From the creator of Alice Isn't Dead: Unlicensed

About this episode

The episode introduces the new LA noire podcast Unlicensed, featuring a disorganized detective and her assistant as they tackle a strange case.

From Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the genre defining fiction podcasts Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn’t Dead, comes the new LA noire Unlicensed, starring Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, and T.L Thompson. Coming November 10, only to Audible. Subscribe now here: https://www.audible.com/Unlicensed Unlicensed follows Molly Hatch (Quinn), recently divorced, two years sober, and completely lost on where to go next in her life. On a whim she answers an ad for an assistant to a PI, traveling to an unpromising strip mall on Citrus Avenue in Azusa, CA, where she meets Lou Rosen (Strus). Lou is a brilliant detective, but she’s also a completely disorganized mess, both in her physical space and within her own mind. She loses evidence, forgets what she’s already figured out, and she hasn’t even gotten it together to get her PI license. Working illegally in the outskirts of Los Angeles, where the cul-de-sacs and strip malls sprawl into the desert, the only clients she can get are those who either can't afford anyone else or have cases that are too marginal for licensed PIs or the police to bother with. When a teenage girl pleads for Lou and Molly to take the strangest case of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

Guests: Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, T.L Thompson

Topics covered

• LA noire
• detective story
• mystery
• conspiracy
• personal growth

Keywords

• Unlicensed
• detective
• mystery
• LA noire
• Joseph Fink
• Jeffrey Cranor
• Molly Quinn
• Lusia Strus
• T.L Thompson

Sponsors

Audible

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Audible

Books & works: Unlicensed, Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn’t Dead

Places: Azusa, CA

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