About this episode

The episode features a discussion with White Chocolate about the darker themes in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

White Chocolate is neither of those things. But he is my former cohost on the Evolve podcast I used to do. He's also a really interesting, smart and funny guy. And he picked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A story that never quite felt like a happy little children's story. We explore that and I introduce many Garden meanders.

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Lippman

Guest: White Chocolate

Topics covered

• children's literature
• story analysis
• humor
• podcast cohosts
• Garden meanders

Keywords

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• White Chocolate
• children's story
• podcast
• humor

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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