The musical drama series Mood considers how one young woman at one of her most difficult

moments finds herself making choices she assumed she never would.

It's about sex work and social media and about the way economic reality can make following

your true passions very challenging.

It's writer and star is Nicole Leckie and it might remind you of other shows that have

taken a really interesting central voice and used it to build out a series from flea bag

to Atlanta to I may destroy you.

But Leckie has a very particular aesthetic and set of interests and she has a lot to say.

I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about Mood on pop culture happy hour from NPR.

Joining me today is writer Kiana Fitzgerald Hey Kiana.

Hey Linda, how's it going?

It's good.

I'm so happy to see you and I'm delighted that you could be here for this episode in

particular, which I will get back to in a second.

Mood comes from British writer and singer Nicole Leckie based on her play Super Ho.

It tells the story of a young woman named Sasha and aspiring singer who's falling out with

her family and her troubled personal life.

Find her suddenly in the orbit of a social media personality named Carly played by Lara

Peek. Carly is an influencer generally but also a cam girl who is paid by her subscribers

for custom performances of whatever turns them on.

Sasha ultimately becomes part of Carly's online world and also tries the in-person sex

work that she initially doesn't realize is also part of Carly's business.

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