Tea & Murder: An Agatha Christie Podcast

Steven Garner, a legal translator also known for his Instagram account, @christie_in_translation, joins host Rebecca Thandi Norman to discuss the beloved Marple mystery 4:50 from Paddington. The two talk about why this is a great example of Jane Marple's personality, the character of Lucy Eyelesbarrow, and whether this would be an easy book to translate.

Read 4:50 from Paddington
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This podcast is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman and produced by Kate Krosschell. Our sound engineer is Winther Robinson. Have feedback for us? Get in touch! Email us at teaandmurderpodcast@gmail.com or follow us at @teaandmurder on Instagram.
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It's our third play on the podcast, and you know what? We should really do this more often. Host Rebecca Thandi Norman speaks with mystery writer Jamie West about Spider's Web, which is Christie's second-longest running play of all time. It quickly becomes clear why: it's funny, engaging, and exactly what you'd expect from a Christie: a twisty murder in the manor house on the English countryside. Jamie discusses how his work in the theatre led him to write his own mystery series, why Christie plays endure today, and what it is about this one that has always stuck out in his mind.

Read Spider's Web (play)
Read Spider's Web (novelisation)
Read Death on the Pier by Jamie West
Read Murder at the Matinee by Jamie West
Follow Jamie on Instagram

This podcast is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman and produced by Kate Krosschell. Our sound engineer is Winther Robinson. Have feedback for us? Get in touch! Email us at teaandmurderpodcast@gmail.com or follow us at @teaandmurder on Instagram.
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Writer, historian, and curator Subhadra Das has been exploring the connection between Golden Age detective fiction and eugenics. In this interview, she discusses the late Christie work, Elephants Can Remember. She and host Rebecca Thandi Norman address eugenics concepts across Christie's career, why Poirot would take this case, if "twin plots" ever really work, and which book Rebecca thought she was agreeing to before getting started (spoilers: it wasn't the right one!).

Read Elephants Can Remember
Read Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West by Subhadra Das
Follow Subhadra on Instagram
Visit Subhadra's website

This podcast is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman and produced by Kate Krosschell. Our sound engineer is Winther Robinson. Have feedback for us? Get in touch! Email us at teaandmurderpodcast@gmail.com or follow at @teaandmurder on Instagram.
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Ram Murali's debut novel, Death in the Air, is not only a fun and glamorous mystery set in an Indian hotel, it's also a love letter to Agatha Christie. Host Rebecca and Ram discuss homages to Christie's work, how characters are created, and the messy-but-sometimes-fun Death in the Clouds.

Read Death in the Air by Ram Murali
Read Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

This podcast is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman and produced by Kate Krosschell. Our sound engineer is Winther Robinson. Have feedback for us? Get in touch! Email us at teaandmurderpodcast@gmail.com or follow at @teaandmurder on Instagram.

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In the first episode of season 1, host Rebecca Thandi Norman welcomes comedian and writer Josh Gondelman to discuss the classic kids' comedy book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. They dive into how to structure jokes for kids that still resonate with adults and to how this book is reflected in Josh's own work. How does a comedian build his comedic sensibility? Books are a pretty good start!

Read Sideways Stories from Wayside School

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Read Josh's book, Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results

Resources we discussed off-mic:
Labour Notes
How Things Work by Hamilton Nolan
Salvo by Kim Kelly
Jacobin articles by Alex N. Press

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This podcast is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman, produced by Kate Krosschell, and sound engineered by Winther Robinson. Title music is by DJARTMUSIC.
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