Poirot Pals
Caitlin Morris and Chad Lind
Join hosts Caitlin Morris and Chad Lind as they endeavor to read, research, and discuss all thirty-three Hercule Poirot mystery novels.
To get the most out of this audio book club, listen to the pre-read episodes before you read each book. Then, process your thoughts with Chad and Caitlin during each debrief episode.
Join us as we read in real-time, or listen and read at your leisure.
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Debrief: The Mysterious Affair At Styles
Poirot Pals
08/22/23 • 117 min
Caution! Spoilers ahead! (Many, many, many spoilers.)
Listen to this episode after you read The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
Caitlin and Chad discuss The Mysterious Affair At Styles, chapter by chapter.
You can read The Mysterious Affair at Styles for free on Project Gutenberg and listen to the book for free on the Pheobe Reads a Mystery podcast.
Listen to The Mysterious Affair at Styles reading playlist on Spotify (curated by us) as you read.
Share the highlights of your reading experience and your thoughts about books, Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, or anything else we mention. Email us or send us an audio recording at [email protected].
Music Credits
- Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
- Hastings in Love Music: Symphony No. 5, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Sources:
- “Ceramic Spill Vase (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service , U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/articles/000/ceramic-spill-vase.htm#:~:text=A%20spill%20vase%20was%20originally,tobacco%20in%20a%20smoking%20pipe. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- Christie, Agatha. “The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - Reading Guide: 9780525565109 - Penguinrandomhouse.Com: Books.” PenguinRandomhouse.Com , Knopf, www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/27561/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles-by-agatha-christie/9780525565109/readers-guide/. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- French, David. “Spy Fever in Britain, 1900–1915*: The Historical Journal.” Cambridge Core , Cambridge University Press, 11 Feb. 2009, www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/spy-fever-in-britain-19001915/B22197206C761AA3D8B82F736D67D635.
- Maloney, Wendi A. “World War I: The Women’s Land Army: Timeless.” The Library of Congress , 26 Mar. 2018, blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/03/world-war-i-the-womens-land-army/.
- “Study of a Land Worker.” Imperial War Museums , www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/23978. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
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Start Here! An Introduction to Poirot Pals
Poirot Pals
08/22/23 • 39 min
Join hosts Caitlin Morris and Chad Lind as they solve the case of "Why Start a Podcast That Entails Reading Every Hercule Poirot Mystery?"
Want to share your thoughts about Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, or anything else we mention? Email us or send us an audio recording at [email protected].
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
Sources:
- “Agatha Christie.” Biography , A&E Networks Television, www.biography.com/authors-writers/agatha-christie. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- “Agatha Christie.” Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Agatha-Christie. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- “Facts about Hercule Poirot - Characters.” Characters - Agatha Christie , www.agathachristie.com/characters/hercule-poirot/facts-about-hercule-poirot. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- Joint, Laura. “How Agatha Christie Grew to Dislike Hercule Poirot.” BBC , BBC, 27 Oct. 2010, news.bbc.co.uk/local/devon/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9131000/9131482.stm.
- Prahl, Amanda. “Biography of Agatha Christie, English Mystery Writer.” ThoughtCo , ThoughtCo, 30 July 2021, www.thoughtco.com/agatha-christie-1779787.
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Pre-Read: The Murder On The Links
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10/31/23 • 29 min
Listen to this episode before you read Murder On The Links.
Join Caitlin and Chad as they discuss the historical contexts surrounding the creation of Agatha Christie's beloved character, Hercule Poirot. You'll get tips on how to read the book, where to read the book, and what to look out for as you read.
This is a spoiler-free episode.
You can read Murder On The Links for free on Project Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58866/58866-h/58866-h.htm
You can listen to the Murder On The Links audiobook for free with Phoebe Reads A Mystery:
https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/
Listen to our Murder On The Links Playlist on Spotify while you read:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5B4sIj65vyIpUZNwRcMJnD?si=0f44170e3e72494a
Want to share your thoughts about Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, or anything else we mention? Email us or send us an audio recording at [email protected].
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_on_the_Links
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10/04/23 • 40 min
Join Caitlin and Chad as they complete their "Hallowe'en Party Trilogy" with a detailed discussion of Kenneth Branagh's new film, A Haunting In Venice.
BEWARE!!! Murder, ghosts, and SPOILERS ahead!!!
(Huge thanks to special guest Jessica Lohafer!)
Music Credits
- Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
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01/22/24 • 36 min
Watch out for spoilers! They're everywhere!
Caitlin and Chad discuss chapters eighteen through twenty-one of Agatha Christie's The Murder On The Links.
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny
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Pre-Read: The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
Poirot Pals
04/11/24 • 29 min
Listen to this episode before you read The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd.
Join Caitlin and Chad as they discuss the historical contexts surrounding the creation of Agatha Christie's beloved character, Hercule Poirot. You'll get tips on how to read the book, where to read the book, and what to look out for as you read.
This is a spoiler-free episode.
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
Read along to our Spotify Playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6begXdyjILK1zwyjOHcQuJ?si=4982982c08554c2c
Read along to a free version of the audiobook here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/46ChZ6dsbBXQUvGrRQnenH?si=GCYgjQnGT-yFmoi8rxYyPQ
Listen to The Campbell Playhouse Radio Drama (starring Orson Welles in one too many roles) here:
The Campbell Playhouse: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Choice Classic Radio Drama & Horror | Old Time RadioWatch the 2018 Fuji TV version (Kuroido Goroshi) here:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8il2r2
Sources:
https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd
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11/21/23 • 42 min
WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!
Caitlin and Chad discuss the first four chapters of Agatha Christie'sThe Murder On The Links.
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
Sources:
- https://wordhistories.net/2020/11/14/hell-said-duchess/
- https://lithub.com/edith-wharton-on-how-to-write-a-vivid-first-line/
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Pre-Read: The Mysterious Affair At Styles
Poirot Pals
08/22/23 • 38 min
Listen to this episode before you read The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
Join Caitlin and Chad as they discuss the historical contexts surrounding the creation of Agatha Christie's beloved character, Hercule Poirot. You'll get tips on how to read the book, where to read the book, and what to look out for as you read.
This is a spoiler-free episode.
You can read The Mysterious Affair at Styles for free on Project Gutenberg and listen to the book for free on the Phoebe Reads a Mystery podcast.
Listen to The Mysterious Affair at Styles reading playlist on Spotify (curated by us) as you read.
Want to share your thoughts about Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, or anything else we mention? Email us or send us an audio recording at [email protected].
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
Sources:
- “About Agatha Christie - the World’s Best-Selling Novelist.” The World’s Best-Selling Novelist - Agatha Christie , www.agathachristie.com/about-christie#christies-life. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- Christie, Agatha. “The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - Reading Guide: 9780525565109 - Penguinrandomhouse.Com: Books.” PenguinRandomhouse.Com , Knopf, www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/27561/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles-by-agatha-christie/9780525565109/readers-guide/. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- “How Belgian Refugees Kept the British Army Going during the First World War.” Imperial War Museums , www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-belgian-refugees-kept-the-british-army-going-during-the-first-world-war. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Essex.” Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 17 July 2023, www.britannica.com/place/Essex-county-England.
- “The Mysterious Affair at Styles.” Wikipedia , Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Aug. 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles.
- “A Note from an Agatha Christie Purist.” Agatha Christie , 25 May 2017, www.agathachristie.com/news/2017/a-note-from-an-agatha-christie-purist#:~:text=Moustaches%20were%20a%20symbol%20of,King%20Albert%20I%20of%20Belgium.
- “Refugees: Tracing the Belgian Refugees.” Imperial War Museums , www.iwm.org.uk/history/refugees-tracing-the-belgian-refugees. Accessed 18 Aug. 2023.
- “Trench Warfare.” National WWI Museum and Memorial , www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/trench-warfare#:~:text=The%20trench%20systems%20on%20the,not%20i
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12/20/23 • 54 min
WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!
Caitlin and Chad discuss chapters eight through thirteen of Agatha Christie'sThe Murder On The Links.
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny.
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01/15/24 • 65 min
Watch out for spoilers! They're everywhere!
Caitlin and Chad discuss chapters fourteen through seventeen of Agatha Christie's The Murder On The Links.
Theme Music: The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny
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FAQ
How many episodes does Poirot Pals have?
Poirot Pals currently has 22 episodes available.
What topics does Poirot Pals cover?
The podcast is about Mystery, Book Club, Literature, Fiction, History, Discussion, Friendship, Agatha Christie, Podcasts, Books, Detective, Book and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Poirot Pals?
The episode title 'Start Here! An Introduction to Poirot Pals' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Poirot Pals?
The average episode length on Poirot Pals is 48 minutes.
How often are episodes of Poirot Pals released?
Episodes of Poirot Pals are typically released every 21 days, 3 hours.
When was the first episode of Poirot Pals?
The first episode of Poirot Pals was released on Aug 22, 2023.
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