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_The Big Sleep Topics of Discussion _ - 00:40 - First Impressions - 03:14 - Marlow's Pay - 05:03 - Marlow's Values - 06:56 - Marlow's World - 10:10 - 1930's Books - 11:00 - Problematic elements, representation of women and LGBTQ characters - 16:30 - Masculine and Feminine Power in the book - 22:42 - Why the title? Discussing 'The Big Sleep' - Predictions for second half of the book This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes 1:03 - Intro 2:04 - First Impressions 4:04 - Josh gets three guesses at the plot 10:10 - Plot Explained 32:20 - Ratings and What's Next This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes 0:00 - INITIAL THOUGHTS 5:38 - CINEMATIC SHALLOWNESS 8:20 - DISCUSSION OF ERNT 10:25 - NONSENSE PLOT 11:17 - BACK TO ERNT 13:50 - FEMINIST NOT FEMINIST BOOK 22:40 - SHALLOWNESS REVISITED 23:48 - PREDICTIONS FOR END OF THE BOOK This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
_Episode Notes: _ 00:00 - Intro 4:10 - Josh Goofs 05:40 - Court Cases and Herzog's character 07:51 - Court cases and impact on Herzog 10:04 - Herzog and his daughter 11:28 - The Philosophy of Death 17:21 - What cures Herzog 21:34 - Ramona, Sexuality and Marriage 28:20 - Depictions of other women in the book 29:17 - More on Death 34:00 - Overall Ratings This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
*Fully Book discusses: * Herzog's Philosophy references Eisenhower Herzog's personal issues Romana and possible redemption Bellow's writing prowess Predictions for the end of the book This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Conversation starts with what's up with Herzog and end with predictions about the rest of the novel.
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