202 - Where the Crawdads Sing

On this episode of Your Stupid Minds, Chris's sister Sarah returns to the podcast because she's got a stick in her craw regarding the 2022 surprise sleeper summer hit Where the Crawdads Sing. Based on the book of the same name by Delia Owens. Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is accused of the murder of the high school's star quarterback Chase (Harris Dickinson) and tells her entire life story to defense attorney Tom Milton (David Strathairn). Her family, including her abusive father, abandoned her at their North Carolina swamp farm so she spent her childhood fending for herself. A nice swamp boy Tate (Taylor John Smith) teaches her to read, and eventually she starts dating Chase. But the townfolk only know her as "Swamp Girl," the disgusting swamp creature who kind of resembles a normal little girl who sometimes doesn't wear shoes. Will she be found guilty? Did she do it? Why did Sarah get kicked out of her book club? Did author Delia Owens have anything to do with that poacher's murder in the 90s? You'll just have to listen to find out. We don't have any answers for that last question, though.