Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-07
Books mentioned on 190. What’s the Point of Nostalgia?
Is it dangerous to live in the past? Why is Disney remaking all of its classic movies?
Mike Maughan discussed Zoom by Istvan Banyai. Also mentioned: Peter and Wendy by James Matthew Barrie and Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zoom
Discussed“I will say one of the best pieces of advice I heard recently was from someone who was telling me about a children's book, I don't know what book it is, but the entire book just repeats over and over the two words, 'Zoom out, zoom out, zoom out, and maybe that's the power of nostalgia.'”
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Peter and Wendy
Discussed“at least as it's told in the original 1911 novel Peter and Wendy by Scottish author and playwright JM Barry”
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Peter Pan
Discussed“at least as it's told in the original 1911 novel Peter and Wendy by Scottish author and playwright JM Barry”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Little House on the Prairie
“I felt like I was, I don't know, it was like very Little House on the Prairie feeling, like you know, you're Laura with Mary.”