Ep. 1007, The Maltese Falcon, Part 6 of 8, by Dashiell Hammett

The Classic Tales Podcast

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Why is Gutman’s crew rubbing elbows with the captain of the La Paloma? Dashiell Hammett, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Today we continue with The Maltese Falcon. There is a little more course language in this story than in our usual fare, and as with nearly all detective novels of the time, it’s got its share of homophobia and misogyny. Take the time to pause the show and point it out to your kids. And now, The Maltese Falcon, Part 6 of 8, by Dashiell Hammett. Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook: Follow this link to follow us on TikTok:

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0:00.0	Why is Gutman's crew rubbing elbows with the captain of the La Paloma?
0:05.6	Dashiel Hammett, today on the Classic Tales podcast.
0:19.9	Welcome to the Classic Tales podcast. Thank you for listening. If you'd like to ensure the future of the classic tales, please visit the website, Classic Tales,com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if he can't support us monetarily,
0:38.3	leave us a review or share an episode with a friend.
0:41.4	It all helps.
0:43.3	Today we continue with the Maltese falcon.
0:46.3	There is a little more coarse language in this story than in our usual fare.
0:50.1	And as with nearly all detective novels of the time,
0:52.9	it's got its share of homophobia and misogyny.
0:56.2	Take the time to pause the show and point it out to your kids.
0:59.8	And now? The Maltese Falcon, Part 6 of 8 by Dashil Hammett.
1:14.5	Chapter 15. Every Crackpot Spade and Detective Sergeant Polhouse ate pickled pigs feet at one of Big John's tables
1:22.2	at the state's Hofroy. Pollhouse, balancing pale, bright jelly on a fork halfway between plate and mouth, said,
1:31.4	Hey, listen, Sam, forget about the other night. He was dead wrong. But you know, anybody's
1:37.1	liable to lose their head if you ride them that away. Spade looked thoughtfully at the police
1:42.7	detective.
1:47.2	"'Was that what you wanted to see me about?' he asked.
1:53.5	Polhouse nodded, put the forkful of jelly into his mouth, swallowed it, and qualified his nod.
1:55.3	"'Mostly?'
1:56.3	"'Dundee send you?'
1:58.3	Pullhouse made a disgusted mouth.
2:01.3	"'You know he didn't.
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