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June 29, 2023 72 mins
Buzz buzz, creepy kids, today Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are tackling a stack of short stories by Roald Dahl, focussing on his collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar And Six More. In this episode they discuss the horror of boarding schools, make predictions about which stories Wes Anderson is likely to adapt, and Ren becomes overwhelmed with mirth at Joyce Carol Oates' tweets about skeletons. Transcript (and Ren's Texture of the Week that they forgot to say in the episode) is at this link: https://stillscared.podigee.io/54-henrysugar Content note: Our discussion of the story The Swan discusses bullying between kids at some length.
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