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This week on the Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Starlee Kine, the host of the podcast Mystery Show. With the first five episodes of Kine’s show complete, Brian caught up with her to ask about the response she has received and how that differs from the way she thinks about creating it. Also, the two compare and contrast the character Kine plays on Mystery Show to her everyday self, how she is a lot less like the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew and more like Charles Dickens and Marina Abramovic, and whether earnest is the correct word to ascribe to the stories on the podcast. Plus, Kine discusses the origins of Mystery Show and how close she was to leaving the radio world altogether.

Topics this week:

Mystery Show, Episodes 1-5
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Y Tu Mamá También, a film by Alfonso Cuarón
Law and Order
The Killing
True Detective
Nancy Drew
Hardy Boys
This American Life, Episode 208: “Office Politics”
Serial
The mystery of Al Capone’s vaults
The Moth: “Waiting for Marina Abramovic”
Magnolia
On the High Wire, a book by Philippe Petit (translation by Paul Auster)
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People this week:

Starlee Kine
DB Cooper
Charles Dickens
Hans Jordi
Jake Gyllenhaal
Mary Tyler Moore
Lawrence Block
Raymond Chandler
Dashiell Hammett
Geraldo Rivera
Marina Abramovic
Alex Goldman
Alex Blumberg

Twitter: @briankoppelman
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