Unlicensed: Season 2
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From Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the genre defining fiction podcast Welcome to Night Vale, comes the new LA noire Unlicensed, starring Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, and T.L Thompson. Unlicensed follows Molly Hatch (Quinn), recently divorced, two years sober, and completely lost on where to go next in her life. On a whim she answers an ad for an assistant to a PI, traveling to an unpromising strip mall on Citrus Avenue in Azusa, CA, where she meets Lou Rosen (Strus). Lou is a brilliant detective, but she’s also a completely disorganized mess, both in her physical space and within her own mind. She loses evidence, forgets what she’s already figured out, and she hasn’t even gotten it together to get her PI license. Working illegally in the outskirts of Los Angeles, where the cul-de-sacs and strip malls sprawl into the desert, the only clients she can get are those who either can't afford anyone else or have cases that are too marginal for licensed PIs or the police to bother with. When a teenage girl pleads for Lou and Molly to take the strangest case of their career, they find themselves involved in something much bigger than they were prepared for. This unlikely pair, with no resources and no back-up, follow a trail of seemingly unconnected cases, which leads them to a ransom, a murder, a mysterious wellness center, and a conspiracy that might go all the way to the governor. Featuring guest appearances by Jason Segel, Janet Varney, James Urbaniak, Cecil Baldwin, Jasika Nicole, Mara Wilson, and more, Unlicensed is a deeply-human, captivating thriller set in the most uncool neighborhoods of America’s coolest city.©2022 Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (P)2022 Audible Originals Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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    Trailer
    Oct 20 2022
    From Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the genre defining fiction podcast Welcome to Night Vale, comes the new LA noire Unlicensed, starring Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, and T.L Thompson. Unlicensed follows Molly Hatch (Quinn), recently divorced, two years sober, and completely lost on where to go next in her life. On a whim she answers an ad for an assistant to a PI, traveling to an unpromising strip mall on Citrus Avenue in Azusa, CA, where she meets Lou Rosen (Strus). Lou is a brilliant detective, but she’s also a completely disorganized mess, both in her physical space and within her own mind. She loses evidence, forgets what she’s already figured out, and she hasn’t even gotten it together to get her PI license. Working illegally in the outskirts of Los Angeles, where the cul-de-sacs and strip malls sprawl into the desert, the only clients she can get are those who either can't afford anyone else or have cases that are too marginal for licensed PIs or the police to bother with. When a teenage girl pleads for Lou and Molly to take the strangest case of their career, they find themselves involved in something much bigger than they were prepared for. This unlikely pair, with no resources and no back-up, follow a trail of seemingly unconnected cases, which leads them to a ransom, a murder, a mysterious wellness center, and a conspiracy that might go all the way to the governor. Featuring guest appearances by Jason Segel, Janet Varney, James Urbaniak, Cecil Baldwin, Jasika Nicole, Mara Wilson, and more, Unlicensed is a deeply-human, captivating thriller set in the most uncool neighborhoods of America’s coolest city.
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  • The Detective of Citrus Ave

    The Detective of Citrus Ave
    Nov 10 2022
    I’m here about the ad? Assistant to a PI?
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    30 mins
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  • Lost Boy Found

    Lost Boy Found
    Nov 10 2022
    The boy who came back is not the boy who left. The boy in my house is not my brother.
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An unlikely detective duo unearths a conspiracy in overlooked town

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Jeffery Cranor
Joseph Fink

About the Creator

Jeffery Cranor is a novelist and playwright. He co-created the podcasts Welcome to Night Vale, Within the Wires and Unlicensed. He lives in New York's Hudson River Valley.

About the Creator

Joseph Fink is the creator of the podcasts Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead and Unlicensed, and the New York Times bestselling author of Welcome to Night Vale, It Devours!, and The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home (all written with Jeffrey Cranor), and Alice Isn’t Dead. He is also the author of the middle-grade novel, The Halloween Moon. He and his wife, Meg Bashwiner, have written the memoir The First Ten Years. They live together in the Hudson River Valley and Los Angeles.

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This audio drama had more authentic humanity than any other fiction podcast I’ve listened to yet. Wonderfully scripted and acted, I for once found myself more interested in the characters and dynamics than the mystery itself which was also quite good.

Great show

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I absolutely loved this story but the end left me wanting more. I hope there will be another season to this.

Thirsty for more!

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I got Audible to listen to in the car during drives and this was very enjoyable!

4/5 for story because Molly sometimes knows things that only a native or long term Angeleno would know. Also I found the setting of the outskirts of LA/nearby cities very novel and a nice choice.

All of that said, even if you don’t know LA, if you’re a fan of mystery, I really think you’ll enjoy this. I would very much like a season 2- hint guys, hint.

Enjoyable

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Lucia Strus was amazing but truly the entire cast from Molly Quinn to anyone who had even a single line was fantastic. Phoebe Judge!!! I whooped out loud.

Please give us more!

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Lu is an intriguing character, and I love her quirky one liners. The script is entertaining, and binge listening becomes a problem, because they finish too soon.

The story line kept me guessing.

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