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

October 10, 2020October 9, 2020 / JJ / 27 Comments

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

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

June 6, 2020June 5, 2020 / JJ / 20 Comments

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.

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

May 23, 2020June 2, 2020 / JJ / 18 Comments

As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls into its 348th week, Brad from AhSweetMysteryBlog is here with some salutary advice.

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

April 11, 2020June 5, 2020 / JJ / 75 Comments

Another week in lockdown, another episode of my new “hopefully this will distract you” Golden Age Detection podcast, In GAD We Trust.

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#464: The Wrong Stuff – Patience and the Detective Story via Station (2008) by Johanna Stokes and Leno Carvalho

November 24, 2018November 23, 2018 / JJ / 10 Comments

The Invisible Event

Classic detective fiction and impossible crimes

Alfred Hitchcock

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

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.

Continue reading →

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.

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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.

Continue reading →

#464: The Wrong Stuff – Patience and the Detective Story via Station (2008) by Johanna Stokes and Leno Carvalho

I was lured into Station by its format as much as its premise: a graphic novel telling a tale of murder on the International Space Station.

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