All About Agatha Christie

This is a perfect show! One of my life long topics, Kemper's beautiful voice, and always a topic that pulls me in and makes me so happy to be there! Thank you!!!

Discovered this podcast when it showed up on YouTube and started listening to episodes in chronological order. Pros: good concept, a chance to revisit the stories and (for me) the beloved 80’s PBS adaptations (loved having the “Mystery “ theme used for the podcast intro). Also found Catherine Brobeck to be the superior host by far: intelligent, concise, engaging. When Kemper and Catherine are having a more or less equal exchange they made a good pair and the podcast sparkles. Cons: Sadly, sadly, no more Catherine. Also, while not opposed to the idea of ranking, found the minutia of assigning numeric values tiresome and time consuming. Became annoyed at Kemper’s tendency to run on and on and on…. Not that what he said was necessarily bad, just felt that he loved the sound of his own voice. Conclusion: I will not be listening to this podcast once there I hit the episodes with a single host. And I will try not to be tune out whenKemper monopolizes the conversation. And I am very, very sorry that this is no longer a problem.

This is my favorite podcast. Thank you so much Kemper. I’ve just about finished listening to the older episodes so please keep it going!

After listening to a couple of dozen episodes, it is obvious that while the hosts claim to be fans of Agatha Christie, they don’t actually think very highly of any of her books. The litany of story factors that they don’t like grows with almost each podcast, and they recite the entire list in each review. I found their complete ratings list and see that their ratings confirm this. Using the possible 50 points available, and applying the standard A=90%-100%, B=80%-89%, etc., the hosts gave not one of the books a “A”, only 2 received a “B”, and 7 were given a “C”. The hosts gave a whopping 86% of Dame Christie’s books a failing grade. 36% “D” and 50% “F”. I could share specifics about the podcasts that I found lacking, but I think the ratings say it best.