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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

What Kyle MacLachlan learned from his friend David Lynch

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

Society & Culture

4.7989 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Kyle MacLachlan says he wouldn't have a career without his friend and longtime collaborator David Lynch, who died earlier this year. His first gig was on Lynch's "Dune" which was followed up by "Blue Velvet" and then by their iconic run together on the series "Twin Peaks". In this bonus episode, MacLachlan shares what it was like to live in Lynch's world.

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0:00.0

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0:08.5

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0:11.7

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0:17.0

Hey, everyone. I hoped you enjoyed listening to our full episode with Kyle McLaughlin.

0:21.6

If you haven't listened, go check it out.

0:23.5

He is an absolute delight of a human being.

0:26.6

But I also wanted to share a little more from that conversation that we did with Kyle in Seattle.

0:31.5

Before we started our wildcard conversation, I talked to Kyle about his longtime collaborator, David Lynch, who had just died a couple of months before we taped this.

0:40.3

Kyle knew David for four decades, and he had worked with him on Dune and Blue Velvet and the original Twin Peaks and the reboot.

0:47.7

So we spent a few minutes just reflecting on David, who was definitely one of the most fascinating people I've ever talked to on

0:55.4

this show. And I loved hearing Kyle think back on his time with his friend and his mentor.

1:00.7

So I wanted to share that conversation with you in this bonus episode. I hope you enjoy it. And just a

1:05.7

heads up, there's a touch of cursing in this episode. I do want to give you a chance to talk a little bit about David Lent.

1:12.2

Oh, thank you.

1:14.4

Because I just, I know he was so incredibly important.

1:18.2

I mean, he was, yeah, he was, I have a career, really, because of David,

1:23.7

because my first two films were with David, Dune and Blue Velvet.

1:27.9

And he was like no other person in the world.

1:32.8

You know, so specific, so singular, so interesting, so kind, so funny, so generous,

1:39.1

such a great sense of humor.

1:41.4

And you know, the thing about David that I learned, particularly when we were

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