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The New York Times writer M. Gessen is widely known for their award-winning writing about totalitarianism, terrorism and the erosion of human rights. Now, M. is examining a more personal target: their...

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Hello, serial productions listeners.

but we have got such a great show coming next week. I can hardly contain myself.

Even the title fills me with Vicarious Pride. It's called The Idiot.

The host is Em Gesson, which might be a surprise, depending on your familiarity with their work. Em is widely known for their writing about totalitarianism, terrorism, the erosion of human rights.

But in this show, Em investigates a more personal topic, their cousin, Allen.

It is a shocking family story about a terrible crime that is also very funny, because Em is very funny. I love this show, and I hope you will, too. The whole series, all five episodes, are out March 26th, wherever you get your podcasts. Here's the trailer. In theory, I knew that this kind of thing can happen in any family.

Anyone's first cousin could be plotting murder. This is UCE 4735, and today is...

Upstanding citizens are always turning out to be secret criminals.

With Allen Gesson. And I wouldn't even call my cousin Allen, an upstanding citizen. You know, my clients are a cartel-level guys, they're all bad asses, they're they... But it's one thing to know. There's a more permanent way to do it.

Yeah, more and more different. Permanent. And another thing to understand. Allen, murder, me. It ended up being so much worse than I thought I knew.

The price is eminently reasonable, okay, but what the hell was Allen thinking?

Like, let's just say that I'm living with this stuff, yeah, yeah, no, I get it, yeah. From serial productions and the New York Times, I'm Em Gesson, and this is the idiot. out of my 26th, wherever you get your podcasts.

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