Ep 758 - Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom

Overdue by Andrew Cunningham and Craig Getting

Jul 6, 202601:12:47Arts

Life is like a box of podcasts, you sort of know what you're gonna get (e.g. host-read ads, friends talking books, hot takes about books that inspired movies). Winston Groom's picaresque romp Forrest Gump inspired a jugg...

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