Best Christopher Chandler Podcasts (2025)

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Let George Do It: The Silent Waterfall (EP0418) 33:51

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Release Date: June 01, 2011 George is hired by a deaf-mute woman to attend a gathering at 8 o’clock. He arrives to find her dead with a house full of suspects. Original Air Date: January 9, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation…

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466: When Pain Gets Wasted. Shawn Johnson on Stewarding the Middle Season of Life, How Bitterness Erodes Trust, and Why We Settle for Temporary Rest Instead of True Peace 1:07:14

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There's a way to live that squanders pain while your heart hardens and your trust thins. Things like numbing, retelling the wound, and calling it wisdom. This week on Win Today, Shawn Johnson, lead pastor of Red Rocks Church and author of Attacking Anxiety, joins me to explore how people waste pain and how to steward the middle seasons when nothing…

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Rogue’s Gallery: Murder in Drawing Room A (EP0417) 32:48

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Release Date: May 31, 2011 A woman is murdered on board a train and Rogue searches for the killer. Original Air Date: October 11, 1945 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a…

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686 - ROMA 97 2:48

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.com Does raging against the machine serve as a distraction from trying to control or unplug the machine? Gender reveal parties don’t reveal gender! Cameron Shayne's inspirational visit. My three-day fast. Did my dad give up or was he just tired?…

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I Deal in Crime: The Abigail Murray Case (EP0416) 34:28

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Release Date: May 30, 2011 Ross Dolan is hired to guard a New England matron as she travels across town. She needs protection as someone shoots in them and a dead body is found in the truck. Original Air Story: September 27, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.…

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malcolm Wish, MD Matter (EP0415) 37:21

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Release Date: May 27, 2011 Johnny heads to San Francisco to investigate the disappearance of a doctor. Original Air Date: June 20, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us …

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Escape From Malcatraz (ft. guests Benedict Cumberbatch & Dylan Southern; Joel Edgerton & Clint Bentley; Ariana Greenblatt) 1:57:43

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees the podteam — Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer — play themselves as they discuss great 'as themselves' performances in the movies. They also run their collective eye over the week's movie news, including heartening Star Trek developments, review Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good, Playdate, and S…

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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Scarlet Worm (EP0414) 38:18

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Release Date: May 26, 2011 Watson goes undercover to catch a femme fatale, but will he have the heart to trap her. Original Air Date: March 24, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 8…

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465: Stop Ignoring Your Body! Justin Whitmel Earley on Embodied Discipleship, Resisting Body-Idolatry, and How Sleep Rebuilds Your Soul 1:12:18

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There's a way to discuss spiritual growth that ignores the body, and a way to treat the body like a god. Both break you. This week on Win Today, Justin Whitmel Earley joins me to recover a practical theology of the body: why your habits, hormones, posture, screens, meals, and sleep are discipling your soul every day. We confront the twin errors of …

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Let George Do It: Needle in the Haystack (EP0413) 32:33

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Release Date: May 25, 2011 A florist from Mexico City hires George to find a dozen roses in Pasadena…during the Tournament of Roses. Murder follows. Original Air Date: January 2, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam G…

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Rogue’s Gallery: Blondes Prefer Gentlemen (EP0412) 35:05

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Release Date: May 24, 2011 Richard Rogue takes on the case of a kindly old lady who is concerned about her granddaughter. When Rogue goes to visit the granddaughter, he finds a dead body and the murderer hiding. Original Air Date: October 4, 1945 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at…

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I Deal in Crime: The William A. Davis Case (EP0411) 34:14

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Release Date: May 23, 2011 Ross Dolan is hired to bring back his client’s runaway 17-year old daughter, but someone doesn’t want her found. Original Air Date: April 5, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO B…

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685 - Kyle Thiermann, author of One Last Question Before You Go 1:54:28

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An award-winning journalist, pro big wave surfer, and podcast host with more than four hundred episodes, Kyle Thiermann is a good friend and long-time tangentialista. His first book is called One Last Question Before You Go: Why You Should Interview Your Parents. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get …

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All The Information Is On The Task (ft. guests Edgar Wright, Rosamund Pike & Isla Fisher, Michael Shannon) 1:58:03

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast would surely deserve to get a full fat five points from Greg Davies, the Taskmaster himself, as Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and John Nugent apply themselves wholeheartedly (some more wholeheartedly than others, it must be said) to deciding which Taskmaster contestant has appeared in the best fil…

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Julia Ducournau & Tahar Rahim On Alpha: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 24:35

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Alpha is the third film from the brilliant French filmmaker, Julia Ducournau, following on from her titanic debut, Raw, and her raw follow-up, Titane (which won the Palme D'Or, no less!). A tale of an unusual epidemic and generational trauma, there's much going on above and below the surface, which we get into in this interview special, as Jamie Gr…

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Jenny Beavan: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 45:41

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Nicholas Hytner's The Choral, a delightful drama set in 1916 Yorkshire, is in cinemas now, folks. It features costumes designed by the legendary Jenny Beavan, who is one of the best costume designers in the business. Nominated for 12 Oscars, winner of three, Beavan has worked with directors like Robert Altman, James Ivory, and George Miller across …

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464: When the Marriage Is OVER. Lysa TerKeurst on Narcissistic Abuse 101, Ending Self-Betrayal, and Why Unhealthy People Never Meet a Boundary They Like 49:53

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There's a moment when "endure it" becomes "end it," not because you stopped believing in God's power to heal, but because refusing to betray your God-given boundaries is how you stop betraying yourself. This week on Win Today, Lysa TerKeurst joins me to confront the realities so many live in silence: when it's biblically wise to end a marriage, how…

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Yours Truly Johnny Dolllar: The Arthur Boldrick Matter (EP0410) 29:44

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Release Date: May 20, 2011 A man is shot in tenement neighborhood but won’t give Johnny or the police a straight story as to who did it. Original Air Date: June 16, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box …

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, & Ronan Day-Lewis On Anemone: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 50:02

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Every year at the London Film Festival, Empire hosts a gala screening for a film that we particularly admire. This year's choice was Ronan Day-Lewis' Anemone, a drama that we called 'sad, absurdist, brooding, tender, and intense', and which marks the return to acting of the great Daniel Day-Lewis, father of Ronan and co-writer of the movie, after e…

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The Sound Of Burning Felt (ft. guests Jennifer Lawrence & Lynne Ramsay; Elle Fanning & Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi; Sean Bean & Daniel Day-Lewis) 1:51:46

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Blimey, this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is star-studded, and then some. First, Chris Hewitt chats with Die, My Love star, Jennifer Lawrence, and director Lynne Ramsay, about unpredictability on set and receiving an email from Martin Scorsese; then, he has a crash course in Yautja from Predator: Badlands stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatan…

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The Shameless Plug #9: Stranger Things Has Happened 43:20

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Another month, another issue of Empire, another episode of The Shameless Plug. This time, Chris Hewitt and Nick de Semlyen sit down to talk about how Stranger Things ended up on the cover of the world's biggest movie magazine, and nearly did so upside down. And they also talk about less strange things, including the stories behind the stories of th…

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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Creeping Man (EP0409) 34:44

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Release Date: May 19, 2011 A startling change in a college professor including the professor’s wolf hound attacking him. Original Air Date: March 17, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, I…

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Let George Do It: Snow Blind (EP0408) 35:32

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Release Date: May 18, 2011 George is called up to a skiing cabin to help protect a woman’s husband. However, when he arrives, he finds his clients motives are far more sordid. Original Air Date: December 26, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.n…

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463: Why Life Really Begins at 40. Mark Batterson on The Danger of Half-Present Living, Delayed Obedience, and Why We Need to Fall in Love with Gradual Progress 1:00:19

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There's a way to move through your forties that looks busy but stays small, a way to talk about calling while postponing obedience, and a way to live half-present in the present while telling yourself you're being "wise." This week on Win Today, Mark Batterson joins me to reclaim the middle decades as the beginning, not the end, and to confront why…

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Nero Wolfe: The Case of Room 304 (EP0407) 33:17

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Release Date: May 17 2011 A woman offers Wolfe $1000 to help her and is then shot while talking to Archie on the phone. It looks like a suicide, but Archie and Wolfe know it was murder. Original Air Date: April 27, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetec…

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I Deal in Crime: Bodyguard to Laura Shields (EP0406) 37:36

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Release Date: May 16, 2011 Ross Dolan, just returned from service in World War II gets a job from a woman who wants to protect her from killing her husband. Original Air Date: January 21, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation t…

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684 - Gabe Polsky (Filmmaker: The Man Who Saves the World?) 1:20:24

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This one happened fast. A week ago, a publicist reached out to ask if I’d possibly be interested in helping to promote a documentary about a guy (a white guy) who thinks he’s supposed to bring together the native people of South and North America — whose combined teachings will then spread across the planet and save us all. My first impression was …

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Now It's Time For Halloween (ft. guests Edward Berger, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Maika Monroe) 1:56:15

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It's Halloween, folks, so this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is extra-spooky, with Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Beth Webb get way too invested in a listener question about the horror movie death that they would want for themselves. Just keep repeating: it's only a podcast, it's only a podcast, it's only a podcast. Elsewhere, o…

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The George Farmer Matter (EP0405) 31:31

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Release Date: May 13, 2011 Johnny heads to New York to investigate the death of an insured in a cabin, but runs into problems when the witness keep dying in mysterious “accidents.” Original Air Date: June 9, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.n…

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683 - Before the Dawn, with Riley Morton (Part 4 of 4) 4:00

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.com In this last episode of the series, Riley Morton and I talk about the period beginning when I chose to write about prehistoric human sexuality in graduate school through the writing and publishing of Sex at Dawn. It gets personal. I talk about how some of my own se…

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Sherlock Holmes: The Singular Affair of the Egyptian Curse (EP0404) 34:54

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Release Date: May 12, 2011 Holmes and Watson investigate a case where several deaths revolve around a purported Egyptian curse. Original Air Date: March 10, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, B…

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462: Stop Lying to Yourself! Kevin Boehm on Why Life Happens For Us, Not To Us, Destroying the Self-Help Blueprint, When Fear Looks Like Wisdom, and Why Food Is a Peacemaker 1:05:04

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This week on Win Today, esteemed restaurateur Kevin Boehm joins me to name the subtle drift from hope to heaviness: how fear hides under the guise of practicality, how the self‑help blueprint promises control but delivers unease, and why your plate of food may be less incidental than you think—it could be a peacemaker for your soul. We dismantle th…

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Let George Do It: Partner in Panama (EP0403) 34:47

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Release Date: May 11, 2011 George is sent to Panama by a movie producer to deliver a payoff to a wanted criminal who is threatening lawsuit over a film about his exploits. Original Air Date: December 12, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net M…

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Kenny Dalglish & Asif Kapadia on Kenny Dalglish: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 33:11

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If you can hear a high-pitched squealing noise in the background of our latest interview special, that's just Chris Hewitt vibrating with excitement. For this podcast puts him in the room with one of his all-time heroes, Liverpool FC icon Kenny Dalglish, who is the eponymous subject of Asif Kapadia's latest documentary, which is out today (October …

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Nero Wolfe: The Case of the Lost Heir (EP0402) 34:34

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Release Date: May 10, 2011 Nero Wolfe is hired to find out if a woman is really the air of a wealthy blind man, but Wolfe suspect the man also fears being murdered. Original Air Date: April 20, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a dona…

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The Adventures of the Abbotts: The Murder of a Faubulous Redhead (EP0401) 33:56

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Release Date: May 09, 2011 Pat is hired to find a missing woman after a fellow private detective was murdered trying to do the same job. Original Air Date: June 5, 1955 AFRTS Transcription Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: A…

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682 - ROMA 96 2:48

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.com Words that mean both what they mean and the opposite of what they mean. Early days of learning Spanish and the psychological repercussions of not knowing exactly what you’re saying. When philosophy conflicts with reality. Open borders. “The past was horrible!”…

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Screen Director’s Playhouse: D.O.A. (EP0400s) 1:04:09

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Release Date: May 07, 2011 A man (Edmund O’Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him. Original Air Date: June 21, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Bo…

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Soderbury, Maine Matter (EP0400) 31:24

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Release Date: May 06, 2011 Johnny goes to Maine to investigate the death of a local businessman who was trying to bring unwanted progress to a New England town. Rehersal of Show that Aired June 2, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a d…

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We've Gone And Caught A Sniffle (ft. guests Nia DaCosta, Jeremy Strong, Rebecca Ferguson & Kathryn Bigelow) 1:59:22

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This week's Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt struggle with the enunciation of one word in particular (you'll have to listen to find out which). Incredibly, it's not 'Howl-o-ween', which is just one of the many things discussed by Chris and his three colleagues of such lethal cunning, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Ben Travis. They get their teeth in…