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Jun 20, 2024 | player.fm | Margo Donohue |Tom Merritt |Roifield Brown |Veronica Belmont

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May 12, 2024 | player.fm | Margo Donohue |Tom Merritt |Roifield Brown |Veronica Belmont

Book Vs. Movie: MementoThe Short Story vs. The MovieThe Margos continue our theme “Mysteries in May” with Memento, the 2000 film directed by Christopher Nolan based on the short story Memento Mori by his brother Jonathan Nolan, which was printed in Esquire magazine in March 2001. Years after the original film's events, Leonard Shelby, still haunted by his fragmented memories, is approached by Natalie, a woman claiming to hold vital information about his past.

May 4, 2024 | player.fm | Margo Donohue |Tom Merritt |Roifield Brown |Veronica Belmont

Book Vs. Movie: Death on the Nile The1937 Novel Vs. the 1978 MovieFor “Mysteries in May,” the Margos start with the queen of the genre, Agatha Christie, and her 1937 novel Death on the Nile, which was adapted into a film in 1978. It features her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, and is set aboard a luxurious Nile steamer. The plot revolves around the Belgian detective embroiled in a murder mystery while on a luxurious cruise down the Nile River.

Apr 26, 2024 | player.fm | David Barr Kirtley |John Adams |Tom Merritt |Veronica Belmont

Alexandra Fuller’s new memoir begins with the death of her 21-year-old son, Fi, and chronicles her attempts to grieve well in the searing aftermath of his loss. Among other things, that meant acknowledging her kinship with others who had gone before her.