A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• Veronica finds a lot of different versions of events when she investigates what happened to her on the night of Shelly Pomroy’s party;

• Keith finds Duncan in Cuba;

• Duncan finds out that Logan and Veronica are a couple;

• We find that a beard does not suit Duncan;

• And Veronica finds hidden cameras in Logan’s poolhouse - and for once, it wasn’t even her who put them there!

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 21: A Trip to the Dentist, and consider such mysteries as why all the single-episode Bro9ers are reunited in this episode, how Marses are able to appear behind things without anyone noticing, and what the - what IS that on Duncan’s face???

Content note:Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning rape, non-consensual sexual activity, drugs, and involuntary intoxication.

See more about this episode, and read the transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-21.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

Find the show @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and tell us what you have scrawled across a car in a cloud of rage.

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A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• A nice student called Carmen tries to break up with her boyfriend.

• But he won’t let her - and if she tries, he’ll leak a video of her suggestively sucking a popsicle in a hot tub! Toxic Neptune strikes again!

• But Toxic Neptune strikes even worse in Veronica’s plan to get revenge on this guy.

• At least things are delightful and cute and beautiful between Keith Mars and Alicia Fennel - but Clarence Wiedman’s about to ruin their bliss.

• Things are also hot and heavy between Logan and Veronica…

• …until she discovers something shocking about the night of Shelly Pomroy’s fateful party.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 20: M.A.D. (that’s Mutually Assured Destruction to you) and consider such mysteries as why Veronica’s plot is so complicated and why she didn’t just go to the police in the first place and save us the agony of this episode.

See more about this episode, and read the transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-20.

CONTENT NOTE: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning non-consensual sex, violence, and drugs.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

Find the show @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and tell us what you think Aaron Echolls won two Oscars for.

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A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• Someone called Mandy has lost her dog and wants Veronica to find him.

• Even though Veronica’s busy enough trying to find out why Weevil broke into Lilly Kane’s bedroom the other night.

• Logan’s sister Trina has a boyfriend who is bad news.

• But Mr Bad News himself Aaron Echolls is there to deal some very bad news to Trina’s boyfriend’s face.

• Veronica breaks up with Deputy Leo, but they stay friends - so he can carry on doing favours for her, great, lucky him.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 19: Hot Dogs, and consider such mysteries as why you’d be pleased to see supersmart teen detective Veronica Mars when you’re running a dognapping scheme that you presumably do not want her to bust, as well as Wishbone’s outfits, and Judy Blume’s Forever as an educational resource.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-19.

CONTENT NOTE: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes discussions about violence, abusive families and abusive relationships.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• Something’s afoot at Neptune High - the bomb squad is sniffing around.

• And there are two suspicious students: the one with a bedroom full of weapons…

• …and the one who’s basically Christian Slater in Heathers, plus a car full of fertilizer and guns.

• Also we meet another new Duncan: Disappearing Duncan. Where’s Duncan gone??

• Meanwhile, there’s romance in the air: Keith and Wallace’s mom are dating!

• Aaaand: there’s also the kiss that launched a thousand ’ships.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman and special guest Joanna Robinson to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 18: Weapons of Class Destruction, which includes such mysteries as the extremes of high school journalism, Angry Rotating Duncan, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas’s ratty mullet wig.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-18.

Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning violence.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• Veronica tracks down Abel Koontz’s daughter and hides her in a motel.

• Veronica also grudgingly takes on the case of uppity student Sabrina, who is being harrassed to the detriment of her midterms.

• Jake and Celeste Kane did some covering up on the night of Lilly’s death, with the help of Clarence Wiedman…

• …Who is all over the place spooking everybody in this episode, keeping it subtle and undercover by wearing a very noticeable hat.

• And! There’s another PI in town - Vinnie Van Lowe. He has a fake moustache and no morals. But he sure can sing Hall and Oates like a champ.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 17 Kanes and Abel’s, and probe such mysteries as how the hell dinner at the Kanes’ house always manages to be soul-destroying, why if you’re supposed to be acting stealthily you’d go around wearing an outfit you stole from a 1940s gumshoe, and why you’d have such primped hair when you’re in hiding.

Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning violence, murder and mental health.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-17.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• The school mascot, Polly the parrot, is missing!

• A rival school’s mascot, Billy the goat, is also missing!

• No longer missing, though: Veronica’s mom. But she’s not in a good way…

• One person’s having a good time, at least: Wallace! He’s the toast of the basketball team, he’s getting high fived wherever he goes, and someone’s leaving cookies in his locker.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 16: Betty and Veronica, and consider such mysteries as when Veronica got good at baking, why Keith Mars has to say the phrase ‘making love’ a million times this episode, and which delivery company would handle an unstable box full of raw goat meat.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-16.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown. 

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A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:

• A Russian mail order bride wants Veronica to find her lost love, an actor named Tom Cruz. (Note: NOT Tom Cruise.)

• Meg Manning wants Veronica to find the identity of her secret admirer - which rich white boy of Neptune could it be??

• Logan’s on hotel stakeout in the hopes of finding his mom.

• Keith is being tailed by two guys in terrible suits.

• And could one of them lend Logan some pants?

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 15: Ruskie Business, and probe such mysteries as why Wallace is STILL unable to resist doing favours for Veronica when said favours earn him a reputation as a jockstrap-sniffer, whether Veronica just has a stack of bridezilla props ready to go, and whether we’d rather go to prom with “some kid with that high school kid look” or a trashcan with boobs.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-15.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown. 

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A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:

• Student Carrie Bishop claims that Mr Rooks, the best teacher at Neptune High, has had sex with her.

• But Veronica is determined to prove Mr Rooks innocent! She doesn’t like Carrie, and she loves Mr Rooks’s wacky theatrical teacher tricks.

• This puts her at odds with Keith all episode - we hate it when the Marses fight! But we love the very good prank he plays on Veronica.

• Logan needs Veronica to prove that his mother is still alive.

• And Veronica pays another visit to Abel Koontz on death row.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 14: Mars vs Mars, and crack such mysteries as whether there’s only one cafe in Neptune, whether a Teacher With Wacky Fun Teaching Methods actually makes you learn anything, if you can pay a visit to Death Row just for a mic drop moment, and why Veronica is channelling Sheriff Lamb this episode.

Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning suicide, statutory rape, and grooming.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-14. Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning family abuse and suicide.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:

• Neptune’s own gangsta rap record boss, Bone Hamilton, needs Keith to find his daughter Yolanda, who is missing, presumed kidnapped.

• A long time ago, Yolanda and Veronica used to be friends - but they haven’t talked lately at all. What went wrong?

• What went wrong is LOGAN, but that’s nothing compared to what he’s having to deal with this episode.

• And Wallace has a new hairstyle, don’t touch it Veronica, please.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 13: Lord of the Bling, and try to solve such mysteries as why Logan is so well up on Broadway hits of the 1890s.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-13. Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning family abuse and suicide.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:

• There’s a secret society! Because where there are rich white boys, there are secret societies.

• Someone is trying to pin a fake ID racket on Veronica. She didn’t do it!

• What she is guilty of is being great at karaoke.

• Duncan, however… not so much.

• And even though you thought the Echolls family couldn’t get any bleaker, it gets a ton bleaker.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 12: Clash of the Tritons, and consider such mysteries as whether Cliff is a good lawyer, whether Miss James is the worst grief counsellor, and what the range is of a spy stapler with a bug in it.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-12. Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning violence, murder and suicide.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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