Ep. 10 UGLY THOUGHTS & CROCODILE TONGUES w/ Glen Rockney (Patreon)

Topic: Roald DahlJames and the Giant Peach (1961)The Twits (1980)The BFG (1982)The Witches (1983)Guest: Glen RockneyFEATURING yeerk's mum in the role of ** SPECIAL GUEST READER **

yeerk is joined by Glen Rockney of Rare Candy and The Back Wall to discuss the recent scandal involving Roald Dahl's legacy of children's literature, its wholesale butchery by a shadowy and unaccountable 'sensitivity reading' consultancy firm, and the value of Dahl's writing todayAlong the way they compare childhood bee encounters, ponder the significance of the sphere, and medidate on the moments of genuine Otherness that mark Dahl's writing"One thousand long slimy crocodile tongues boiled up in the skull of a dead witch for twenty days and nights with the eyeballs of a lizard!""He seemed almost to be transfigured by the excitement of his thoughts. His face was beautiful in its blaze of emotions."Check out Rare Candy&The Back WallFollow GlenIntro theme by Laz Harding (The Upest Fukist)