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This week's episode is sponsored by the audiobook edition of Exposed by best-selling author Lisa Scott Alini and narrated by actress Kate Burton.

In this new legal thriller, the battle for justice pits partner against partner and proves that loyalty can be lethal.

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I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Writer's On, the podcast about other podcasts and also about pop culture, true crime journalism.

And this week we review a very surprising true crime series about the Lacey Peterson case. Plus, we report on a very eventful trip.

How that whole awards thing worked out, a Twitter war involving all kinds of sassy podcast characters, and a real true crime podcast update, serial season two subject, Bow Burg Dolls Court Marshall.

Joining me to get all of that and a whole lot more done is my true crime co-author real life husband and host of these are their stories, the law and order podcast Kevin Flynn, good tag Kevin.

Oh, is that because we have a German exchange student saying yes, I want to be respectful.

Guten Morgen. No, it's not. I good knocked. I don't know. I think it's what you say a bit of bad. I don't know. I don't get it. He's very nice though. So nice.

Yeah, yeah, his name is more it. So if you're missing the German, we have him also with us is journalist true crime author licensed private investigator, former defense investigator, certified cat lady and super first week of school mom Laura Bricker. Hello, Laura.

Hello. Yeah, I'm organized for one week. Rebecca, my refrigerator is pristine. It's very exciting. It's going to be over by next week, but this week I feel good.

Can we all agree that the first week of school? I think it's the most difficult week of the whole year, right? I mean, it's the happiest time of the year, right?

No, it's supposed to be, but there's like so much to do like they come home with 20 pieces of paper to sign for the first four days of the week. Like it's ridiculous.

And we're in the we're in the Newcastle zone. So we every single year have to fill out the paperwork. Yeah, because we're close to the Seabrook nuclear power plant here. So every year at the beginning of school, you have to sign the form, either giving permission or not for them to give your child the potassium iodide pills. If there's a like,

like, you know, is it really going to make that much of a difference if we have a nuclear meltdown that what is it to protect like your thyroid really? Okay, so your thyroid's okay. That's great. We were given those tablets when we first moved here.

I have a real question. How far do we live from the Seabrook nuclear power plant like 40 miles, 50 miles maybe far enough where we don't need the pills? No, I think we still need the pills.

Now you just stuck under a desk. Yeah, yeah, Toby's got old pills he can give us. And finally, the master of cynical side eye, the brilliant novelist behind the city trilogy and the co-host of the radio free dystopia podcast.

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