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Massive SSN Data Breach; Doctors & Assistant Charged in Matthew Perry Death; Taylor Swift Security Update; Jordan Chiles Speaks Out

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This Week’s Sponsors:  – Babbel – 60% off Subscription To Learn A New Language – Boll & Branch Bedding & Sheets – 20% Off 1st Order + Free Shipping | CODE: MONEWS   Headlines: – Welcome to Mo News (01:30) – Hackers May Have Stolen The Social Security Numbers Of Most Americans (04:50) – Multiple People Charged In Connection To Matthew Perry’s Death (09:00) – Biden and Harris Reunite to Celebrate Deal on Drug Prices (14:50) – The Veep Debate (15:30) – Major Security Operation Underway At Taylor Swift’s London Run (19:50) – Jordan Chiles Breaks Silence On Olympic Bronze Medal Controversy (21:30) – Big Trees, A Wooden Ceiling And ‘Therapy’ Llamas: What You’ll Find At Portland Airport (PDX) (24:00) – Brad Pitt Explains Why He Feels His Acting Career Is on Its “Last Leg” (25:20) – What We’re Watching, Reading, Eating (26:30) Mo News Premium For Members-Only Instagram, Private Podcast: (Click To Join) — Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022. Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award- winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast. Follow Mo News on all platforms:

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A daily non-partisan, conversational breakdown of today’s top news and breaking news stories


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Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (01:30)

– Hackers May Have Stolen The Social Security Numbers Of Most Americans (04:50)

– Multiple People Charged In Connection To Matthew Perry’s Death (09:00)

– Biden and Harris Reunite to Celebrate Deal on Drug Prices (14:50)

– The Veep Debate (15:30)

– Major Security Operation Underway At Taylor Swift’s London Run (19:50)

– Jordan Chiles Breaks Silence On Olympic Bronze Medal Controversy (21:30)

– Big Trees, A Wooden Ceiling And ‘Therapy’ Llamas: What You’ll Find At Portland Airport (PDX) (24:00)

– Brad Pitt Explains Why He Feels His Acting Career Is on Its “Last Leg” (25:20)

– What We’re Watching, Reading, Eating (26:30)

**Mo News Premium For Members-Only Instagram, Private Podcast: (Click To Join)**

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award- winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

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I had a wonderful kind of a mini vacation, but it was really nice in the North Fork here on Long Island. And you, unfortunately, are not feeling great. No, everything in concert has made an impact here. The baby was sick. We had the move, and I think everything in combination put me in bed on my back for the past couple of days. So for those of you following Instagram, the Instagram account is not going away based on the fears. Some people are like, oh my God, are you not posting here anymore? No, I just have a hundred and three feet and I'm not feeling very well. But I will be back. And it just so happens that Lauren, who helps with the Instagram account was on, Jill's on vacation, Lauren's on vacation, Moshe's moving, Moshe's sick, and there you have it, folks. All Monus was out this week. Oh, yes. For one reason or another, the entire Monus team done down for the count. But we are back. And I feel like you're feeling a little bit better. I saw that the podcast on Thursday was 21 minutes, which to me is like something is wrong with. That is not his normal TRT total run time. You guys, I almost was not able to put that podcast together yesterday, but I was able to muster the strength to record on Wednesday night. And Jill, thank you for being back to help take on some of the effort here because I'm still, I'll be good by next week. I just think a couple more days. Listen, Moshe if Noah Lyles could get a bronze while running with COVID. I'm glad you were able to dig deep and do the podcast. I'll not be like, well, I'm actually serious, though, I, it's not fun when you say I hope. But yesterday's podcast is a bronze medal worthy. All right, let's get to the headlines. Hackers may have stolen the social security numbers of many Americans actually every American. What experts say that you should do now. Jill, I just got off the phone with Equifax. We'll explain what you need to do. Multiple people charged in connection to Matthew Perry's death, including his personal assistant, two doctors and a drug dealer known as the ketamine queen to politics. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris reunite to celebrate a deal on drug prices. The Veep debate, a date has been set. And the Harris campaign now saying that they're open to a second debate with Donald Trump. Plus, Moshe is heading to the Democratic National Convention next week. Uh, Moshe'll tell us what you're going to be watching for Taylor Swift's errors tours in London, the security measures in place after a foiled terror plot in Vienna, what you'll find in Portland's renovated terminal. We are talking big trees, a wooden ceiling, and therapy llamas. They're bringing outdoor Portland into indoor and Brad Pitt talks about why he feels like his acting career is on its quote last leg. Plus it is Friday. Cheers to the freaking weekend. What we are watching, reading and eating. Moshe hopefully chicken soup is in your future. Jill, you've read ahead. OK, let's start with our top story. An enormous amount of sensitive data belonging to millions of Americans, including social security numbers, current and past addresses, date of births, phone numbers, and even the names of your relatives could be in the hands of online hackers after a massive data breach. So I'm sure everyone is thinking right now, am I affected? Well, unfortunately, it is likely the hackers claim to have breached a massive database that held more than 2.7 billion sensitive records across the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, from both the living and people who have died. Well, it is unclear how many people that includes in the United States, experts say it is likely that everyone with a social security number was impacted, and it is a reminder, say, experts of the importance of protecting yourself, because clearly, one of these experts telling CBS Money Watch companies and the government are not doing it for us. The number of personal records hacked doesn't necessarily equate to that exact number of people, but the U.S. population is at about 330 million. So the reach here is quite significant, and most we only know about the hack because of a class action lawsuit filed earlier this year from a California resident who claimed that his identity theft protection service alerted him that his personal info had been leaked to the dark web by the nationalpublicdata.com breach. Yeah, so many breaches to track these days. This one allegedly occurred in April with a hacker group called USDOD, exfiltrating the unencrypted personal information of billions of individuals from a company called National Public Data that's a background check company. So the lawsuit here says that the personal information stolen dates back as far as three decades here, and the experts here say that they believe the hackers are trying to sell the data on the dark web for about three and a half million dollars, which actually chilled that three and a half million, I would just ask someone who's very rich to buy all our records for us and protect them. Yeah, I was unimpressed most by the three and a half million number. I was going to say, you know, for all the information they have. Anyway, nonetheless, I don't know if there's good actors, white hat actors on these websites buying up our information for good. But the issue is, if this information's gotten out there, it might already be out there already, the stolen data allows cyber criminals to gain access to your financial accounts. I mean, think about the information they have here, addresses, phone numbers, so security number, birth dates, a lot of the key data that you need that you use to verify your identity. So what should you do? Well, one thing everyone should do immediately, and I did yesterday, was confirm that I have a credit freeze through all the three major credit agencies. So unless you're trying to buy a house, or buy a car, or get a loan, you should typically always have your credit frozen, so no one can open a credit card using your information. So there's three agencies, they are Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, again, three of them here, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. They all have pretty simple websites to use, and you can ensure that your credit is frozen there, so people can't open up lines of credit, take out loans, etc. You should also alert the IRS, you can get a PIN at the IRS, so people can't file taxes on your path, or get your tax return. One other thing you should do, update your passwords, I know it's simple to just keep one password for everything. The amount of people, Jill, who still use password 1, or password 123, is a pretty remarkable thing. So update your passwords, there's a lot of sites you can use now, like Dashlane and OnePassword, that allow you to keep very complex passwords all in one place. They basically populate them for you, so use things like OnePassword and Dashlane to allow you to have more complicated passwords on your various credit card accounts, bank accounts, etc. Make sure not to click on links, any suspicious links asking you for information or telling you that there's been an issue, because that's a lot of the way they fish, if you will, to get more of your information. So just be on alert right now, given this major breach. All right, now to this, federal and law enforcement officials on Thursday announced that multiple arrests were made in connection to the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry. Five people have been charged in connection to the Friends actor. Investigators said they discovered an underground criminal drug network responsible for distributing ketamine, an anesthetic with psychedelic properties which killed Perry. If you remember, he was found face down in a pool at his home last October, the LA County Medical Examiner's Office attributed his deaths to the acute effects of ketamine. Five people, including two doctors, a reputed drug dealer known as the ketamine queen, and Matthew Perry's live in personal assistant have all been charged in the actor's accidental overdose death. Three of them have pleaded guilty. So, defendant one, Jasmine Sanga, she's a drug trafficker in North Hollywood. She allegedly provided Perry's assistant with the ketamine that ultimately led to his death. She is known as the ketamine queen. The second defendant is Perry's personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa. He allegedly injected Perry with the drug on the day that he died. He has pleaded guilty and admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine, even without medical training. And then there's Dr. Salvador Placencia, who provided the syringe. He had also provided Perry and his assistant with ketamine in the past. Despite knowing that Perry had a history of drug abuse, defendant four, Dr. Mark Chavez, a San Diego physician, he admitted to selling ketamine as well. And then there is Eric Fleming, who's described as Matthew Perry's broker, who helped obtain the ketamine, and he admitted to distributing the ketamine that killed Perry. The court documents most have some pretty disturbing details. They say Perry's assistant injected him with at least 27 shots of ketamine in the five days leading up to his death, including at least three on the day that he died. The indictment also described a conversation between Dr. Placencia and another doctor over how much to charge Matthew Perry for ketamine. He wrote, quote, I wonder how much this moron will pay, and let's find out. Placencia told another patient in October of 2023, the month that Perry died, that he was, quote, spiraling out of control with his addiction. This is according to lawyers, but yet continued to supply Perry with the drug anyway. He faces a maximum sentence of 120 years in federal prison. The DEA says these doctors charged Perry $2,000 for a vile that costs approximately 12 bucks. As Perry's addiction worsened, he would buy from street dealers who sold the ketamine that killed him. Just so sad when you read these details, it reminds you of what happened on Michael Jackson. More than a decade ago, incidentally, after Jackson's death in '09, his private physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for providing the singer with a fatal dose of powerful drugs that would kill him. In the case here of Perry, the U.S. Attorney, Martin Estrada, says that these individuals knew what they were doing was risking great danger to Perry, but they did it anyway. In the end, these defendants, the prosecutor says, were more interested in profiting off Mr. Perry than caring for his well-being. Ketamine is a longtime party drug that has been growing in popularity for alternative treatments like depression. Matthew Perry was using it for depression and anxiety through the years. His last session took place, official session, took place more than a week prior to his death, but it's clear here that he was getting it on the side from his assistant and others. The medical examiner who examined Perry's body found that the ketamine in his system could not have been from that infusion therapy given what they know about it, and so clearly it came from all these additional doses that he was getting. The levels of ketamine they found on him were so high, they were equivalent to the amount used for general anesthesia during surgery. Now, Perry had written about his opioid and alcohol addictions through the years, spoke about it at length in his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing. He had been 19 months sober up until the night that he died, but it appears this addiction continued here. In the drug deals, they would speak in code referring to ketamine as Dr. Pepper, Hens, and Bots. So we'll follow this case to see what happens, and hopefully this does have an impact on those who are willing to make a profit off of those suffering from addiction. All right, if you were like me and you were testing yourself during the Olympics, hearing the announcements in French and trying to figure out what they were saying, I took French back in high school and college, but it's been a while since I took it formally. I was reminded that it might be time to take a language course again, and that apparently puts me based on the latest numbers in the 20% of Americans who have learned a new language on their bucket list. So if that's you as well, you can make this year the year you finally checked it off the list with Babel. Babel, B-A-B-B-E-L, is a language app that has quick 10-minute lessons to help you start to speak a new language in as little as three weeks. Apparently one study found that using Babel for 15 hours is equivalent to a full semester in college. How about that? So what we like about Babel is that it's designed for real people, for real conversations. They have tips and tools that are approachable, accessible, rooted in real life situations, delivered with conversation-based teaching, so you're ready to practice it right away. I have found their courses very convenient as I've had to travel over the last year. I try to run through a couple as I make my way to a new country. So we have a special limited time deal for our listeners here in the Monus community. You can get 60% off your Babel subscription. That's at Babel.com/monus, B-A-B-B-E-L.com/monus, that again is 60% off over at Babel.com/monus, B-A-B-B-E-L.com/monus, rules and restrictions, do apply. It's time for the speed read, starting with politics from the New York Times, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden on Thursday made their first joint public appearance since Biden dropped out of the race. They use the occasion to celebrate their achievements in the White House, specifically touting an agreement on drug prices with pharma companies over 10 commonly used drugs. They say it's going to save Medicare enrollees $1.5 billion now to pocket costs when those new prices go into effect in 2026. Biden used the occasion though to make the case for Harris. He said, quote, folks, I have an incredible partner. She's going to make one hell of a president. And most of you other political headlines, it appears we are looking at two presidential debates this fall and one vice presidential debate. This is according to an announcement from the Harris campaign. So we've got the Harris and Trump debate on September 10th and then one additional one that Harris says that she will now partake in, but that is TBD. So we don't know if that's the Fox one or one on a different network. >> Right, NBC is looking to do one later in September. >> And now we've got the date October 1st for a vice presidential debate. Donald Trump and JD Vance are looking for more debates beyond those three. It's unclear though, whether they'll get them. Coming up today, Harris will be giving a speech laying out her economic agenda, expect the vice presidents call for a federal ban on corporate price gouging on food and groceries. She and walls will be campaigning in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania on Sunday the day before the Democratic National Convention kicks off. And most you will be there. >> Yeah, headed to Chicago and to the weekend for the convention should be a pretty interesting one. You got Biden's goodbye, so to speak, on Monday night, you got Obama speaking, you got both Clinton speaking, Wednesday night will be walls, Thursday night will be Harris. There will also be major protests expected outside there among pro Palestinian groups and others that are seeking the pressure. A Harris to do more for their cause. Some of them have received permits. Some of them have not received permits. So Chicago PD has brought in reinforcements from across the country. And so we'll see whether the more interesting stories happening inside the convention, which is happening at the United Center with the Bulls and the Blackhawks play, or will be happening outside the convention. So we'll have all of them for you next week on Instagram, on this podcast. Jill, I'm trying to find a quiet nook of the United Center to record our podcast every evening. I've applied for some spaces, so I will let you know so you don't have roaring crowds behind as we're trying to tape this. >> Well, it will be interesting for sure. >> Definitely. A couple other political stories we're tracking, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Apparently, after unsuccessfully trying to get a job with Trump in exchange for endorsement, has tried the same with Kamala Harris. According to multiple sources and confirmation within his camp, he apparently reached out to her to talk about endorsing her in exchange for a top job in her White House. Apparently, Harris and her advisors did not offer a meeting time or express any interest. Kennedy telling the Washington Post, I think it's a strategic mistake for them. That's my perspective. I think they ought to be looking at every opportunity. This is going to be a very close race. After it received a lot of attention in the past 24 hours, Kennedy put out a post on X saying, "I have no plans to endorse Kamala Harris. I do have a plan to defeat her." So Kennedy not so happy that she wouldn't give him the time of day. And so that's where things stand. We've talked about this a couple times on the podcast recently, Jill. Kennedy, his support's been dropping by more than half here. Of course, it was the bear story and other issues, but even if he's on the ballot, and it looks like he's getting to the point about 20 ballots so far out of the 50 states. He doesn't seem to be campaigning very much, and it's not really clear what he's doing in this race, and you're seeing a lot of people who may have considered him when it was a Biden-Trump race. A lot of them are now jumping to Kamala Harris. They were just kind of hanging out as a Kennedy voter until there was a better option, or at least a non-Biden-Non-Trump option, that of course is Harris right now. So there's a feeling right now that he could hurt Trump more than Harris given the say of the race, but something we'll continue to watch. As far as Trump, he held a press conference. Last week was Mar-a-Lago. This week was at his Bedminster, a resort last night. It's his effort to get back in the news cycle and make some headlines here. Notably, Jill, he tried to stick to issues yesterday. That's something his advisors and Republicans around him have been saying, "Stop with the personality attacks on Kamala Harris. Please stick to the issues. If you stick to the issues, you will win." So he spent a lot of time on immigration, on the economy. Those are the two issues that both the Harris polling and the Trump polling show she's most vulnerable on. And so for a bit yesterday, he's stuck to that. We'll see if he's able to keep that up in the coming days and weeks. He's been frustrated so far with the news coverage, with the positive treatment of Kamala Harris. But his advisors at the same time are pleading with him saying, "Sick to the issues, and you'll do much better here as opposed to questioning her race and some of the other stuff that he was up to in recent weeks." Switching gears from the Wall Street Journal, security officials ramped up preparations ahead of Taylor Swift's five night run at Wembley Stadium with a ban on fans outside of the venue and a heightened threat level following the foiled terror plot in Vienna last week. So her shows kicked off last night. Authorities in Austria arrested three teenage suspects over plans to drive a bomb filled car into crowds outside of Swift's Vienna show as we reported those shows were canceled. So security is tightening in London for this latest leg of Swift's Aries tour, one security expert telling the Wall Street Journal that a foiled terrorist plot absolutely heightens the threat and the risk of something happening. So organizers have probably been re-evaluating their security protocols and procedures. There's a much more visible security presence here. A reminder, the UK saw the last major concert attack that went against Ariana Grande's show several years ago. Taylor herself has talked about how that's her biggest fear here, but the authorities in the UK believe that they've done what they need to do to ensure security here. The fans are also taking things into their own hands here, a number of people telling the concert say they're not wearing heels anymore in case there's a security issue so they can get away quicker. Some are actually going so far is to bring gauze and other first aid items with them in case something happens. One of the challenges here for security is all of the tailgating or I guess they call it tailgating at these shows. Fans outside, without tickets who are there to celebrate the concert, exchanging gifts, singing songs, etc. They have to worry not only about what's happening inside the concert venue, the stadium itself, but also outside of the venue. From USA Today, US gymnast Jordan Childs broke her silence over the denial of an appeal to a ruling that effectively stripped her of a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, saying that the decision feels unjust and that she's been the victim of racially driven attacks on social media. So, Childs posted a statement on social media on Thursday, she wrote, quote, "I am overwhelmed by the love I've received over the past few days, while celebrating my Olympic accomplishments. I heard the devastating news that my bronze medal had been stripped away. I had confidence in the appeal brought by USA G, USA Gymnastics, who gave conclusive evidence that my score followed all of the rules. This appeal was unsuccessful. She writes, "I have no words. This decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow, not just to me, but to everyone who has championed my journey." She says, "To add to the heartbreak, the unprompted racially driven attacks on social media are wrong and extremely hurtful." She says, "I poured my heart and soul into this sport and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country." Childs won the bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Games after her coaches submitted an inquiry to the judges over her score. Right, a reminder that she won on appeal there. The judges acknowledging that they had inaccurately scored her. But then the Romanian team said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, the USA team took too long to submit the inquiry. In fact, four seconds too long. They took 64 seconds instead of 60 seconds." So then the Olympics agreed, even though the judges had acknowledged the scoring issue, they said the inquiry took too long and then gave the medal back to the Romanian gymnasts. So as of right now, though, there are no plans for Childs to give the bronze medal back. U.S. officials say they plan to appeal. What they believe were significant procedural issues here with what's called the Court of Arbitration for Sport. They're taking things up to the larger court system in Switzerland. The U.S. officials believe they have conclusive evidence at this point as they've looked at the tape. They actually submitted the appeal in 47 seconds, not 64 seconds. But the Court of Arbitration for Sport said, "Whoa, that's too late. You didn't have that evidence for our hearing." And so we're sticking by it and not reopening the case at this point. So Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu officially is the bronze medal winner. Jordan Child still has the bronze medal with no plans to return it. So now it appears Romania can award Barbosu a bronze medal themselves, and they're going to have a ceremony at some point today. From CNN, something to check out the next time you're flying into or out of Portland, after more than three years of work, one of the Pacific Northwest's busiest airports is reopening. And it's not going to look like your typical industrially sterile U.S. airports at Portland International Airport or PDX. They've spent big money aiming to bring the famed Oregon outdoors indoors. Yeah, so Jill, we're talking about 72 large trees, black walnut, fikuses, olive varieties, 5,000 live plants. They'll be photosynthesizing sunlight from 49-place skylights across the airport. Apparently, there's going to be a Douglas fir. I don't know if any of you people are botany people. But then, apparently, it's going to be a very nice environment, botanic environment, as you walk through the terminal. They spend about $2 billion on this renovation. There's also going to be llamas and alpacas, therapy llamas. They're calling them in the airport and based on some of the videos and scenarios that you may have witnessed unfold before you at airport. I think there's no shortage of therapy llamas that are necessary at airports these days. Lama, llama, red pajama. Lama, llama, red pajama. Yes, we've been reading that, too. But those are llamas for kids. It turns out llamas for adults in an airport are potentially also necessary here, Jill. And from the Hollywood Reporter, Brad Pitt and George Clooney talk about the end of their careers. So, Pitt told GQ in 2022 that he was contemplating what the final phase of his career would look like as he is on his, quote, "last leg." Pitt is now 60 years old. He talked about his career like seasons and said, "What are these last years going to be?" Because I see my parents are very, and he trails off. He says, "In your 80s, the body becomes more frail." And yet I look at Frank Gary. He is just the loveliest man and he's 95 and still making great art and he's got a beautiful family. And I think that's the kind of formula to stay creative and keep loving your life. And then Clooney added that they are both very lucky to be able to plan out their futures, adding that they're in a profession that doesn't force you into retirement. So Clooney in this conversation says there are two ways for actors to go about it. The phone stops ringing, Clooney says, "If your decision is that you want to continue to be the character that you were when you were 35 and you just want a softer lens." But if you're willing to say, "Move down the call sheet a little bit and do interesting character work," then you can kind of, you can make peace with the idea that you're going to die. You can try these other characters. And so Clooney goes on to say, "I will walk up to people and they'll be like, 'Oh, you're older than I thought.'" And Clooney will say, "I'm 63, you dumb shit. It's just that's life." And so as long as you can make peace with the idea of change, then it's okay. Interesting thoughts here from Pitt and Clooney, Jill, and a realization that yes, those two men are both in their 60s now. I thought it was really interesting that they even feel it and they're men. Like they're men who they think age gracefully, women in Hollywood have it much worse. Oh, absolutely. At the same time here, you have Clooney and Pitt saying they also are experiencing some of that. I like that he talks about the soft lens, which we are familiar with from TV. Well, yeah, there are certain TV personalities, Jill. I know that certain network news anchors who had the lens changed or a little Vaseline applied to the lens. All right, Moshe, it has been a long week, especially for you. And it is Friday. Cheers to the freaking weekend. Time for it. We are watching, reading and eating. So kick it off, Moshe. What are you watching? So with all this controversy related to the Blake Lively, it ends with us. I definitely want to go check that out and at least see the film that has now led to all this controversy among the actors. I also might be one of the only people in America who hasn't seen Deadpool Wolverine yet as it has surpassed. Have you seen Deadpool Wolverine yet? No. Two of us. Only two people. The film, I think, is it like $1.2 or $1.3 billion yet? But beyond that, what are you going to be watching this weekend? Moshe, I'm going to be watching Emily in Paris season four out on Netflix. They're really turn out those seasons of Emily. They are. I was googling it and I thought this was really funny. Slate.com, they had a review and the person wrote. Say we we to Emily in Paris is beautiful stupidity. Netflix's most embarrassing series is back for its fourth season. I am absolutely thrilled, which is kind of how I feel. It's like one of these shows. It's like so light and kind of dumb, but it's great. It's mindless, mindless TV. All right, Joel, what are you reading? So Moshe, I'm reading a book. It's called The Postcard. It is written by Anne Brest. I'd actually mentioned this book before because my dad had bought it for me and I planned on reading it, but I didn't actually get to it until I was on vacation and I have about 70 pages left. It is great. It is a French novel based in the 2000s when somebody gets this anonymous postcard delivered to their home. The back of it were names of four of the person's family members that were all killed at Auschwitz. So she kind of delves into her family history to try to figure out who sends her the postcard and it's pretty fascinating. Moshe, what are you reading? So just got a copy of The Art of Power. It's Nancy Pelosi's new book. It's not a full memoir of her political career, but she does dive into a couple moments, the 2008 financial crisis, January 6th, and how she navigated them, how she almost never ran for Congress despite coming from my political family. Jill, what's been interesting though is a lot of interviews about this book have been very focused on how she basically brought down Joe Biden and how the pair have not spoken in the past month since Biden blames her for effectively orchestrating the plot to take him down and replace him on the ticket. Okay, Moshe, what are you eating this weekend? Jill, I've had chicken soup. I'm having chicken soup and I will have more chicken soup as I try to get my voice back and regain strength for what should be an interesting week in Chicago next week. So a lot of chicken soup, rest, sleep, and Olivia and I are both on the path to recovery. Jill, what are you eating? So Moshe, I was out in Greenport for my vacation and we went to this great restaurant called Noah's. I'd imagine you may have been there because I know you spent a lot of time in Greenport. But if you have not or if anybody's looking to do a trip to the North Fork, I highly recommend. It was awesome. The North Fork is where Alex and I got married. We stayed in Greenport that weekend, so we try if we can every summer to get back there at least once. So we hope to do that in the next couple weeks. Alright everybody, thank you for listening to the Monuse Podcast. If you like what you hear, please share this with your friends. It will help us grow. Follow us and subscribe so you don't miss an episode and review us in the App Store. Oh, please get better. Feel better. Thank you very much, Jill. I have confidence by Monday. We'll be back at 100. I hope so. Alright everybody, have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for listening to the Monuse Podcast. [Music]