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543 - Live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Portland Early Show)

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

July 30, 2026

Live at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Georgia covers the Martin Family disappearance and Karen tells the story of the Grant High School bandits.    For our sources, please visit https://www.myfavoritemurder.com/episodes.
Speakers: Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Vince Averill
**Karen Kilgariff** (0:33)
What's up, Portland?

**SPEAKER_2** (0:40)
Oh my God.

**Karen Kilgariff** (0:41)
Of course, of course you did. Of course you won the noise contest.

**Georgia Hardstark** (0:47)
You blew back my things. They're so loud.

**Karen Kilgariff** (0:52)
Blowing behind you purely from noise. Yes. Oh, holy shit. So good to see you again, Portland. It's been a while. It has. How are you?

**Georgia Hardstark** (1:03)
Yeah, we knew we had to add you guys on this little trip that we're taking of touring because you're always so supportive of us and we appreciate that so much.

**Karen Kilgariff** (1:11)
Since day one. Yeah. You know that?

**Georgia Hardstark** (1:14)
Because they're the cool kids, too.

**Karen Kilgariff** (1:16)
They're the ones who know.

**Georgia Hardstark** (1:17)
Yeah.

**Karen Kilgariff** (1:18)
They're the ones who drink the drink special and get all fucked up and then like fight in the aisle and shit. Like, this is-

**Georgia Hardstark** (1:25)
They're the ones riding their bikes naked down the street and protest.

**Karen Kilgariff** (1:32)
Yeah. You got to rise up naked and get on that bike. Was anyone that's here today at the naked bike ride today?

**Georgia Hardstark** (1:42)
Are you still naked?

**Karen Kilgariff** (1:43)
Oh my god. It would be so amazing if four people were just sitting there and kind of weirdly naked in a grand theater like this.

**Georgia Hardstark** (1:55)
Oh my god.
I just took a... Uh-oh. What's it gonna be?

**Karen Kilgariff** (2:04)
There's like a pill wheel of fortune where you find out on stage what you took.

**Georgia Hardstark** (2:09)
Two of my best friends in the world, Kate Amatix and Carrie Sullenbetter are here and they were backstage. We were being very loud, I'm sure everyone noticed. And Kate whips out a thing of nicotine pouches.
She was like, put one on, you'll be up all night because we have to do two shows tonight. It's like a lot. They've already had like a Red Bull.

**Karen Kilgariff** (2:29)
I'm so sorry to say this, but that's such a like 40-year-old way of partying.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:33)
Or it's like...

**Karen Kilgariff** (2:35)
You guys.

**Georgia Hardstark** (2:36)
I'm high on nicotine patches. It's like either a 12-year-old way or a 40-year-old way.

**Karen Kilgariff** (2:41)
I mean, it works either way, I think, but it's so funny. Or it's like, no, no, no, we're not doing lines of coke before the show. That's crazy.

**Georgia Hardstark** (2:49)
Doing...

**Karen Kilgariff** (2:50)
Nicorette.

**Georgia Hardstark** (2:54)
So if I'm obnoxious, it's her fault. It's not true, it's my mom's fault, really, but...

**Karen Kilgariff** (2:58)
I mean, ultimately, it's always the mother's fault. Yeah. Ultimately.

**Georgia Hardstark** (3:01)
Janet.

**Karen Kilgariff** (3:03)
Janet!

**Georgia Hardstark** (3:03)
Should I tell them about... Should I tell them about Janet in Boston?

**Karen Kilgariff** (3:09)
Absolutely. Please do.

**Georgia Hardstark** (3:10)
So we went to Boston, and I flew my mom in for live shows. My mom and stepdad, it was really exciting, and it's being filmed for something, like, really exciting that we can't talk about. So I meet her in the lobby, we'd all just flown in, and her fucking front tooth is missing.
It's like a nub, her cap fell off.

**Karen Kilgariff** (3:32)
And the way, just as an outside non-family member person, Janet, Janet is a pulled together fancy lady with a blowout that goes on for days. Like, this is not, this is not a whoops, I don't have a front tooth type of person. We know those people, those people rule. That's fine. That's a whole, almost better way to party, but.

**Georgia Hardstark** (3:55)
It's totally fine, but I got my vanity from my mom and she's got a lot to give. So I was like, I know you're not gonna wanna be on this very important special filming thing without your front fucking tooth. So, you're not sightseeing tomorrow. Sorry, mom, you gotta find a dentist. She did.

**Karen Kilgariff** (4:12)
Do it now.

**Georgia Hardstark** (4:13)
And then I said, can I talk about it on stage and make fun of you? And she was like, yeah, you can embellish, I don't care. She was so cool about it.

**Karen Kilgariff** (4:21)
And I was like, if we'd only found out in time, we could have gotten some tooth black and then both turned around in bed and like, us too. See, we didn't have time for the comedy.

**Georgia Hardstark** (4:32)
No.

**Karen Kilgariff** (4:32)
We've got to make time for the comedy.

**Georgia Hardstark** (4:34)
Speaking of making time, this is my favorite for the podcast.
Thank you. That's Karen Kilgariff.

**Karen Kilgariff** (4:42)
That's Georgia Hardstark.

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