Witches & Dicks

Evelyn Archer & Lucy Neptune
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There’s something a bit supernatural to detectives and there’s a bit of the private d*ck in a witch. Veronica Mars removes hexes. Willow Rosenberg solves crimes. Join pals Evelyn Archer and Lucy Neptune as they plunge into these mysterious waters and have a chinwag about Witches, Murder Mysteries, Private Detectives (and sometimes people who are actual d***s). Lucy is a tenacious puzzle solver, and Evelyn has watched enough Murder She Wrote to start her own detective agency. So join us for a cackling good time as we explore the places where Mysteries Collide.

Episodes

  1. 07/18/2022

    A Hot Minute

    EP 6: A HOT MINUTE [rec. July 29, 2022] We close out the season under the cloud of the SCOTUS decision and well… well, everything. We dive into ways we’ve been nourishing and caring for ourselves, and LISTENER MAIL! We’ll be back in a few months with SEASON TWO, so stay tuned. [Character limits prevent us from linking everything, sorry! We prioritize BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and living folks 3] Only Murders in the Building (Arconia) Hestia Thich Nhat Hanh MLK. quote Ted Lasso Jean Ritchie Desiree Stephens Becky Chambers Wayfarers Shady Hollow mysteries Ghost Days Diane Seuss Wendell Berry Rebecca Tamás Leonora Carrington #leftistprepper Stardew Valley The Kids in the Hall Freya Baba Yaga (see our Ep. 4!) Florence and the Machine Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Witches of Eastwick (Alexandria Medford) Bewitched Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Baker St. Irregulars Beverly Hills Cop (Axel Foley) Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Murder She Wrote (Jessica Fletcher - see our Ep. 3!) Kiki’s Delivery Service (Kiki and Jiji) Veronica Mars (Veronica, Wallace, and Mack) Akata Witch (Sunny Nwazue) Armand Gamache Easy Rawlins American Horror Story (Marie Laveau) Terry Pratchett's Granny Weatherwax Chilling Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Sabrina, Salem) Rowling's Harry Potter (Crookshanks and Hedwig) Nancy Drew (Bess, George, Ned) Harry Dresden (Bob) Della Street Bell, Book, and Candle Quorn pr Logo by Alex ZapataMusic by Prettysleepy on PixabayTranscript by Otter AIPublic Library Association Support the show

    1h 5m

  2. 06/28/2022

    She's Extremely Clever. It's Kind of a Nightmare.

    It’s MIYAZAKI TIME! Yubaba & Zeniba as two sides of Baba Yaga, Janus the two-faced God, doors and windows. Chihiro as Detective. Yubaba as Noir Crime boss.  Recorded Aug 19, 2021. Card of the Week: The Lovers Island Free Library Little House on the Prairie Spirited Away (Streaming on HBOMax)  Ghibli Spirited Away Fandom Moulin Rouge Maltese Falcon Aristotelian Structure Kishotenketsu Ma Carl Jung Quaternity Howl’s Moving Castle Kiki’s Delivery Service Beauty and the Beast (Disney) David Ogden Stiers The Garden of Words Witch of the Week: adrienne maree brown adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategies Octavia Butler Logo by Alex ZapataMusic by Prettysleepy on PixabayTranscript by Otter AIPublic Library Association Support the show

    44 min

  3. 06/14/2022

    It's Freedom Being Terrifying

    In which we discuss the great and powerful Slavic folklore crone, Baba Yaga, her house on chicken feet out in the woods, the mercurial ways in which you will learn about yourself if you go up to her house, and why she's life goals on Instagram. We also consider crone detectives, especially Gladys Mitchell's Mrs. Bradley Mysteries, and wee bit of climate panic. Recorded August 11, 2021.   Card of the Week: The Hermit Witch of the week, Elka Shuman Bread & Puppet theater Evelyn Archer: askevelynarcher.com @evelynarches on IG & Twitter Lucy Neptune: @lucyneptunewnd on IG Respite Road - Nancy’s indie film she was in and did costumes for The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie AndersonWomen and Other Monsters by Jess ZimmermanHairpinElectricLitMarissa Clifford article in ViceAsk Baba Yaga, Taisi KitiskyaThe Burning Girls & other stories, Veronica SchanoesDeathless, Catherynne M. ValenteHadestownMother Goose nursery rhymes cover (Marguerite de Angeli)Rosalie SorrelsLenormand cardsNPR childrearing Arctic circle articleToxic masculinity ruins the party once againMrs. Bradley MysteriesShow and BooksYubaba Logo by Alex ZapataMusic by Prettysleepy on PixabayTranscript by Otter AIPublic Library Association Support the show

    1h 7m

  4. 05/31/2022

    We Are All Jessica Now

    From our Baba Yaga Files: Jessica Fletcher This week we do our first deep dive into our Lord and Savior Jessica Fletcher. Lucy & Evelyn talk shoulder pads and guest stars, the difference between “prestige” and “workhorse” TV and Jessica Fletcher as an iteration of The Crone. Recorded July 21, 2021. Witch of the Week: Wally Funk Evelyn Archer: askevelynarcher.com @evelynarches on IG & Twitter Lucy Neptune: @lucyneptunewnd on IG Stuff we mentioned: Kevin James ThorntonRespite Road independent filmFringe (avail to stream on HBOMax w subscription)Days & Nights of Molly Dodd (some episodes avail on YouTube, check your library for DVDs)Forensic FilesMurder at the VicarageMurder, She Wrote stream for free on PeacockTVHooray for HomicideJessica Behind BarsCrossed UpSing a Song of MurderThe Murder of Sherlock HolmesMenace, Anyone?Magnum PI/ Murder She Wrote 2 part crossover:Magnum, P.I.: Novel ConnectionMurder, She Wrote: Magnum on IceSweeney Todd original castBaba YagaBaba Yaga and Vasalisa the Beautiful (Also known as “Vasalisa the Wise”)The Crone“Famous” by Naomi Shihab NyeIyashikei manga“Sweeps week”Schmigadoon! (streaming on AppleTV)PromBowen Yang’s “Iceberg that Sank the Titanic”Las CulturistasMadlyn RhueAmbigram Logo by Alex ZapataMusic by Prettysleepy on PixabayTranscript by Otter AIPublic Library Association Support the show

    1h 10m

  5. 05/17/2022

    First Sight and Second Thoughts

    In this episode: the Wash. Post detective bracket, who’s better - Nancy Drew or Sherlock Holmes, the fractal nature of Sherlock, why we have so many Holmeses and not as many Nancy Drews, a look at Barbara Neely's Blanche on the Lam, and lots and lots of book recs. Recorded Jul 14, 2021.  Tarot card: Wheel of Fortune Evelyn Archer: askevelynarcher.com @evelynarches on IG & Twitter Modesty Brown books on Amazon Lucy Neptune: @lucyneptunewnd on IG Everything (we think) mentioned this episode: Washington Post bracket From Conan Doyle Sherlock canon: Scandal in Bohemia, Five Orange Pips, Adventure of the Yellow Face Michael Chabon Books: Yiddish Policeman's Union The Final Solution Sherlock Holmes Versions on screen: Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey Jr & Jude Law, Elementary with Jonny Lee Miller & Lucy Liu, Sherlock (BBC) with Benedict Cumberbatch & Martin Freeman, House MD, Mr. Holmes (We *say* it’s based on Chabon’s Final Solution,  but it’s not. It’s based on A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullen) Frogwares Sherlock Holmes games A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman Shadows Over Baker Street (Lovecraft/Holmes anthology by John Pelan & Michael Reaves) Nancy Drew on screen: Bonita Granville in Nancy Drew, Girl Reporter (1939), Emma Roberts Nancy Drew (2007), Hidden Staircase (2019), Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977-79), CW Nancy Drew (2019- ) HerInteractive games including Curse of Blackmoor Manor Retcon: short for “retroactive continuity” Veronica Mars TV show & movie Kelly Link’s "The Girl Detective" in  “Stranger Things Happen”  Other Detectives from the Bracket: Armand Gamache by Louise Penny  PD James Adam Dalgleish novels. Also on Acorn TV Coffin Ed Johnson & Grave Digger Jones from Chester Himes’ Harlem Detective series Inspector Alan Grant Mysteries, Josephine Tey Barbara Neely, Blanche White novels Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves (CW: fatphobia) Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler Attica Locke and Darren Matthews, Texas Ranger novels Isaiah Quintabe (IQ Novels) by Joe Ide Henry Rios novels by Michael Nava Agent Nina Guerrera novels by Isabella Maldonado Tana French Umbrella Academy TV show Logo by Alex ZapataMusic by Prettysleepy on PixabayTranscript by Otter AIPublic Library Association Support the show

    1h 5m

  6. 05/03/2022

    They Have Always Lived on the Outskirts

    In the first full episode Evelyn and Lucy talk about the places where Witches (real, fictional, mythic & iconic) and Dicks (Private Eyes, Murder Mysteries, Detectives) overlap-- The Venn Diagram of where the Small “m” mystery of Hercule Poirot intersects with the Big “M” mystery of Witches & the supernatural. Recorded Jun 30 '21 Evelyn Archer: books and tarot readings:  askevelynarcher.com  @evelynarches on IG & Twitter Lucy Neptune IG: @lucyneptunewnd Card of the week: The Fool Card Stuff we talked about: STRANGE CREATURES by Phoebe North  CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (graphic novel) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa  CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (novels), by Sarah Rees Brennan Fringe TV show Why Didn’t They Ask Evans and And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie CHINATOWN, (directed by rapist Roman Polanski) on Hulu Premium BLANCHE ON THE LAM, by Barbara Neely Theseus & the Minotaur Clew The Maltese Falcon on HBO Max Wicked Witch of the West played by Margaret Hamilton, Wizard of Oz on HBO Max  The Big Sleep, on many platforms Three Pines/Insp Gamache by Louise Penny Nick & Nora Charles, Hart to Hart, Agatha Christie Pair is Tommy and Tuppence Hercule Poirot: the first cases (by Microids, on Steam) Nancy Drew Games by Her Interactive WITCH OF THE WEEK: SIMONE BILES  and RAVEN SAUNDERS  (She won Silver, here is her statement on her X Gesture Bindlestiff Family Circus Logo by Alex ZapataMusic by Prettysleepy on PixabayTranscript by Otter AIPublic Library Association Support the show

    1h 7m

  7. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Teaser - The game is afoot...

    Evelyn Archer and Lucy Neptune here, getting ready to talk all things witchy and all things private detective-y. Take a listen and join us for the mysteries ahead! Special mentions within: Linoleum Knife Podcast.  https://linoleumknife.libsyn.com/ Tiger Rag courtesy Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Friars_Society_Orchestra/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_03242015/Tiger_Rag_-_Friars_Society_Orchestra  Support the show

    5 min

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There’s something a bit supernatural to detectives and there’s a bit of the private d*ck in a witch. Veronica Mars removes hexes. Willow Rosenberg solves crimes. Join pals Evelyn Archer and Lucy Neptune as they plunge into these mysterious waters and have a chinwag about Witches, Murder Mysteries, Private Detectives (and sometimes people who are actual d***s). Lucy is a tenacious puzzle solver, and Evelyn has watched enough Murder She Wrote to start her own detective agency. So join us for a cackling good time as we explore the places where Mysteries Collide.

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    Evelyn Archer & Lucy Neptune
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