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First, there was the era of true crime, then the era of true crime podcasts. Now, we're in the era of shows about true crime podcasters.

Bodkin, an upcoming Netflix series, will follow in the footsteps of Only Murders in the Building by riffing on the world of people making binge-able content out of the grisly and gory. The comedy-thriller will revolve around a group of podcasters hitting the Irish coast in search of a decades-old scoop.

Here's everything we know about Bodkin.

Bodkin revolves around a group of podcasters who set their sights on a remote town in Ireland (the titular Bodkin) which, years earlier, fell victim to a spate of unsolved disappearances. Thinking they're just digging up the facts of a cut-and-dry cold case, the trio end up embroiled in something much darker and weirder than they were expecting. Against the backdrop of an idyllic seaside town with all of its rural quirks, they start to unravel everything about the case.

Executive producer of the series, Tonia Davis, says the series is a wickedly wry thriller which questions truth, narrative, and the very purpose of each. Interrogating the morals of the people who profit off true crime is not all that new. Landmark podcasts like S Town and Serial or shows like Making a Murderer helicoptered hoards of rubber-neckers into small towns, making armchair detectives out of anyone with a headphone jack. While Only Murders in the Building puts a more farcical spin on the ecosystem of true crime podcasters, it seems like Bodkin will straddle the line of drama and comedy more closely. And it seems like the West Cork podcast, which focused on an unsolved murder in Schull in Ireland, was an inspiration here (as it was for a recent episode of Black Mirror).

The cast of Bodkin is a transatlantic affair. Up top, you've got Will Forte, probably best known for his tenure on SNL and the post-apocalyptic comedy The Last Man on Earth (2015). He'll be playing Gilbert, one of those Americans who's convinced they're actually Irish. He's the presenter of a true crime podcast looking for the scoop on Bodkin's three missing strangers.

Then, there's Siobhn Cullen, the Irish actress known for the likes of Paula (2017) and The Limehouse Golem (2016). She stars as Dove, an investigative journalist hired by Gilbert to do the brunt work of digging into Bodkin's secrets. Elsewhere on the team, we have Robyn Cara playing Emmy, the podcast's eager researcher and Chris Walley playing Sen OShea, a Bodkin local who gets wrapped up in the group's investigation.

Behind the camera is a whole other story, though, as the team behind the series includes none other than Michelle and Barack Obama. The pair's Higher Ground company produced the series, which Nash Edgerton will direct.

Every true crime podcast needs a good tease, so it stands to reason that every show about a true crime podcast needs one too. Netflix has released the first trailer for Bodkin, which provides just the right amount of mystery and intrigue to have you hypothetically hitting subscribe on Gilbert's show.

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Netflix's Obama-backed comedy series Bodkin will parody the West Cork podcast - British GQ