{"podcast":{"title":"All About Agatha Christie","slug":"all-about-agatha-christie-959061","podcast_index_feed_id":959061,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/a74d7c/feeds.simplecast.com/UP2Isnsy","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/all-about-agatha-christie/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6215cda8-011d-4ccd-9fe8-c389912a62af/15e3010a-c596-4df2-bc18-45ff1950a068/3000x3000/all_about_agatha.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan","episode_count":319,"summary":"All About Agatha is a podcast all about, well, Agatha. Agatha Christie, of course: the Queen of Crime, a real-life Dame of the British Empire, and author of sixty-six mystery novels that spanned the Twentieth Century, defining a genre. For five years, Catherine Brobeck and Kemper Donovan revisited these novels in publication order, ranking them according to pre-set criteria (plot, character, etc.). Tragically, Catherine Brobeck passed away at the end of 2021. She will be forever missed. Since then, Kemper has completed the podcast's ranking project, and continues to celebrate the greatness of Christie by attempting to solve the ultimate mystery where she is concerned. Why Christie--and Christie alone--endures as powerfully as she does.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie-959061"},"episode":{"title":"Interview with Dr. Mark Aldridge, Project Research Lead for BBC Maestro's Agatha Christie Writing Course","slug":"interview-with-dr-mark-aldridge-project-research-lead-for-bbc-maestro-s-agatha-christie-writing-course","published_at":"2025-06-13T21:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie-959061/interview-with-dr-mark-aldridge-project-research-lead-for-bbc-maestro-s-agatha-christie-writing-course","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie-959061","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/all-about-agatha-christie/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/d8115215-7700-49cd-9bb9-8d422a415f6a/episodes/916e6f78-013a-46b8-ab92-f5b30577b40c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d8115215-7700-49cd-9bb9-8d422a415f6a&awEpisodeId=916e6f78-013a-46b8-ab92-f5b30577b40c&feed=UP2Isnsy","summary":"There's a decent chance you've heard about the recent online course put out by BBC Maestro, in which a digitally manipulated representation of Agatha Christie teaches the craft of writing a mystery. Yes, really! I was fortunate enough to sit down with the person responsible for all the research that went into this quite heavily researched project: Dr. Mark Aldridge. As many longtime listeners will know, Mark has been a guest here many times, and his appearance on this episode was just as enjoyable and informative as what we've come to expect of him. Let's get into it. BBC Maestro's Agatha Christie course On Writing can be found here. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, is currently available for purchase. You can also buy The Busy Body, the first book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, in paperback at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand. Visit the podcast on Instagram, and me personally at my author website.","meta_description":"There's a decent chance you've heard about the recent online course put out by BBC Maestro, in which a digitally manipulated representation of Agatha Chri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3862,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/all-about-agatha-christie-959061/episodes/interview-with-dr-mark-aldridge-project-research-lead-for-bbc-maestro-s-agatha-christie-writing-course/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie-959061/interview-with-dr-mark-aldridge-project-research-lead-for-bbc-maestro-s-agatha-christie-writing-course.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}