In GAD We Trust

Looking at different topics in detective fiction published during the Golden Age of 1920-1940 (precise dates may vary...)

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Spoiler Warning – The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha Christie

No, Christmas isn’t for another two months, but it’s been a tough year and so here’s a gift to get you through the darkening days (yes, thank-you, the Southern Hemisphere…): Brad and Moira discussing The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha Christie. And I’m there, too, of course. You can’t win ’em all. Having … Continue reading Spoiler Warning – The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha Christie...

Oct 24, 2020•1 hr 9 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 11: The Tropes of Detective Fiction [w’ James Scott Byrnside]

The time has come again for some nerdy Golden Age Detection podcasting, and James Scott Byrnside is here to oblige with a discussion about some of the tropes we know and love from GAD fiction After all, if you’re gonna have a discussion about tropes in detective fiction, you might as well have it with … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 11: The Tropes of Detective Fiction [w’ James Scott Byrnside]...

Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 27 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 10: Genre and Detective Fiction [w’ Ryan O’Neill]

A final (for now) podcast episode before I head off on hiatus, this time discussing the idea of genre with author Ryan O’Neill. This was going to be the first episode of a loose series on the theme of genre…and, I suppose, it still is, it’s just that that second, third, and fourth episodes will … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 10: Genre and Detective Fiction [w’ Ryan O’Neill]...

Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 22 min

Spoiler Warning – The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) by Agatha Christie

A podcast episode a couple of months short of 100 years in the making, we are here today to discuss The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) by Agatha Christie. To celebrate a century since the start of detective fiction’s Golden Age — no, Trent’s Last Case (1913), you stay out of this — myself, Moira … Continue reading Spoiler Warning – The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) by Agatha Christie...

Jul 25, 2020•1 hr 17 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 9: Japanese-English Translation + The Honjin Murders (1946) by Seishi Yokomizo [w’ Louise Heal Kawai]

A seam of superb Japanese detective novels and short stories have crossed the language barrier in recent years, teaching even the most culturally ignorant of us to tell our honkaku from our shin honkaku. And here to give us a sense of the work involved in making that happen is literary translator Louise Heal Kawai. … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 9: Japanese-English Translation + The Honjin Murders (1946) by Seishi Yokomizo [w’ Louise Heal Kawai]...

Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 8: Uncovering Long-Forgotten Short Stories + Bodies from the Library 3 (2020) ed. Tony Medawar [w’ Tony Medawar]

Today was due to have been the sixth (sixth!) Bodies from the Library conference at the British Library but, for obvious reasons, it’s not. I can’t, alas, give you a whole day of GAD-based discussion, but I can at least fill an hour with someone from that line-up of exceptionally knowledgable people, Tony Medawar. Perhaps … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 8: Uncovering Long-Forgotten Short Stories + Bodies from the Library 3 (2020) ed. Tony Medawar [w’ To...

Jul 04, 2020•1 hr 2 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 7: The Father Brown Stories of G.K. Chesterton [w’ John @ Countdown John’s Christie Journal]

This week on my Lockdown Podcast In GAD We Trust, the cream of G.K. Chesterton’s stories about his crime-solving Roman Catholic priest as selected by John who blogs at Countdown John’s Christie Journal. It went like this: John earmarked his ten favourite Father Brown stories, I read them, and we picked through their finer points, … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 7: The Father Brown Stories of G.K. Chesterton [w’ John @ Countdown John’s Christie&#16...

Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 6: Detective Fiction is Comedy [w’ Alasdair Beckett-King]

It’s long been a tenet of mine that detective fiction and comedy have a great deal in common, and to pursue that this week via the medium of podcasting I’ve enlisted the help of comedian Alasdair Beckett-King. In a conversation ostensibly about the parallels between detective fiction and stand-up comedy we also manage to cover … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 6: Detective Fiction is Comedy [w’ Alasdair Beckett-King]...

Jun 06, 2020•1 hr 6 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 5: GAD in the Time of COVID-19 [w’ Brad @ AhSweetMysteryBlog]

As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls into its 348th week, Brad from AhSweetMysteryBlog is here with some salutary advice. See, back in March, Brad made a great case for the approaching crisis and enforced isolation being the perfect circumstances in which to read some mystery fiction, and he’s here today to expand upon that theme and … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 5: GAD in the Time of COVID-19 [w’ Brad @ AhSweetMysteryBlog]...

May 23, 2020•58 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 4: Magic, Mummery, and Misdirection [w’ John @ Pretty Sinister Books]

Lockdown rolls on, and so does my GAD-focussed podcast, which this time around sees me picking the brains of John Norris who blogs at Pretty Sinister Books and is surely one of the most widely-read members of our GAD coterie. This episode sees us discussing the utilisation of magic in crime fiction, from its slightly … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 4: Magic, Mummery, and Misdirection [w’ John @ Pretty Sinister Books]...

May 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 3: British Library Crime Classics and Mortmain Hall (2020) by Martin Edwards [w’ Martin Edwards]

Here we go again, podcast time! And this week I’m joined by President of the Detection Club and recent recipient of the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger, Martin Edwards. Of course, Martin has been involved in the gamut of crime and detective fiction over the years, so conversation had to be restricted to just a … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 3: British Library Crime Classics and Mortmain Hall (2020) by Martin Edwards [w’ Martin Edwards]...

Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 4 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 2: Inverted Mysteries [w’ Aidan @ Mysteries Ahoy!]

Another week in lockdown, another episode of my new “hopefully this will distract you” Golden Age Detection podcast, In GAD We Trust. Today I’m joined by Aidan of Mysteries Ahoy! who, having made something of a study of the inverted mystery on his blog, suggested them as the topic for this episode. In order to … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 2: Inverted Mysteries [w’ Aidan @ Mysteries Ahoy!]...

Apr 11, 2020•1 hr 13 min

In GAD We Trust – Episode 1: Female Sleuths [w’ Kate @ CrossExaminingCrime]

You’re stuck at home, you’re bored, you could really do with a new, Golden Age Detection-focussed podcast to help pass the time, eh? Let’s hope so, because today you’re getting the first episode of my latest undertaking: a Golden Age Detection-focussed podcast called In GAD We Trust. With so many people being at home, and … Continue reading In GAD We Trust – Episode 1: Female Sleuths [w’ Kate @ CrossExaminingCrime]...

Apr 04, 2020•58 min

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