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Best Of: Kyle MacLachlan / Inside the ‘romance scam’
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Kyle MacLachlan was just 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. “The worlds that [Lynch] creates are real in his mind — they exist,” he tells Terry Gross. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves. Also, Wired reporter Andy Greenberg describes the story he broke about a cyber crime operation in Southeast Asia that entraps computer engineers into defrauding victims around the world of billions of dollars. And book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Min Jin Lee’s new novel, American Hagwon. <...
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This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, a vibe check on election security. With barely a month left until the midterms, we're talking about vote by mail, the possibility of ICE at polling stations, and what the Trump administration is doing in the name of preventing fraud, which we know is not a widespread problem. Plus, the latest on how voters are
feeling about all of that. Listen now on the NPR Politics Podcast. From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. Damn good coffee. I'm hot. That's today's guest Kyle McLaughlin and Twin Peaks, one of the most eccentric series on pre-cable TV. It was created by David Lynch,
who also made the groundbreaking film Blue Velvet, starring McLaughlin. But their first movie together flopped. McLaughlin has a new memoir. Also, Andy Greenberg from Wired magazine describes the story he broke about a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia that entraps computer engineers into participating in schemes that defraud victims around the world
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