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Debenair Counter-Spy Edition. It's Tuesday, April 5th, 2011, and on today's program, AMC's latest

appointment viewing TV show, The Killing, Spike TV's new reality show, Cole, and the New Yorkers, David Grant, joins us to talk about a most astonishing political murder.

Joining me today are Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia.

Hi, Steve. And our film critic, Dana, hey Dana.

Hey, Steve. How is everyone today?

I'm good. Is there a funny vibe in the room? Am I picking something up?

I think you're just putting it down. Maybe it's because it's Monday. That's what it is. It's Monday. We're taping on a Monday never happened before. In order to allow our hang up colleagues to talk in real time about the results of the NCAA final, we are coming to you early on in the week.

Ha.

So it's not me. It's Monday. Okay. That's good. That's fair enough. All right. All right. Let's dig right in with this television show. It's gotten a lot of buzz. I mean, everything on AMC barely seems to be able to make the slightest error lately. They've got Breaking Bad. of course Mad Men's just re-upped

the show Walking Dead

which I pronounced

Walking Dead the slightest error lately. They've got Breaking Bad, of course, Mad Men's just re-upped.

Walking Dead, which I pronounced Walking Dead on arrival.

I kept on the most popular thing in American history.

It walked right over my pronouncement.

So as we all know, there's a huge genre at loose in the world called Nordic Noir.

The books by Henning Mankle and Stieg Larsson have been huge not only in the United States.

They're huge everywhere.

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