

Gil Marsden
Emmy-nominated documentary director, producer and showrunner with credits across sports, politics, crime and music, featured on this episode to discuss Mystic River and its cinematic qualities.
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Apr 1, 2026 • 1h 1min
We Read Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Rachael Brown, investigative journalist and award-winning true crime storyteller. Gil Marsden, Emmy-nominated documentary director and producer. They dive into Lehane’s three damaged friends, the book’s grim realism and moral ambiguity. They discuss trauma’s footprint, cinematic pacing and why the murder’s ordinariness unsettles readers.


