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#567: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 10.2: Partners in Crime, or: Some Personal Reflections on the Work of Agatha Christie

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 / JJ / 6 Comments

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When is a podcast with a focus on impossible crimes not a podcast with a focus on impossible crimes?  Well, frankly, today.

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#564: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 10.1: The Impossible Crime Novels of Agatha Christie

August 10, 2019August 6, 2019 / JJ / 29 Comments

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With the self-imposed “every two months” deadline for episodes being a little difficult to maintain, it nevertheless gives me great pleasure to present to you today a new episode of our increasingly-occasional podcast The Men Who Explain Miracles.

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#546: The 10 Types of Impossible Crime – Categories and Titles from Our Talk at Bodies from the Library 2019

June 30, 2019June 25, 2024 / JJ / 27 Comments

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After being on something of an enforced hiatus for a little while, The Men Who Explain Miracles, the occasional podcast run by Dan from The Reader is Warned and myself, returned yesterday for a live show at the Bodies from the Library Conference 2019 at the British Library.

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#506: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 9.2: Laying Down the Laws – The Knox Decalogue & Detection Club Oath

March 2, 2019November 14, 2023 / JJ / 38 Comments

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Last week we looked at S.S. van Dine’s take on what a detective novel should be, this week Ronald Knox has his say.

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#503: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 9.1: Laying Down the Laws – The Van Dine Twenty

February 23, 2019February 19, 2019 / JJ / 27 Comments

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There’s joy in your heart, a spring in your step, a tune in your soul — could it be that The Men Who Explain Miracles are here with another episode of their universally listened-to-by-some-people podcast?

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#479: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 8.2: The Impossible Crimes of Paul Halter

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 / JJ / 26 Comments

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Last week we gave you an overview of the (translated) works of Paul Halter, this week I’ll be talking you through five novels you could pick up if you’re still not sure where to start.

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#476: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 8.1: The Impossible Crimes of Paul Halter

December 22, 2018December 21, 2018 / JJ / 43 Comments

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After a four month hiatus rather than the usual (and intended) two, Dan of The Reader is Warned and I are back with some impossible crime podcasting…and to my utter delight it’s the turn of M. Paul Halter to find himself in the spotlight.

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#429: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 7.2: The Ages of John Dickson Carr

August 25, 2018August 22, 2018 / JJ / 30 Comments

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Greetings, and welcome back to episode 7 of our every-two-monthly (is there a word for that?) podcast The Men Who Explain Miracles, which this month we’re using to look at the career of John Dickson Carr.

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#427: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 7.1: The Ages of John Dickson Carr

August 18, 2018August 19, 2018 / JJ / 83 Comments

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Well, hello there.  Can you believe it’s been two months since Dan and I interviewed Martin Edwards, and so is time for another episode of our podcast?  I certainly can’t.  And, this time around, we have a surprise for you…

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#403: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 6: An Interview with Martin Edwards

June 23, 2018May 11, 2019 / JJ / 14 Comments

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Last Saturday was — as Kate, Puzzle Doctor, Moira, and Martin Edwards have already reported — the Bodies from the Library Conference 2018 at the British Library, and a superb day it was indeed.

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