![]() No spoilers, but the answer does nothing to dampen Seigel’s love for the pop star. Kine attempts to track Britney down to find out why she chose the book and, more importantly, if she liked it. In her new podcast, Mystery Show, Starlee Kine launches hilariously meandering investigations into the types of quirky, personal mysteries that, while seemingly inconsequential, tend to eat at the edges of a person’s mind. “I have a Google setting of myself, because I’m a Kardashian,” admits Seigel. Great ep, Starlee was fantastic and her continuing to grapple with, and attempt to solve, Raimi's 90s turn and pre-Spider-man Hollywood in general reminded me very much of the original 'Serial-esque' conceit of the show. ![]() Getting the alert that told her Britney was photographed clutching her book as she headed out to dinner with her parents made her more excited than having a baby. In Case #2: Britney, Seigel confesses she’s been obsessed with the pop princess since the Justin Timberlake and double-denim era. Self-confessed “writer no one reads” Andrea Seigel wants to know how her book To Feel Stuff ended up in the hands of Britney Spears. The magic of Mystery Show lies in the everyday details. Six episodes are lined up, ripe for a binge-listen. She gives a masterclass in storytelling that wanders from the point and then back again, painting pictures as she goes. It takes a lot of willpower to look away from a car. How tall is Jake Gyllenhaal? What makes Britney Spears choose her self-help books? And why has the local video shop shut down? It’s questions like these that modern-day Columbo Starlee Kine sets out to answer in Mystery Show (Gimlet Media). By Starlee Kine Photo: Frank Ockenfels/AMC, Carol Segal/AMC To those of you who stopped watching The Killing after season one, we’re impressed. T here are some big questions in life that Google can’t give you a straight answer to.
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