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Hello, and welcome back to big mood, little mood. I am your host, Daniel M. Lavery, and with me in the studio this week are Lindsay Kyle, a queer bookseller at Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh, Scotland,

and Robin O'Donnell, a non-binary freelance videographer, sound tech and editor in the Scottish film industry.

Together they host the podcast Mal adapted in which they read and discuss books that have been adapted into movies.

And none of you listening to the show have any idea how badly I flubbed the first round of the bio because Lindsay and Robin are both really dreamy.

And I got super tongue tied and it was very, very amusing and you'll never hear what a fool I sounded like.

We're busy over here in Edinburgh like making dreamy eyes at the camera trying to distract money. I think it's working.

I have the effect on a lot of people.

Yeah, just you sound not like the cat that has the cream. You sound like a cat that is actively lapping up cream from a bowl while talking.

That's the Lindsay vibe.

It's truly remarkable. I'm so so glad to have you both here. I'm so glad to talk about book and movie adaptations

and to tell other people how they should live their lives. How are you two? How Scotland? I haven't seen you in so long. I've only seen you once.

We've only met once who's terrible. We should meet again.

Yeah, I'm good. I think I am writing the high of the cat that is actively lapping that cream because I had very nice dates the other night.

It's going well. That's been lovely. It's very weird, undecided weather here where it's intermissently rainy and windy and sunny and hot.

Nobody knows how to dress. Guys are getting their tops off and instantly going lobster red, which is awful. You hate to see that.

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