505 - Brief Recess
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
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4.6 • 179.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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This week, Karen and Georgia sit down with the hosts of Exactly Right’s newest podcast, Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche. They talk about everything from the state of immigration in America, to the superiority of boxed mac and cheese.
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| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. |
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| 0:10.7 | Sometimes it's the guests. |
| 0:12.1 | Like when Bob the drag queen stopped by to talk about a bedtime visitor. |
| 0:15.5 | She kind of looked like the girl from the grudge. |
| 0:17.3 | Sleep paralysis is terrified. |
| 0:19.3 | From haunted houses to alien encounters, celebrities and |
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| 0:28.7 | to your Ouija board and join me every Monday for Ghosted on the Exactly Right Network. Listen to |
| 0:35.2 | Ghosted by Roz Hernandez on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to my favorite murder. |
| 1:00.9 | That's Georgia Hardstar. |
| 1:01.8 | That's Karen Kilgarek. |
| 1:02.9 | And today we have two very impressive guests on the show. |
| 1:06.7 | He is an immigration and criminal defense attorney, who you might know from TikTok. |
| 1:11.1 | She is a senior leader in the nonprofit world and a self-professed, frustrated writer, fledgling wedding efficient, and curly hair activist. |
| 1:19.0 | Correct. |
| 1:19.5 | And they're here to talk about their brand new legal podcast, which debuts in mere days here on Exactly Right Network. |
| 1:27.1 | Please welcome all the way from New York City, the hosts a brief recess, Michael Foote and Melissa Mall Branch. |
| 1:33.5 | Hi. |
| 1:34.1 | Yay, everyone. |
| 1:35.7 | Yay. |
| 1:37.8 | Big reveal, the wig comes off. |
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