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Bonjour and bienvenue! We have our first repeat character in today’s new episode—Hercule Poirot! We watched 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express starring Albert Finney as the famous detective, and do quickly disuss both David Suchet and Kenneth Branaugh’s take on this story as well. We have a (very spoilery) discussion disentangling the multitude of famous actors and how you can’t identify the culprit if it’s all stunt casting, the difficulty of keeping presented and actual motives straight, what we might do in a situation similar to what the movie presents, and how there are a number of red herrings but communism isn't one of them. Katy made a list for  cross-referencing suspects (surprise), Carrie needs to have more confidence in her podcast hosting skills, Maddy doesn’t like punching or toxic masculinity, and we discover that Mack is untethered from time. We also cover how some detectives don't move their necks, have a minor fight about Star Wars, know vague things about Prohibition, and explore how the aging process has evolved via an examination of Sean Connery. And again, we love dogs. Originally recorded November 2019. TW: Child kidnapping/murder, racism and xenophobia, suicide, animal cruelty CORRECTIONS: -Summarized from Wikipedia: “Mixtures of fruit juices and spirits aka punches (but not wine) have been around for a while; at least since the 1700s. Combining single servings of liquor and a mixer like bitters did exist scattered around the world in the 1800s, but the first actual  bartender’s guide was published in 1862. The first named “cocktail party” was probably in 1917.” Then, “The quality of the liquor available during Prohibition was much worse than previously...Honey, fruit juices, and other flavorings served to mask the foul taste of the inferior liquors”. So we were kind of right. -Ok it’s not technically the first repeat character as John Oliver voiced Sherlock Holmes in Gravity Falls but as that was a wax model and not the actual detective we did not count it