Best Of: Kyle MacLachlan / Inside the ‘romance scam’

From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. Damn good coffee. And hot. That's today's guest Kyle McLaughlin and Twin Peaks, one of the most eccentric series on pre-cable TV. It was created by David Lynch, who also made the groundbreaking film Blue Velvet, starring McLaughlin.

But their first movie together flopped. McLaughlin has a new memoir. Also, Andy Greenberg from Wired magazine describes the story he broke about a cybercrime operation in South East Asia that entraps computer engineers into participating in schemes that defraud victims around the world. of billions of dollars, and I'll tell him about a cyber scam that fraudulently uses our show's identity. And book critic Marin Carrigan reviews Min Jin Lee's new novel. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Terry Gross.

Diane, 1130 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. Five miles south of the Canadian border, 12 miles west of the state line. Never seen so many trees in my life. WC Fields would say it'd rather be here than Philadelphia.

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