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Maxim Miles. It's a production of a typical artists

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and I heart radio. What

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is running through your head right now? Whoever took

0:07

Riley, whoever he's running from,

0:10

it might all be over tonight. If

0:12

it has something to do with the mine, then it'll

0:14

be too late for him to do any damage after

0:16

the demolition and will have lost our chance to

0:18

catch someone in the act. If it's Mr

0:21

Beatie, whatever he was doing has a

0:23

deadline of tonight, and I'm supposed

0:25

to be tracking Ransom's files down, He's

0:27

going to be tracking me down soon enough. Okay,

0:31

So are you saying we should split

0:33

up? Both take a different person on

0:35

ross? There's still the mine. If

0:37

the old mines get collapsed tonight, that means

0:39

the project is moving forward. And if it really

0:42

is as dangerous as Riley thought, we need

0:44

to stop it, which is why you need to go to city

0:46

Hall and try to find that environmental survey

0:49

report. And what are you going to do?

0:52

I'm going to go find Riley. How

0:54

I need to go down to the demolition. Do you think Riley

0:57

might show I think someone there. How'll

1:00

the sheriff, minot or mining warren

1:02

archers men, someone knows what

1:04

happened to Riley. At the very least,

1:07

maybe you can stir up some trouble stop the demo

1:09

from happening exactly. Okay,

1:12

you go to City Hall, get the report, and then

1:14

meet me down there. Max,

1:19

take this. Are you expecting me to march

1:21

on stage and wave this around until they cancel

1:24

the new Mind? If those really were Warren

1:26

Archer's goons at City Hall this morning, they'll

1:28

definitely be at the demolition. The

1:30

last thing I need is you getting kidnapped by the Archers

1:33

because you stuck your nose or it didn't belong. Thank

1:35

you, Ross. Just bring

1:38

it back to me, Okay, I

1:40

will. I promise I'll

1:44

see you soon. From

1:55

a typical artists and I heart radio. You're

1:58

listening to Maxie Miles. You've

2:23

chosen ending seat the Poisoned

2:25

Mind. Hey

2:43

Max, Jenna, what are you doing

2:46

here? I could ask you the same

2:48

thing. I didn't think you'd

2:50

want to watch this blatant display of industrial

2:52

destruction? Well you know what they

2:54

say, no the enemy or

2:57

whatever? Yeah, well I

2:59

guess it work with me. You were

3:01

never my enemy, Jenna. Whatever.

3:04

Have you seen the sheriff? Yeah,

3:07

he's down that way. Thanks,

3:09

Theo's not here yet, though, I'm

3:12

not looking for THEO.

3:17

No Archer grooms. As far as I can

3:19

see, there

3:23

he is. Where's

3:30

the as always?

3:32

Oh he's a good kid. He

3:34

is past move

3:37

on, Joe. But that's definitely

3:40

the consensus in the Miles household,

3:43

big fans of the Combs over here and

3:45

right back at you. You

3:48

still think Max has a crush? Oh

3:51

my god. I'm honestly not

3:53

sure anymore. And she's been more focused

3:55

on Riley recently, spending all her time

3:57

with that teller boy. Maybe

3:59

that's a good thing. It might

4:01

make telling them both less awkward.

4:05

Thank you for being patient with me. I'm still

4:07

new to this whole raising a kid thing,

4:09

I get it. Joe and I

4:12

haven't exactly been ready to tell THEO

4:14

yet either. I haven't

4:16

had a serious relationship since we lost

4:18

his mom, I know, but this

4:21

is serious for

4:24

me at least for me too, and

4:26

I think I'm ready to tell them about it. Max

4:30

will probably still be embarrassed by

4:32

the conversation, but at least it won't be because I'm

4:35

dating her crushes dad. Even

4:37

if she does still have a crush on THEO,

4:40

we'll figure it out together.

4:44

Oh, that's one mystery solved.

4:46

I guess alright, just

4:49

do it. Max. Joe was going to yell

4:51

at you. You have to talk to show it's

4:59

been taken care row. That's all you

5:01

need to know. Well,

5:10

if you hadn't let him go, we would

5:13

no pat listen to me. Just

5:16

get down here. Who

5:21

Maxine? What are you doing here?

5:24

Who were you talking to? Oh?

5:26

You shouldn't be in here, Max, Why not?

5:29

Well it's private property

5:31

for one. Let's

5:33

go outside. The demolition ceremony

5:35

is about to start. Were you talking to Maxine?

5:39

That's none of your business? I

5:41

think it is. Come

5:44

on, man, why are you trying to let me out of here? Well,

5:47

seeing is neither of us work for the mining

5:50

company. It's not really our place.

5:52

You were in here. I

5:55

just needed to make a phone call, But

5:57

now we should Could it be that this trail

6:00

is full of evidence that the mind is going to poison the

6:02

town? Excuse

6:04

me? Look, I

6:06

know how important this project is to the town.

6:08

But it's not too late. You can still do

6:11

the right thing. I

6:13

don't think you know what you're talking about.

6:16

Young Lady Riley knew somehow.

6:19

I don't know how he found out about the environmental

6:21

impact report that was done. I don't think

6:23

he found it, though, so maybe you

6:26

and I can look through these files and find the real

6:28

evidence. Maxine, you need to stop

6:30

it right now. This

6:33

is grown up business, so

6:35

it's none of yours. It's

6:37

Hastings business, which means it very

6:40

much is mine. I

6:42

know it can be exciting to think we understand

6:45

big, real life problems. When

6:47

we do? You understand them? You

6:50

think you do? You want to know what I

6:52

understand? The Archers will

6:54

do whatever they can to make money

6:56

and keep their state in this town, so

6:59

they decide to re vitalize the Hastings economy

7:01

by investing in a new mining company.

7:03

Except when they do their due diligence

7:06

on all the permits and surveys, they

7:08

discover that putting a pit mine

7:10

here could create deadly run off, so

7:12

they do whatever they can to hide it.

7:15

Is that what you think, camping? I

7:17

do? Well, it's quite

7:20

a story. Do you have any

7:22

proof? I have Riley's notebook

7:24

detailing what he found out about the mine, A

7:27

story conjured up by a board. But

7:30

clever teenager Riley

7:32

will be able to tell us where he got his intel,

7:35

maybe even where the report is no, he

7:37

won't what it's

7:40

an interesting theory magazine, but it's

7:42

not quite right. So

7:45

you admit that there is a report out

7:47

there that proves this new project is dangerous.

7:50

Does a report exist if there's no one there to

7:52

read it? If a tree falls in the forest,

7:54

does it make a sound. If

7:57

a nosy team can't snoop around, can

7:59

they steal do damage you?

8:03

You took Riley wrong

8:06

again, Maxine. You've got

8:08

all the pieces, it seems, but you're just not

8:10

quite putting them together. Maybe

8:14

you're not as much of a concern as I thought.

8:17

Patrick. You were talking to Mr

8:19

Beatty, weren't you. I don't see

8:22

why that matters. You let him go,

8:24

that's what you said to him.

8:27

Ross was right. What nonsense

8:29

are you going on about? Now? Mr

8:31

Beatty did kidnap Riley and

8:33

you you're involved

8:35

somehow? But how could you?

8:38

Why? Maxine? I told

8:40

you this, This is all

8:43

far beyond you. No, it's not

8:45

you. You're the one

8:47

who knew that Riley had evidence against

8:49

the mining project, and you told Mr

8:51

Beatty to keep him quiet, and and then that

8:54

sap let the boy go. Why

8:57

why would you do this? You love Hastings?

9:00

Yes, I do. That's why

9:02

I did this. There's a

9:04

lot you don't understand saying

9:07

that. That's just what adults say when they

9:09

don't want to admit they've done something wrong. Oh,

9:12

you think you're so clever, and

9:14

I'll grant you you're cleverer than most, so

9:16

is Riley. But neither of you

9:18

can comprehend what's really

9:21

going on here. Where is he?

9:23

You said you took care of it? What did you do? Warren

9:26

Archer knows how serious this is, how

9:28

important. He

9:31

was kind enough to lend me some of his associates

9:34

to handah Riley after Mr Beady failed

9:36

to do so. That's why they were

9:38

in City Hall. They were there to see

9:40

you. What did they do to Riley?

9:43

They just took him somewhere safe.

9:46

He won't be able to stop the demolition, and once

9:48

that's done, the deal is seal.

9:50

You can't get away with this, not if you go

9:53

out there and ruin everything. True, I

9:55

guess I'll have to call Warren's men back.

9:58

Don't come any closer. Max,

10:01

be reasonable now. I know how

10:03

much you love Hastings too, and

10:06

I'm sure we could come to some sort

10:08

of agreement. What do you

10:10

want excuse me. Riley

10:13

has been very uncooperative

10:15

this whole time. But

10:17

it's not like they weren't other options.

10:20

There's an easy way to do this, Max. You

10:23

can take the easy way, keep your

10:25

secret for you. I don't think so, not

10:28

even to protect your uncle. Joe

10:31

would never want me to lie. He'd stand

10:33

by me in this. You don't scare him.

10:35

M Yes, Joe is

10:38

a very capable adult. What

10:41

about Ross? What? Well?

10:44

The boy is clearly devoted to you.

10:46

He'd stand by you too, but

10:49

at what cost to him? Neither of them

10:51

have anything to do with this. Based

10:54

on all the questions Ross was asking me this

10:56

morning, I don't think that's

10:59

quite true. What are you saying? I'm

11:01

saying you keep your mouth shut and

11:03

everybody goes home happy. And

11:06

if I don't, then

11:08

we do this the hard way.

11:16

Vaccine, vaccine? Where are

11:18

you going back

11:21

here? Right? Vaccine? Where

11:36

do we go? Where do we go? I

11:42

have to find? Are

11:46

you all right? It's your beaty? Max?

11:48

What are you You took rightly? What

11:51

Mayor House said? He here

11:55

this way? What

11:58

did you say to how it was? He's

12:00

the one who covered up what's going on with the mine. He's

12:03

known this whole time, and

12:05

you why did you do it?

12:08

Why would you hurt Riley? I didn't

12:10

hurt him. I was trying to

12:12

protect him by kidnapping him.

12:15

Hell needed him out of the way, just until

12:17

the contracts were signed. But why would you agree

12:19

to that? It doesn't matter if he's the mayor.

12:22

What you both did is a crime. I

12:24

oh, Hell, I didn't

12:27

have a choice. But I never

12:29

hurt Riley. How said you let him go?

12:32

I don't understand Riley promised

12:34

to lay low. If I did, I just I

12:36

couldn't. I couldn't do it anymore. I

12:39

couldn't be the reason he was scared. We have to

12:41

find him. I know. That's why I'm

12:43

here. I'm We're just going to show up and do something

12:45

foolish. No, he won't, he

12:48

can't. How how

12:50

said he got someone else to take care of

12:52

it, warren archers men. But I don't.

12:55

I don't know who they are. Warren's

12:57

men, but I got I just

12:59

saw them come of the old mine entrance, the

13:01

one in the ridge just northwester here. Okay,

13:04

they were holding rope. What are you saying?

13:07

No, No, he

13:10

wouldn't. I know that. How is

13:12

is misguided? But he wouldn't. I'm

13:14

not so sure, but Warren Archer's

13:17

men definitely would. They're about

13:19

to collapse the entire mind. If if

13:21

Riley is in there, we have to find him.

13:23

You have to go talk to the sheriff. Stop

13:26

the detonation. But I don't How can I

13:28

be sure we can trust the sheriff. You

13:30

trust your uncle, don't you? Of course? But

13:32

he trusts Walt. I

13:34

think that means you can't. What are you talking about?

13:38

Wait? Did you know they

13:40

were dating? It's obvious,

13:42

isn't it. What? Never

13:45

mind? What are you going to do?

13:48

I'm going to go into the mind to find Riley? What

13:50

no way? I know these minds?

13:52

Then you know that just because you saw Warren's

13:55

guys come out of one of the entrances doesn't

13:57

mean they went in through that entrance. That

14:00

entire place is amazed. I have to

14:02

make this right. They're

14:07

about to start go. Yeah,

14:29

thank you, thank you all

14:31

for coming? Are you sure? Of

14:33

course? Today's a very

14:36

special occasion. How

14:39

where did you go? You are

14:41

so fortunate that the Archers have once

14:44

again invested in haste instituture.

14:47

Where are you now? There will

14:49

be plenty of time for speeches, but let's

14:51

get to the good style. It's

14:55

a good warring arch of wishes he

14:57

could be here himself. But I'm on to

14:59

get to push the plungeon that we're

15:02

usher in this new chapter of paste.

15:08

God, I hope this is the white wire. Here

15:11

we go, read two?

15:16

Got it one? Oh

15:20

my god, I can't believe that worked well.

15:28

We seem to be having some technical

15:30

difficulties, said. Anyone that

15:32

seen me try to use a computer certainly

15:35

knows I'm no stranger to those. Yes,

15:38

I'm sure fighted her.

15:42

Just one moment, folks will be blowing

15:44

the fusing new tide. That's

15:46

my cue.

16:05

Okay. If I remember those

16:07

maps correctly, which do, then

16:10

this entrance will eventually connect to the ones

16:12

that Mr Beatie saw One's men come out of. You

16:16

can do this, weeks. Riley,

16:40

Riley, Rightley,

16:43

where are you? Riley?

16:55

Keep talking? I'm here.

16:58

I'm here right way. Max,

17:02

MAXs and you ry, Oh

17:04

my god, Oh my god, MAXI

17:07

She'll sleep. You're here, jeez, Riany

17:09

are you they tied you up? No?

17:12

I thought it'd be fun to trap myself in

17:14

a mind that's about to self destruct. I can't.

17:16

I can't believe they would do this? How

17:19

I know. I don't quite worry about that. Later. We

17:21

gotta get out of here. Have

17:25

you seen Mr Beany? Don't

17:27

why he's coming and rescue you. That's

17:30

Ronny. Come

17:32

on wait,

17:37

I came in this way. I don't put this way

17:39

is faster, trust me? That's

17:43

yeah? Okay?

18:04

Where are we on

18:07

the north bridge of the forest? Come on? Thank

18:17

god? Mr Beany, you're

18:19

okay, Riley, it's I'm

18:22

so glad to see her. All right, Stay away from

18:24

me, Mr Beaty. Why are

18:26

you bleeding? Oh? Ye

18:29

had a run in with Warren's men. I

18:31

only just got away, Max.

18:33

I told you to talk to walk I couldn't find

18:35

him. Then why is he able to stop the demolition?

18:37

I cut the wire that works toon.

18:40

Not for long. They'll be able to reroute

18:42

the few soon enough. Then we should get out of here.

18:47

Where's your other one? What other one? The teller

18:50

boy? He was he was biking down to the ceremonies

18:52

as on my way up here? What he was looking

18:54

for? You accuse me of all sorts of

18:56

things? Was he wrong about any of them?

18:59

Wait? So he's at the demolition. I

19:01

told him that's where you were. I didn't

19:03

see him. I should have passed him. I told

19:06

him I was looking for Riley in the mine. No,

19:09

No, he wouldn't be that dumb you

19:11

were. And if Ross thought you

19:13

were going to do something stupid, I don't think he'd be

19:15

far behind. What

19:19

was that? Riley?

19:22

Riley? Are you here? Oh? My god? Riley

19:27

back? Ross, Ross,

19:31

Ross, Get out of there, Max,

19:34

Max, Where are you? Ross?

19:41

Roll? Thank

19:50

you for listening to season one of Max and Miles and

19:52

for being a part of the investigation. As we wait

19:54

for season two, feel free to listen to the other

19:56

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20:12

of Eight Typical Artists and iHeart Radio. His episode

20:14

is written and directed by Lauren Chippen, Dialog,

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editing and sound designed by more See Young and Hemma Creek

20:18

Productions, with editing assistance from Laurie and Davis

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