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VoK 857: Andor Season 2 Review

Join the vassals as we discuss the excellent second season of Andor. A show that has really added to what Star Wars can be on screen. Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Kevin (Nuncle Kevin), Pat (TwoPointOh), and Zander (Lord Baron Blackfyre). Spoilers: Andor season 1 and 2 as well as the entire Star Wars movie universe and some of the other Star Wars TV shows. Editor: Adam [MP3] Download or play…

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VOK 850 - Agatha Christie 65 - Curtain

Bina007, Pat, Adam and Zander discuss the final Poirot novel, written during the Blitz, but published in September 1975. We welcome back Captain Hastings to Styles – now a guesthouse – for a combination of a closed house AND locked room mystery. Spoiler free to 53m. In the spoiler-section avoid spoilers for Murder on the Orient Express between 1hr7m and 1hr8m. [MP3] Download or play this…

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VOK 845 - Agatha Christie 62 - Nemesis

Pat and Bina007 put up a passionate defense of the 1971 Miss Marple murder mystery. The first half may be baggy as Miss Marple investigates a past murder by the son of the plutocrat Jason Rafiel. But the psychology and tragedy of the crime, as well as the audacity of the final set piece, elevate the novel. Spoiler free to 58m. Thereafter spoilers for Nemesis, Death on the Nile and Body In The…

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VOK 844 - Dune Part Two

Long believed lost, but rescued by brave Fremen, after a 20 worm ride into the deepest Southern Desert of Arrakis, the VOK Dune Part 2 podcast finally arrives. Vassals Pat, Michal, Jock and Michael discuss Denis Villeneuve’s 2024 epic science fiction film, Dune: Part 2.  [MP3] Download or play this episode directly[Archive]View this episode’s page on Archive.org[Discord] Join the VOK…

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VOK 827 - Agatha Christie 54 - The Clocks

Bina007 and Pat put up a spirited defence of Agatha’s much-maligned 1963 Poirot mystery set in a suburban street where a man was murdered surrounded by clocks. Christie picks up on the Cold War paranoia of the time, as channeled through her primary investigator Colin Lamb. We also have a cool Rear Window call-back. Spoiler free to 40m45s. [MP3] Download or play this episode…

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VOK 800 - Crackpot Endings Of Ice And Fire

In this celebratory 800th episode a host of Vassals go back to their ASOIAF roots and give us their weirdest whackiest theories of how the story will end for a character, story arc, or the entire thing. Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow and Ben/KingJucio kick us off with theories about Big Walder Frey, Rickon and Bran, Dany, Lady Stoneheart, Arya and Sansa, Ser Shadrich and Harry The Heir, Uncle Benjen,…

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VOK 798 - Agatha Christie Reread 48 - Dead Man's Folly

In this episode Bina007 and Pat / Two Point Oh discuss the 1956 Agatha Christie murder-mystery featuring Ariadne Oliver and Hercule Poirot. Ariadne has set up a fake mystery for guests at a summer fete to solve, but the fake murder victim ends up being murdered for real. Spoiler free to 35m35s. [MP3] Download or play this episode directly[Archive]View this episode’s page on Archive.org[Discord]…

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VOK 786 - Agatha Christie Reread 39 - Crooked House

The fabulously wealthy Aristide Leonides is murdered and suspicion immediately falls on his much younger second wife who could be having a flirtation with the grand-children’s tutor. But Aristide’s children and grandchildren also stood to benefit from his death in different ways. Aristide’s favourite granddaughter Sophia asks her fiancé to investigate…. Bina, Pat and Hannah disagree about the…

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