In this episode we take a close look at Veronica Mars through the lens of the Enneagram

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Although it’s not currently streaming anywhere (other than for rent or purchase) it will be available on Hulu Summer 2019 - as a lead-up to the revival!

Here are a couple of fun quizzes that are Veronica Mars related:

Here are the “which character are you?” ones:

http://www.zimbio.com/quiz/TzWvmhX8kZg/Veronica+Mars+Character

https://brainfall.com/quizzes/which-veronica-mars-character-are-you/

And for the true fans “can you finish these one-liners?”:

https://www.bustle.com/articles/95867-can-you-finish-these-veronica-mars-one-liners-only-true-marshmallows-can-quiz

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Music: Matthew Zigenis

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In this episode Janelle and Becky come back together after their solo episodes to take a close look at Nancy Drew through the lens of the Enneagram.

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The opening quote used in this episode was from a memo sent from Edward Stratemeyer to Grosset & Dunlap to sell this series of stories about the girl sleuth. It can be found in box 320 of the New York Public Library, or it can be found the way we found it in the Edgar Award Winning book:

Read the book for yourself: The Secret of the Old Clock

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In this solo episode, Becky takes a close look at the dark and seedy world of the Private Detective and Femme Fatale using Raymond Chandler’s novel, The Big Sleep.

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Most of the facts and information about Hard-boiled fiction and Film Noir came from extensive research. The sources I depend on most heavily is Eddie Muller’s 2 seminal and really fun works: Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir and Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir

Raymond Chandler’s influential essay about detective and crime writing: The Simple Art of Murder

The greatest Hard-Boiled novel, and the text of this episode: The Big Sleep

As promised, my Film Noir recommendations:

“Double Indemnity”

“The Maltese Falcon”

“Out of the Past”

“Sunset Boulevard”

“The Big Heat”

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In this solo episode Janelle takes a close look at Dame Agatha Christie’s most famous detectives: Monsieur Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, through the lens of the Enneagram

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Unless stated otherwise, most of the facts about Christie, Poirot, and Marple come from this most helpful website: https://www.agathachristie.com/

The texts I consulted to type these characters:

Poirot: https://www.agathachristie.com/stories/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles

Marple: https://www.agathachristie.com/stories/the-thirteen-problems

Here’s that link to the “10 Commandments”: https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/tips-masters/ronald-knox-10-commandments-of-detective-fiction

And finally, if you’re really interested and feel like you want to wade through some murky narratological waters, here’s a link to Janelle’s master’s dissertation on Agatha Christie’s use of narrative focalisation: https://www.academia.edu/3569914/Concealing_the_Story_A_Study_of_Agatha_Christies_Use_of_Narrative_Focalisation

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In this episode we take a close look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s dynamic detecting duo Sherlock Holmes and John Watson through the lens of the Enneagram

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Edgar Allan Poe changing the focus from a “detective story” to a “tale of detection” specifically comes from Charles J. Rzepka’s book Detective Fiction, (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010)

I am grateful to the incomparable Richard Lancelyn Green, the foremost Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle scholar who has done immense work on all of the rumors, stories and truths about this story that we shared. Additionally the fantastic introduction to the Barnes and Noble to The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I is a great, and completely accessible source! Check it out: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/complete-sherlock-holmes-volume-i-arthur-conan-doyle/1100318390#/

If you want to read the story we used to type these characters, in a really lovely (and affordable) version: https://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-1891-Illustrated-Anniversary/dp/1949460568/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547701472&sr=1-13&keywords=a+study+in+scarlet

Because these are always so fun, here’s a quiz to tell you if you’re more like Sherlock Holmes or John Watson: https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/are-you-more-like-sherlock-holmes-or-john-watson

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Welcome to Type This Cast Season 2: The Detectives.

We're really looking forward to diving into some of our favorite detective stories through the lens of the Enneagram.

Be watching your podcast feeds for episode 1 later this month.

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To preview the stories we will be diving into check out the links below:

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Available for FREE online through Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/244

A Penguin edition of A Study in Scarlet: https://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140439080/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546122981&sr=8-1&keywords=a+study+in+scarlet+penguin

Collection of the Complete Sherlock Holmes (if you want to be exhaustive): https://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Complete-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0141040289/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546122829&sr=8-1&keywords=penguin+complete+sherlock+holmes

Agatha Christie

https://www.agathachristie.com/

The Mysterious Affair at Styles: https://www.powells.com/book/mysterious-affair-at-styles-a-hercule-poirot-mystery-9780062073914/71-0

"The Tuesday Night Club" as published in The Thirteen Problems: https://www.agathachristie.com/stories/the-thirteen-problems

Raymond Chandler and Film Noir and Fiction

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (essential reading): https://www.amazon.com/Big-Sleep-Novel-Philip-Marlowe-ebook/dp/B000FA64VO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546123488&sr=1-1&keywords=the+big+sleep

Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir by Eddie Muller (One of my favourite sources of Film Noir criticism and insanity): https://www.amazon.com/Dark-City-Lost-World-Film/dp/0312180764

Film Noir Foundation: All you ever wanted to know (and conferences!) http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/home.html

Veronica Mars

IMDB info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412253/

Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock

Classic copy of the book https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Clock-Nancy-Drew-Book/dp/0448095017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546124028&sr=8-1&keywords=secret+of+the+old+clock+nancy+drew

In this Christmas Special episode we take a close look at the classic film,  Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

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Around this time of year it’s easy to find showings of the film in theaters. But it’s often available on one of the online streaming services.

Some fun facts about White Christmas:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g2997/white-christmas-movie-facts/

Find out what character you are:

https://ohmy.disney.com/quiz/2014/10/23/quiz-which-nightmare-before-christmas-character-are-you/

For those who want to play along, here’s the poll to type this cast:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8mursMJZr3SQO6jRnVX-kHsSQXC1Jml6yU_deML9FA2D0hg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Music: Matthew Zigenis

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In this Halloween Special episode we take a close look at the Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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Around this time of year it’s easy to find showings of the film in theaters. But it’s often available on one of the online streaming services.

As mentioned here’s a link to the original poem: http://mentalfloss.com/article/54287/original-nightmare-christmas-poem

Find out what character you are:

https://ohmy.disney.com/quiz/2014/10/23/quiz-which-nightmare-before-christmas-character-are-you/

For those who want to play along, here’s the poll to type this cast:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvw8s96wX2HiGGPfvElhB7liULVLusSXitYauqZerpJ2Fydw/viewform?usp=sf_link

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In this episode we take a close look at the short story “October in the Chair” by Neil Gaiman.

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The story can be found in the short story collection Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. http://www.powells.com/book/-9780060515232 (In Fragile Things, you’ll also find the poem “Instructions,” which is our episode closing, what I am saying is, you need this collection!)

An audio version of “October in the Chair”: https://youtu.be/LbMGsAlqVBM

A beautiful reading by Gaiman himself of his poem “Instructions”: https://youtu.be/bi2pBZGJqj8

Warning: in experiencing this lovely poem you may find yourself lost in the land of fairy tales!

For those who want to play along, here’s the poll to type this cast:

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