Helsinki or Swim

About this episode

Candy competes with a depressed Finnish detective in a conspiracy involving the Christmas Cards Department.

Season 2, episode 4. Candy competes with Tom Gunderson, a depressed Finnish detective, as the conspiracy takes them to the Christmas Cards Department. Written and directed by Ella Gale. Producer: Dillon Magrann-Wells Sound supervision and sound design: Sarah Gibble-Laska Composer and musician: Gillian Beth Durkee Candy: Aly Dixon Minty: Moujan Zolfaghari Santa: Kyle Kinane Tom Gunderson: Miska Kajanus Tinfoil: Ella Gale Narrator: Sam Trout Marmalade: JoAnn Schinderle Scallop: Haden Ezekiel Felix Glossy: Greg Tariloff Bug: Nicholas Francomano Additional sound editing: Nathalie Escudero and Zachary Spiezer Dialogue editing: Ella Gale Sound recording: Dillon Magrann-Wells Singers: Gillian Beth Durkee, Alycia Scott, Meredith Strang

People in this episode

Host: Ella Gale

Guests: Aly Dixon, Moujan Zolfaghari, Kyle Kinane, Miska Kajanus, Sam Trout, JoAnn Schinderle, Haden Ezekiel, Greg Tariloff, Nicholas Francomano

Topics covered

• detective
• conspiracy
• Christmas
• comedy
• fiction

Keywords

• Candy Claus
• Finnish detective
• Christmas Cards Department
• comedy
• fiction
• conspiracy
• season 2
• episode 4

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Helsinki or Swim

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