Just The Tip-sters

This time around we have what a 1980s television marketing whiz would call a “Very Special Episode” of the podcast.  And that’s because what is normally the intro is actually half the show – and there’s an important reason why. It’s because Melissa has had some things she’s been wanting to say for a while about kindness – being nice – and those things came to the fore this past week in the form of vaccine side effects and a particularly icky email she received from a clearly unhappy person.  So in addition to the usual than-yous (and a dynamite discussion on one of America’s longest-operating travel-stop businesses), during the first half of this episode Melissa holds forth on an important fact of life – that kindness is the fuel of any well-lived life.  And how much the kindness of you Tip-Sters means to her and Producer Mark.            The second half – this week’s case – is about the tragedy of three friends – two of whom were murdered only because they happened to be friends with the third.  Gail Moody a