood and Bone takes familiar fantasy tropes and puts them in a new context, which makes them unexpectedly poignant and powerful. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
Welcome to Genie Babies, a magic carpet ride of a podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On our newest show-within-a-show, we're reading Husain Haddawy's translation of Muhsin Mahdi's manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights (also known by its westernized title, The Arabian Nights). Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two…
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Ep 427 - Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
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Everything happens for a reason in James McBride's new novel. It's September of 1969 and a doddering Brooklyn deacon just shot the neighborhood's top drug dealer. The events set in motion touch every member of the community - from its 102-year-old founder to the fire ants in the boiler room - and help them build a future as the world changes around…
After a brush with death, Blake and the others find a brief moment of peace. But with the future so uncertain, is there any place to look but the past?CW: Discussion of SuicideStarring Kale B. as Mickey O'Shae (SuperHumanFoods on Twitter) Stephen Kropa as Gordon Graves (KropaCabana on Twitter)S. J. Ryker as Blake Skye (LookWhosFhtagn on Twitter)Dea…
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Ep 426 - The Hour of the Star, by Clarice Lispector
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Can our podcast truly capture the depth of a renowned Brazilian novelist's final work? This question mirrors one asked by the narrator of The Hour of the Star, whose attempts to portray a young woman's pitiable existence are hindered by his fears that he will never do her story justice. Also, Craig talks into a sock. Our theme music was composed by…
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Ep 425 - Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3), by Suzanne Collins
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The Games may have ended, but we're still hungry! We travel back to Panem for the close of Collins' trilogy about Katniss, Peeta, and revolution. It's time to talk (a)political messages, rickety love triangles, the limits of a hero's POV. If you aren't caught up on our Hunger Games journey, go give Episode 400 or Episode 410 a listen! Our theme mus…
Welcome a uncomfortably eight episode of Skye Mail, the mailbag for Blake Skye: Private Eye! Crimes are afoot: mailbag crimes! Here to "help" are the two newest cast members, the Outsider and Desmond Ayer are here to discuss the goo that impacts your mood, the perfect birthday gift, and maybe even stage a podcast coup!Visit out Patreon at https://w…
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Ep 424 - My Sister the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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Sometimes a book is about exactly what it says on the cover. Oyinkan Braithwaite's debut novel is plenty dark but surprisingly funny, exploring sibling dynamics heightened by the fact that there is serial killing involved. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
