The fun mystery comedy series only murders in the building, stars Steve Martin, Martin

Short, and Selena Gomez as a trio of true crime podcast fans who live in the same

Ritzy building on New York's Upper West Side.

When a mysterious death occurs in their building, they band together to make a true crime

podcast about it.

And as their amateur murder investigation goes on, long buried secrets come to light.

The plot gets twistier and the stakes get even higher.

The show recently racked up 17 Emmy nominations and its second season is airing on Hulu right

now.

We thought it would be a good time to revisit our conversation about the first season.

I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Glenn Weldon and in this encore episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're

talking about only murders in the building.

Welcome back.

Aisha also joining us from his home in Washington DC is J.C. Howard, a producer of NPR's Ted

Radio Hour and how I built this welcome back J.C.

Hello, thanks for having me.

Of course.

Now in only murders in the building, Steve Martin is Charles, a washed up actor still

living off the fame he received as the star of a cop show a few decades ago.

Martin Short is Oliver, a Broadway director who hasn't had a hit in years and is falling

on hard financial times.

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