E8: Swamp of Shoulds

About this episode

This episode covers chapters 14 and 15 of The Hallmarked Man and discusses various related topics including a BBC adaptation.

This week, we cover chapters 14 and 15 of The Hallmarked Man. We discuss the official press release for the BBC adaptation of The Running Grave, Strike and Robin's visit to Ramsay Silver, and their discussion of what they've learned. Next episode (15 January): Chapters 16-17 Links: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/bryce-laspisa-california-missing-person-rcna229928 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/mar/20/duncancampbell www.thesefilespod.com www.ko-fi.com/thesefilespod www.facebook.com/thesefilespod www.twitter.com/thesefilespod www.instagram.com/thesefilespod http://thesefilespod.tumblr.com

People in this episode

Host: The Strike and Ellacott Files

Topics covered

• book discussion
• adaptation news
• character analysis
• literary themes
• media coverage

Keywords

• The Hallmarked Man
• The Running Grave
• Strike
• Robin
• BBC adaptation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC

Books & works: The Hallmarked Man, The Running Grave

Places: Ramsay Silver

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