00:00Welcome to The Weekend in 60 Seconds. I'm Kelsey and I've curated your weekend lineup so you don't have to.
00:05Starting with Neely, this is one Amazon Prime series you may want to lock in.
00:09As Empire puts it, there's a lot to like and admire in this Reacher spinoff.
00:13The show follows Maria Stinn as Frances Neely, a private investigator who seeks justice for the death of her childhood
00:19friend, Tommy Crane.
00:20If you like Reacher, you'll like Neely, said The Guardian.
00:23For your next listen, you should add Radio 831, a romance podcast, to your queue.
00:28Vulture called it an engaging and breezy, pleasantly wonky chat guest.
00:33The audio series, hosted by Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall, covers all things romance, from the novels and the tropes
00:39to the book-to-screen adaptations.
00:42Lastly, Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel is worth the read.
00:46NPR said, the plot is ingenious, eerie, and complex.
00:50Set in 2031, shortly after the collapse of the United States government, the dystopian novel begins with a man disappearing
00:57from a Los Angeles party,
00:58which sets off a mystery involving doppelgangers and shifting realities.
01:03And that's your Weekend in 60 Seconds.
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01:09And that's your Weekend in 60 Seconds.
