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This week we're joining the Minnesota State Police (our prowler might need a boost) as we check out Siskel & Ebert (Ebs!)'s 1996 film of the year in the Coen Brothers' Fargo.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie - and Ethan from Talking The Mickey – as we head to Siberia with Family restaurants with pseudo-Scandanavian accents before snuggling up with a nature documentary before bed.  It's definitely not a lemon of a 58th episode as we discuss

• Why the credits only list Joel Coen as director
• If the 'Minnesota Nice' accent is harder for British ears to distinguish than Canadian/Kiwi ones
• Whether Marge & Norm have hollow lives
• The tropes that the Coens were trying to dismantle regarding how pregnant women are presented in Hollywood
• The power play that William H. Macy put forth to get the part
• The purpose of dealer plates in North America
• Why Carl was cheaping out over the Sierra when he had $920,000 stashed away elsewhere
• Whether or not Fargo is the Best Film Ever

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/