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[laughter] Hey everybody. We We go to Black too long. We got to change that uh that opening sequence. I think we talked about this a couple weeks ago. There's music and then like there's like so many seconds there of like black like are they coming on? Anyway, we'll we'll fix that for y'all watching live next [laughter] week. >> I had this quick um I for me it feels like all right, is this a tech issue here? I'm sure when people are watching they're like maybe it's building uh you know the suspense, but for us it's like a heart attack on whether or not this thing is actually going to work. >> All right, so we're going to fix the intro for the next live edition. We appreciate all of you for joining us live for the Friday edition of the podcast on Thursday. Uh Jill, it was great to see you uh in the city this week. We went to the Blue Square Alliance event on Wednesday night. [snorts] >> Yes, it was. Yes. And it wounds up raising uh over $30 million uh in an effort to fight anti-semitism and other forms of hate. and and not only was it a great event, but it was uh as always very nice to be in the office to see you in person, to see the rest of the team, >> Alec, who is uh our producer of this podcast right now. Uh and everybody else >> and and you didn't uh mention baby [laughter] if you're following on Instagram this week, my daughter, my three-year-old daughter like was like, "I'm taking a baby doll to school." I'm like, "Great." And then as I'm dropping her off for school, she goes, "You're taking care of baby today." I'm like, "Am I now?" So anyway, baby's been hanging out for two days, including if you're watching this podcast, she's over my shoulder. I took her to like a Target event, etc. But yeah, the the Blue Square event was a great event. For those of you unfamiliar, this was started by Robert Craft, the owner of the Newland Patriots a few years ago, uh, as Jill mentioned, uh, you know, as an organization to fight anti-semitism and all forms of hate. They have an advisory board that includes Countisa Rice and others. And they have this huge event this week in the city as they try to monitor and fight the good fight against hate. But Jill, we have a lot of news to get to. >> I was going to say in other news though, baby is living her best life. >> Baby >> on your shoulder. >> Baby is like a producer here at Mo News now. We're [laughter] going to give her some things to do. But I I shared pictures with my daughter. I was like, "By the way, when you gave me baby, do you know what baby's been up to?" And she really enjoyed like seeing all the various photos of baby, you know, taping a podcast at a event on a on a shelf. Um, wait. So, do you want to do a new like, hi, welcome to the Mo News podcast and introduce ourselves or are we just going into the headlines? >> Let's do it. So, we're going to rearrange this uh conversation. Uh, those you guys watching it, we're putting together live. >> So, here's the uh here's the intro before the It was good to see Jill are in. Hey everybody, it is Friday, October 23rd. You're listening to the Mo News podcast. I'm Moshwanunu >> and I am Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts >> and we read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to. And then Arian, you can take the whole conversation about it was good to see Jill, baby, etc., etc. And now we'll go to the headlines. >> Oh, all right. Time for the headlines. A warning from banks about AI agents except accessing bank accounts with users permission >> and in some cases without user permission. banks increasingly worried about this. Uh, this report from Axios struck us. Uh, and there are questions here about how much uh, permission you're giving your AI agents, credentials, passwords to get inside your bank accounts and what banks are doing about it, creating some potential nightmare scenarios. Staying with AI, those And staying with AI, those data centers are sucking up construction resources that could go towards building homes. >> Why, it's a double whammy for the housing market. >> And a look at an election overseas in Israel. Israelis head to the polls next week. It is the first election since the Hamas attacks on October 7th of 2023. Israel's increasingly isolated on the world stage. So, will Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving Israeli Prime Minister, be able to hang on, or will Israelis vote him out? >> Yeah, we got two big elections happening here. This is the subject of our latest uh Mo News Premium podcast. We'll play a clip of that. You'll hear a bit from uh our friend uh and the host of the Call Me Back podcast, Dan Senor, about the issues here uh and what is dividing Israelis and how different it is from how the rest of the world has been talking about Israel and the region. >> In health news, it's been an early start to the flu season made worse by a mutated virus. Just what we need, Mosh. where the flu is spreading right now, weeks ahead of schedule. >> And what to expect this winter in terms of snow and cold. Forecasters say that in many places it could be the opposite of last year. >> If you got a lot of snow, you'll get little snow. If you got little snow, you got a lot of snow. Welcome for uh a welcome headline for maybe our friends in Salt Lake City. Uh but then other areas, if you're in ski areas in the Northeast, it might be a drier summer for it might be a drier winter for you. a look at how the air that we breathe could potentially harm the brain. >> Yeah, some interesting uh studies that have come out and frankly a bit concerning. >> And JetBlue in lighter news, JetBlue is testing kidfree flights. We'll tell you why. And some other travel companies that are also trying to cater to adults who do not want kids around. By the way, Jill, we did the headline, kid- free flights, and some people said, "Oh my god, they fly kids for free." So, no, not free [laughter] kids, kid free. It's getting some backlash from some some folks in our community. >> I was actually a little surprised by the reaction in our community. Uh, sticking with travel news, some new Airbnb rules will limit the amount of chores that hosts can require you do. >> Yeah, there's a list of things that, you know, you need to do the laundry and do all this stuff. Airbnb realizing that maybe uh it's gone a bit too far. [laughter] >> You have to strip the beds, take out the >> Yeah, I we'll we'll get to the story, but basically stuff that cleaning crews should do. They don't they no longer think guests should be forced to do that stuff. >> And it is Friday. Cheers to the freaking weekend. But we are watching reading and eating. All right. Banks have a new All right. Banks have a new security challenge. figuring out when an AI agent is accessing your account and whether or not it has your permission. Some banks are describing this as a nightmare. As personal AI assistants like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots become more popular, people are giving them access to bank accounts and other sensitive information. And according to some new reporting in Axios, some are appearing to make decisions that go beyond what a user instructed. So that leaves banks to try to figure out if this was a c So that leaves banks trying to distinguish between a customer's authorized assistance and an agent that's doing something that the customer never asked for. So an AI agent going rogue. Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, City, they have started to block third-party agents from accessing their platforms. A Chase spokesperson also warning customers against sharing usernames and passwords with anyone, including your AI assistant. Banking executives fear that the fear that these steps agents with login access could take, especially if a user is granted them authority to make purchases or shift funds. Uh even if the user is allowed it, they do say it goes against the guidelines of most banks that require humans log in to their own accounts. So, one thing uh to bear in mind here is that banks have some of the best cyber security systems in the world for obvious reasons. They've built systems for years to spot suspicious activity. Uh you know, you might get alerts from your bank if you log in from a new browser or if they just determine uh you're in a new location, new IP address, or just once in a while, you know, checking in uh to make sure that it's still you uh doing the banking here. uh they've developed some really innovative technology or in fact purchased or adopted innovative technology that also determines even how you move the mouse uh that can distinguish between a bot and a human. uh the way humans move and the way that you move frankly and so they can even track like oh weird the the mouse tracking the the way this person or bot is moving the mouse is not typically the person who's on this Chase account or Bank of America account and by the way for obvious reasons they don't release all of the various security things they look at but the issue here is AI and in fact also that in some cases customers want AI there you have given AI permission to go handle a transfer uh to check on an account or do a variety of things that you might do uh on a banking website. So one approach the banks are taking right now is to limit what AI agents can do. City is moving towards what they call readonly access allowing agents to view financial information but not letting AI actually withdraw or transfer. Uh the challenge is managing these new assistants while making sure customers stay in control of their money. We got a lot of reaction uh to this story online and there's also politicians uh weighing in here. Florida Governor Ronda Santis saying uh there are a number of nightmare scenarios that he's imagining here. Imagining a a rogue AI agent liquidating your bank account, your investment portfolio and uh then you know is the AI company uh going to make you whole again following a lawsuit. Uh one question here is uh will it take new laws like imposing criminal liability on AI companies? Uh but even so, if there's some sort of mass scenario, the AI company could go bankrupt here. So there's a lot of concern around all of this, Jill, and it comes as we're watching another story that's been unfolding this week. The language that is the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts describe as one of the most notable vulnerabilities in recent memory. We're talking about something called PHP to those among us who are not familiar with PHP. I certainly was not. This is the programming language that powers like 70% of the internet. A race is now on to patch up the flaws in millions of affected websites, software packages, applications before criminal hackers get a chance to exploit them. Now, uh the organization behind the language and the FBI cyber division warned on Wednesday of significant vulnerabilities in the language that then led governments, banks, airlines, a host of businesses across the world to take websites offline temporarily. Some of you alerted this uh alerted us to this on Wednesday being like, "What's going on? Some websites I'm using have gone offline. This is all due to a vulnerability uh that apparently has existed for years, folks, but was not discovered until researchers uncovered them with the help of some very powerful AI tools which are changing the speed for both cyber security researchers, the good guys, what are called the white hats, as well as the black hat uh hackers to identify weak spots in commonly used systems. So 70% of the internet jail they're trying to fix a vulnerability in right now. >> You know this is what AI should be doing though helping us not going rogue and hacking into websites letting us know where there are vulnerabilities >> right and and by the way that's what they say you know the joke is you know the line from the NRA for years was like to stop a bad guy with a gun you need a good guy with a gun. And the joke in AI is like well to stop people using AI for bad is you need you know AI for good. Now staying with AI, it is having it is also having an impact on industries outside of banking particularly because of the data centers that are being built to power AI and we talk a lot about the impact of data. Wait, Mosh, actually um a little behind the scenes for everyone watching. Do you think maybe we save this story because the Israel elections is actually long? >> Yeah. >> So I think we skip this. >> Let's skip the housing part and kill that headline. >> Yeah. Okay. Great. Uh, so Arian, just get rid of that headline and we'll do it. Um, >> we'll do Monday. >> And Alec, if you are listening, which I know you are, save that for Monday. >> Okay, cool. >> All right, we are 11. All right, we are 11 days from the midterm elections here in the United States, something we've of course covered extensively here on the podcast, but we wanted to check in on an on but we wanted to check in on an election overseas. Israel's national elections are in a few days on Tuesday. This is their first national election since the Hamas attacks on October 7th, 2023 that plunged the country into a war in Gaza. The election is in part a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, who is Israel's longest serving prime minister. He's led the country for 19 of the last 30 years. His coalition's last government was the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in Israeli history. He's up against a number of candidates in Israel's large multi-party system. Gotti Eisenot, a former Israeli military chief and a leading contender to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. He is uh he's the top contender here. He leads the country's largest opposition party, the centrist party, Yashar. Eisenhot launched that party last year to oppose Netanyahu. He previously played a role in Netanyahu's war cabinet, but he resigned back in 2024. He said he didn't think Netanyahu had a clear military strategy in Gaza. Uh Eisen Kat's 25year-old son was killed while serving in a combat role during the war in December of 2023. So his party is leading Netanyahu's Lakood party in most recent polls, but neither one is close to winning a majority of parliamentary seats. In order to lead the country, you need a majority of the 120 parliamentary seats, which traditionally has meant that you need to build a coalition with other parties. So in essence, this election is about Netanyahu's coalition of parties and the opposition's coalition of parties that represent politicians to the right and left of Netanyahu who agree on few things except that Netanyahu needs to go. Now the bigger picture here on the one hand, Israel right now has arguably never been stronger in terms of its military. Israel severely weakened the Iranian proxy groups like Hamas and Hezbollah and also exposed Iran's vulnerabilities during recent attacks on Iran. At the same time, Israel has never been more globally isolated. A number of countries in the West have recognized a Palestinian state. In the years since October 7th, they've issued sanctions on Israel. And on a more day-to-day level, Israelis have also reported discrimination and harassment while traveling abroad. Jewish people living in the diaspora have experienced rising anti-semitism linked to support for Israel. Uh but Mosh, you sat down with political analyst Dan Senor. He's of the Call Me Back podcast. You guys talked about the elections. His podcast focuses on all things Israeli politics and national security. So, Senor told you interestingly that Israelis have a very insular thinking view of the world where they think that no matter what they do uh whether it's in Gaza or elsewhere that the international community will hate them either way. >> Yeah. So, you know, that's the mentality for many Israelis, right? They're going to hate us anyway, so we're going to do whatever we need to do for our own security. Even if it means, by the way, that you know, unfortunately, there is the the backlash that sometimes happens globally against various Jewish communities and what's called the diaspora around the world. Just keep in mind, by the way, folks, just as a matter of numbers here, there's about 14 or 15 million Jews in the world. Uh about half of them live in Israel. Uh about uh another 40% or so live in America. And then you have about 10% about, you know, a million Jews scattered throughout the rest of the world. uh as for Israel here and the top issues you know at its core uh as many Israeli elections are especially during a time of war the issue is security who will be the best defender of Israel and ensure uh that you know is Israelis remain secure in order for the uh economy to flourish moving forward it's like you know here in the US when you know oftentimes throughout history national security becomes the number one issue but oftentimes in Israel it is the number one issue just given the nature of where they are geographically and the nature of that region. The other big issue in Israel is accountability. And you know what's interesting when you look at the Israeli electorate is that across the board in the aftermath of October 7th terrorist attacks, it has virtually moved every Israeli to the right. So if you've become if you started right after October 7th, you're far right. If you were centrist, you've now become right. If you were center left, you're now a centrist. And if you are far left, you're more center left. Uh here is a bit of uh senor uh saying that and explaining sort of the major divisions now uh in the Israeli electorate. >> So if you were already center right, you've probably moved farther right. If you were somewhere in the center and called yourself a centrist, you've moved center right. If you were on the left, on the hard left, you talk to those Israeli voters or Israeli political leaders on the center left who historically been on the on sorry, on the hard left, they now talk like they're on the center left. Those on the center left are now in the center or if not to the right. Everyone has moved to the right. What does that mean? Uh practically, there's virtually no constituency in Israel today for considerable concessions in order to achieve a quote unquote two-state solution. a Jewish state living side by side by a total sovereign Palestinian state in which a Palestinian government is responsible for the security of that border. There used to be a large constituency for >> October 7th the attack ended that >> right now could it emerge again? It's not inconceivable, but this the bar is much higher. >> There's a bit of that. By the way, for edit purposes, you can um lose the first 35 seconds of scenor because I basically took his quote. So, you can start >> I was going to say we're cutting one. We're either cutting yours or his. Cut the Yeah, cut the first 35 seconds and then basically start with Senor's [laughter] by the final version. >> I'm already sitting there going, "Okay, left." You're going Zen or left. >> All right. So, just start the bite with with him saying everyone has moved to the right. What does that mean? Practically >> the the point here uh is uh when it comes to the international conversation, right? A two-state solution. Uh how will Palestinians achieve sovereignty? That's not the top issue right now among Israeli voters. it is who will best secure Israel in the aftermath of October 7th which was the deadliest day uh for uh Israel the say for Jews since the Holocaust. Uh and so Netanyahu has positioned himself over the last three years here as the only leader who can defeat Hamas. Uh his opponents point to October 7th saying that was a massive security failure. Netanyao is responsible for that. And is it clear here that his strategy has been a success? Yes, Hamas's weekend. Yes, Hezbollah's weekend. But this whole war in Iran that's now in its eighth month where where Netanyahu promised us ultimate victory and the regime falling. Well, none of that has happened and Netanyahu is basically saying, "Stay the course with me and I'll take you there." But there's many Israelis who are like, "We're not, you know, ready to continue staying the course with you." Uh, one of the things the opposition agrees on here is that uh they want to establish a state commission of inquiry into what took place on October 7th. That's something that NO has blocked for a number of years. view it like in America the 911 commission in the aftermath of the intelligence failure of September 11th we had a bipartisan commission that looked into what went wrong and what needs to be fixed that is something that NA is not allowed many people saying well that's because it's going to show you know that you made massive mistakes and so that's something he has blocked for a while here now there's another big issue uh that most people outside of Israel are not as familiar with but is a very big issue inside of Israel that a number of people are voting on it's a military draft exemption Now when you look at Israeli society, there's about 10 million people who live in Israel. About 2 million of them are Arab or Palestinian Israeli citizens. And then you have within the Jewish community of 7 million plus. You have about one and a half million ultraorththodox Jews called her. They're about 14% of the country. They have an opt out that goes back to the founding of the country in 1948 where they don't have to serve in the military. They're religious. They study uh Torah. They studied the Bible. Uh, and they have an exception. And for many years, that was something that many Israelis resented, but hadn't sort of gone to the top for many Israelis. But the issue you have now is that uh over the course of the past 3 years, Israel has been at war for 3 years. A a higher proportion of Israelis have served in the military. It's a reserve military, meaning, you know, you could be called up in your 20s, in your 30s, in your 40s. And sometimes you're called up for weeks or months at a time. And you have family at home. You might run a business. might have a job, but they're like, "Hey, you got to go to Gaza for 3 months. Hey, you got to go to Lebanon for 3 months." And when you look at the numbers, a higher percentage of Israelis have served in uh wartime, have served in combat over the last three years than Americans who served during World War II. Just to give you a sense of the society here in Israel. So, a lot of folks are like, "Wait a second, I'm giving up my life. I'm being called up left and right." Uh, but these guys, they get to go study Torah. They they in many cases live off the government. in many cases don't even believe uh in sort of the secular modern version of Israel uh that's existed since 1948. So there's a lot of folks in the opposition Eisenkot who you mentioned and the opposition parties who are like we're going to end this exemption these one and a half million heradium they need to serve just like everybody else now because Netanyahu's coalition involves the ultraorththodox parties. He's very much of the we're not going to change a thing. So that's one of the uh uh contentions you have within Israel society. So three main points. who's going to secure the country, accountability for October 7th, and then this draft exemption are some of the core issues here. Uh keep in mind uh that as I mentioned, of the 10 million or so Israelis, uh you have about 2 million Arabs. So they have their own parties. Uh and right now, if you look at some of the polling, they could gain anywhere from they could uh win, I should say, anywhere from 10 to 15 of the seats. And in the Israeli system with all these parties, uh you basically have to get a coalition of parties. So, there's the Netanyao coalition and the opposition coalition. Uh, neither side right now, according to polling, is going to achieve the 61 seats necessary in the Israeli parliament to have a majority. You could have a situation, as they did a few years ago, where there's a push and they got to hold another election until somebody achieves 61. But who holds the keys potentially uh is the Arab parties. The previous time Netanya was knocked out several years ago, the uh opposition got with the Arab parties and formed a government uh for a bit until that government collapsed eventually. Do they do that again in the post- October 7th uh world? That is a big question. There are skeptics. Uh but ultimately, if the opposition say has 54 seats and the Netanyahu coalition has 52 seats and the parties have the rest of the seats, someone's got to go with 61. Now Netanyahu will not do that. The other party the other coalition might do that. So that's something to to watch very closely. If you're interested in these details, we discuss them at length in that new uh interview, that conversation with Dan Senor. Uh and again, that's available as we make all conversations first for premium listeners over on the Mo News Premium podcast that is out as of Thursday. Uh and you can join over at mo.news/premium uh to get access to that. And then we will make the conversation available to everyone next week. >> Time for the speed read starting with health news. A mutated virus is driving the US into an early flu season, especially on the West Coast. This story from CNN. Flu season is picking up months ahead of schedule. This year, the season started about 2 and a half months earlier than what's typical, and it hit states on the West Coast first, which is unusual. So, usually the flu season in the US starts in the south, often in Florida, where it arrives from the southern hemisphere, and then it tends to spread north as fall and winter progress. But that is not how it's playing out this year. About one in 10 people tested for the flu in Washington State last week was positive, according to data from the state department of public health. Doctors there say that they're basically seeing January levels of flu in just the last week. Walgreens, which tracks all of this, says that nationally this flu season is tracking about four weeks ahead of recent seasons. It's dispensing more antiviral prescriptions as well as cough and cold medications than during the same time last year. So, Walgreens updates its flu index every week. A few highlights from their latest data. Hawaii, um Washington Florida Nevada and California are leading the nation in early flu activity. the national with the national flu score at 2.31, the flu index generates scores weekly that range from zero, which is the lowest, to 10, which is the highest. So, we're still not near the highest yet. Uh, but again, it is early. The CDC data also shows that the virus hasn't really taken off everywhere just yet. uh but in that region that includes Arizona, California Hawaii Nevada the proportion of flu tests that have come back positive reached at least 10% last week which means that there is a significant amount of flu going around and in the south they are catching up quickly. >> Yeah, interestingly when you look at this map and it's so interesting to look at uh the CDC map, look at the Walgreens map and obviously they have a lot ofarmacies, right? So they have good gauge for this. You see basically the west coast has been hit hard. Uh the sense is right here that that is coming from Asia. Uh right now the uh current version the new version of the flu has wre some havoc in Japan in recent months. It's forced uh school daycare closures as cases have surged among kids in Japan. And so you're seeing you know a major outbreak there on the west coast. Uh you know you mentioned Hawaii as well and then you know randomly Florida. Uh and then there's a bunch of states you including uh where we are in New York gel that are like closer to one on the 10point spectrum right now. But we know how flu season goes uh every year. Uh the mutation this year uh is called G155e. It has cropped up after strains were already selected for this year's flu shots. So even though the vaccines target a version of uh the flu H1N1, it could offer some protection here. Uh but this um mutation means the virus could still break through. So they're saying get your flu shot, you'll get a level of protection, especially if you're in a more vulnerable population. Uh and you know, it's always interesting because part of the you know, flu vaccine selection is they got to make guesses about what's going to be big right now. And they got this um you know, mutation, this G155e mutation that you'll likely be hearing more about if you haven't heard about it already. Uh doctors advise getting a flu shot before Halloween. So we're very much coming up against that in order to provide the best protection through spring. Uh some doctors say the best time to get vaccinated was actually a couple weeks ago. Uh but nonetheless, they say uh get it whenever you can. Uh if uh that's something that you do uh in order to get protection here. They again believe that even though they pre-selected the strains here and there is this mutation that it will offer some level of protection. A record setting El Nino is expected to steer the 2026 2027 winter pattern, shifting storms, snowfall, and temperatures across the country while bringing a stormier setup to parts of the West. From acue weather, the upcoming winter season could look very different across the US compared with recent years. A potentially record shattering El Nino is expected to be the dominant force that's shaping this winter. The snow forecast is almost the opposite of what we saw last winter across the country. Some of the heaviest snow expected are in areas that largely missed out on snowstorms last year. So, the season is expected to get off to an early start from the Sierra Nevada through the Great Basin and into the central and southern Rockies. A boon for ski resorts that uh and it follows a poor season last winter. This storm track will also lead to opportunities for snowflakes across the southeast. Meanwhile, much of the Northeast, Midwest, and Northwest is forecast to receive less snow than average. However, that does not mean that there will not be any major snowstorms. Um, in the east, they're saying there could be significant storms, especially in the middle or later parts of the winter, like in January and February. Snowfall totals are forecast though to be less than half of what was measured last winter in major cities across the Northeast. So, Philadelphia got 30 inches last winter. uh they're forecast to only get about 5 to 15 inches. Boston recorded 63 inches last winter. They're forecast to only get about 15 to 30 in. Um so there are other areas uh southern Appala App I Appalachia and Northern New England have a better chance of finishing near or above average >> for uh my friends in Chicago. Uh average snowfall is 38 in. You got 34 in last year. You're get you're set right now to get 12 to 25 inches. Uh but like for example, Salt Lake uh last winter got three inches of snow. You typically get 52 inches. The forecast is for 50 to 65. So normaly for Salt Lake, Denver got 27 inches. Last year they typically get 50. Uh this year they're set to get between 45 and 55. Now again these are just long-term predictions. uh you know not hard numbers but super interesting that basically a slight return to normaly if you will especially for those of you in the west not so much you know northeast um you know hope you enjoyed your snow last year by the way in Buffalo you're going to get slightly less snow than normal but still a lot of snow uh now the big thing to watch out for out west uh due to the El Nino here is going to be atmospheric rivers uh what they call atmospheric rivers that hit California time and time again several expected this year that could unload a feet of snow in the mountains, bring flooding to lower elevations, but for much of the droughtstricken west, any rain is welcome, even if it comes in massive numbers, but that's something uh to uh keep track of here. The Colorado River Basin, you know, I was mentioning Salt Lake in Denver. You guys experienced a record low snow pack last winter. Uh it's it you have water storage issues right now in Lake Powell and Lake me uh going back you know the worst they've seen in 60 plus years. So even a stormy winter will not erase the long-term water issues out west. Uh but still will anything will be welcome especially compared to last winter. [snorts] >> As somebody who has to drive in the suburbs I have to say I as much as I love snow it really it it is a pain. Well, Joe, lucky for you, New York is according to these predictions, again, just ACUE weather. We'll we'll bring you other predictions as they come in. You'll get you'll have to contend with that much less this winter. At least so they say. >> All right, we know dirty air can damage our lungs and hearts, but could it also be changing our brains? This story from the Washington Post. Scientists are finding microscopic debris deep inside human brain tissue. New research is raising questions about whether the air we breathe could help contribute to dementia decades later. So one recent finding is especially striking. Researchers looked at brain tissue from 11 people who died in their 80s and early and early 90s. They found particle they found particles including silica metals and soot. Some had reached the amygdala a region involved in emotion and memory. Now, finding particles does not establish that they cause disease. Scientists still don't know exactly how they got there, but it is pushing researchers to investigate whether pollution could harm the brain directly alongside its effects on inflammation throughout the body. Larger studies are also offering more clues. One followed more than 400,000 people in Britain for about 14 years. And those with the highest exposure to fine particle pollution had a 14% higher risk of developing dementia than those who had the lowest exposure. That is a relative increase in risk, not a 14% chance of getting dementia. Now, brain scans also linked greater pollution exposure to smaller brain volumes. The caveat here is that these studies cannot prove cause and effect. researchers estimated exposure using pollution near people's homes that doesn't capture everything that an individual actually breathes. >> So then there's this unusual experiment. Uh scientists exposed mice to diesel exhaust dust collected from the World Trade Center site or wood smoke. And despite their very different origins, diesel exhaust and the World Trade Center dust altered more than 1,200 of the same genes. some involved in inflammation and processing a protein that's associated with Alzheimer's. Both pollutants, by the way, were rich in metals, raising the possibility that the ingredients in pollution matter, too. Not all pollution is equal here. But, uh, these were mice. Something to keep in mind here whenever you see studies. And they were exposed for about 5 hours. 5 hours in a mouse is very different than a human for their entire lifetime. Now, the findings don't mean that the smoke was safe, but that the other stuff is dangerous. Uh but you know it's still interesting to see the details uh of this study. There's more in the Washington Post as we mentioned. How does one protect themselves uh from all of this? One of the researchers from John's Hopkins who became interested in pollution after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Uh that's when officials there restricted driving and temporally shut factories to clear the air. Today he pays attention to something much closer than something we can all control. Cooking. With adequate ventilation, it can generate surprisingly high concentration. >> Without adequate ventilation, >> sorry, without adequate ventilation, it can generate surprisingly high concentrations of particles indoors. So, the researcher said, you know, one thing to keep in mind here is you should change your home filters pretty regularly. Uh, avoid living directly beside a major road if you can. Uh, so your kitchen here, part of the story. Then there's all the environmental stuff. There's still a lot scientists don't understand about all this, but the research is expand the question from uh what polluted air does to our breathing to what years of breathing might do to our memory. >> And all right, let's get some lighter news here. Uh JetBlue testing something that has been debated for years. Kidsfree flights from Fast Company. JetBlue announced the launch of completely kid-free flights on Tuesday, part of an adultonly travel experience in a collaboration with Virgin Voyages. The package is called Do Not Disturb. It is scheduled for March 4th to March 8th. It includes a guaranteed roundtrip childfree flight from JFK to Fort Lauderdale for and and a four-night Caribbean cruise. The package is a one-time offering for now. comes though is there's been a rising demand for kid-free options across the travel and dining industries. The do not disturb package will cost about $2,750 for two people. It covers roundtrip flights, the cruise, gratuitities, airport transfers, and a $100 bar tab per cabin. About eight in 10 travelers want airlines to offer adult only adult flights. a majority are willing to pay at least 10% more uh on longhaul trips. This is according to a survey from 2023. >> So you have seen major cruise lines including Virgin Voyages that have started to cater just to adults or have designated adult ships. Uh Viking has uh been adults only since it launched cruises back in 2015. Oceanania Cruises uh stopped accepting new bookings for travelers under 18 this year. And you have some experimentation around this from various airlines that have established child-free first class cabins or quiet zone sections of the plane. Entirely child-free flights though are pretty rare for obvious reasons. There is a Dutch leisure carrier called Corandan that tried this uh for Caribbean flights. You have seen Scoot and Indigo. These are Asian airlines uh that have offered sections uh that are child-free. uh you've seen experimentation uh with restaurants around this. Uh there's another survey that came out uh among American adults saying restaurants should offer some form of adults only dining or adults only sections uh backing limits on children especially late at night. Uh but it was interesting Jill uh when it comes to the reaction from our audience and we should say probably not altogether surprising because the data that we do have is that about our audience about 90% of our audience are parents whether they have small kids or adult children. Uh but a lot of backlash to this saying you know we should be making things more familyfriendly uh not creating you know exclusions and limits on kids. I was actually surprised um Mosh because it was almost to a comment. Everybody on our in our comment section was very negative about this. Even someone who said, "I'm kid-free and single. I love to travel. I love to travel. I find this detrimental to society. Children are a part of our collective humanity. And if we can't celebrate or even tolerate them in our public spaces, we have problems much larger than sitting next to a crying baby on a flight." I fully get that and I appreciate it and as a mom with two young kids, I'm just going to give one contrarian opinion on this. Um, I have to deal with my kids all the time. I'm their parent and so sometimes if I am traveling or if I go out for dinner, like I don't want to I understand maybe having an hour with no kids. I I I understand why I understand and feel bad when my kids bother other people. Uh, so I don't know. I don't think it's the worst thing. >> Yeah. I mean, as long as you don't establish like, you know, fully exclusive, right? Uh, you know, one thing I will say, too, is like I didn't realize this until I was a father. But like all the restaurants and places we go and we're like, I'm just looking for a changing table for my child. And they're like, oh yeah, our bathroom. Like the bathroom is like there's no changing table. So I'm like finding myself like setting up somewhere, you know, random on a floor with a changing pad to like change a diaper. So we are very behind. men's room. By the way, I've heard this from a lot of fathers who say the men's room do not have >> I've seen stuff around this too where they're just like fathers with daughters and I have two girls, right? Like they're like as long as you knock, you're actually uh and especially as the girls grow up like you're actually um you know, there's a lot of moms who are like I'm okay with the father coming with the daughters into the women's room, you know, just given the men's room is a you know, a different situation. >> [laughter] >> So many. >> No, I would rather see a dad with young girls actually in the That's a great point than have to take the the young girls into the men's room. Although my husband's done it. >> And so, you know, I think it's finding on balance like also we're dealing with a situation where like we have population growth concerns and people having less children and one of the issues that we have in America is again we're a much less baby friendly culture than Europe, than Asia. At the same time, I totally get you know having opportunities, sections, times where there are no as somebody writes in our YouTube comments for our live stream uh no babies a a uh someone writes here I'd love a free baby screaming dinner not as an that sounds like free ba free free dinner with baby scream a a a a dinner free of baby screaming >> I get it but I I want that too and and I'm sure you can relate as I was saying as a parent who has young kids just say you and Alex are splurging and going out without your kids for the night Maybe you want to figure out if you could go somewhere where you can escape that a little bit. >> A big debate. I I could see both sides of it. Uh and hold on, I just need to open this up. >> Yeah. One more travel story. >> Yep. And sticking with travel, Airbnb is cracking down on checkout chore. [clears throat] Airbnb is cracking down on checkout chores after complaints about hosts requiring guests to strip beds, wash dishes, and clean up. Starting November 20th, hosts cannot require tasks that take significant time or effort or work typically done by a cleaner. Rules need to be disclosed before booking with no surprise instructions afterward. >> So, they have put out again if you either host Airbnb or you are renting an Airbnb, there are new rules, what they call reasonable rules. Uh, a host can ask guests to put used dishes in the sink, but they can't ask them to wash or put away dishes. They can request that guests separate trash and recycling, but they can't ask guests to deposit the garbage at an offsite facility. [laughter] >> That is such a hard no. If anybody can't even, >> please take the garbage out. Uh, Airbnb said that if hosts repeatedly violate the rules, the rental company could reduce visibility of their listing page. Uh, Jill, this has been a huge issue. apparently is also very different in the US versus Europe. I heard from people where Americans are asking guests to do much more than say European Airbnbs do. The CEO Brian Chesky of Airbnb recently acknowledged the problem saying guests shouldn't have to put towels in the washer, start the laundry. Uh these people are on vacation and they're on vacation from their chores. Some hosts though pushing back. Jill, there's a change.org petition arguing that washing your own dishes is a basic courtesy and it includes it and it'll create a challenge for turnaround times especially if you want to check in early they'll be like well you know the I can't ask those people to wash dishes or put stuff in the laundry again. So uh you know that means that if you were anticipating checking in at a certain time I'm going to need my cleaning crew. They're going to need a couple more hours uh to get certain things done. But uh stuff that but this is something that's you know super relevant to so many of you. And this comes as Airbnb by the way has expanded beyond home rentals adding independent and boutique hotels this year as they try to become a one-stop shop for everybody. And I guess they try to make everything in line because like you know a hotel is not asking you to do dishes or do laundry and I guess they're just trying to make that that you know true across the board here. >> Are you an Airbnb person? >> I've I've used a couple. I'm still mainly a hotel person. I know some people swear by it. There's also what like Verbbo. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Have you any Airbnb show? >> Years ago I stayed in Airbnb. Um but we don't really travel so much. I if I'm traveling with my husband, uh no, we usually stayed in a hotel and then we always just go down to my in-laws in Florida. So that is a house. It >> it's it's nice to have the autonomy of an Airbnb. Sometimes it's better location, more room, kitchen, etc. Uh, but you know, without the like 20 tasks you must do. Please turn this off. Please [snorts] clean this. >> No, it's the garbage off site, right? It's like I understand. >> Can you go take the garbage down the street? Yeah. [laughter] >> Um, Arian, so you could cut the second tier conversation about that. You could just leave it at the first one. All right. It is Friday. Cheers to the freaking weekend. Time for We are watching, reading, and eating. Mosh, what are you watching? >> So, there's an another new documentary over on Netflix that comes out early next week. The one about Matthew Perry. It's a three-part docu about Matthew Perry. Uh, of course, you know, he died a couple years ago. Tragic death there. And so, uh, looking uh, forward to seeing that, learning more about what was taking place all these years. You might have been seeing some articles about this, some of the revelations about just his struggle his entire life, including while he was on the cast of Friends. And Jill, I still haven't gotten to see You Can See Everything, the three-hour Nathan Fielder uh documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, which everyone's been buzzing about. And I'm told by the staff that the three hours is worth it and moves by pretty quickly. If I can get to theater this weekend, great. But it's on my list. I'll bring I'll bring Well, yeah, not the human baby that you >> Not the human. [laughter] >> I don't think she can answer. I'm returning that to my daughter at some point. Um Jill, what are you watching? >> If you did, people would be like, "Uh, who is this guy? >> Who's this creepy dude carrying a >> baby?" [laughter] Like, you know that thing's not real, right? Uh I am watching the liveaction of Moana. The live action version of Moana. It's on Disney Plus. Um, one of my daughter's favorites back in the day. We've been trying to watch it with my son and and just it's my husband and I, we love it, too. So, we're always like, "Let's watch Moana." And I the Noakaker, so hopefully they'll want to watch this. Dwayne Johnson is in it. He voices Maui. Apparently, he's in some bizarre muscle suit. Um, but we'll see. I was just looking though online. The reviews are not good for this. Um, some are saying it's just an unnecessary remake. Uh, they say it's they say it's basically shot forshot the same as as the original. So, I still want to watch it just because it's something new to watch with my kids. So, uh, that is what I'm watching. Mosh, what are you reading? >> So, uh, this has been recommended to me, but, uh, I and and I'm, you know, curious about it. It's a book called Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our Relationships. This is a book by sociologist James Mulun that explores how AI is reshaping human connections, intimacy, and social structures. This is a topic we got sort of into with Joanna Stern in her book about living life solely with AI for a year. Uh, but this sounds super interesting. The reviews are interesting. Love Machines by James Mulun. What are you reading? >> I just read um The Hotel Nantucket. It came out in 2022. It is a best-selling novel by Ellen Hildebrand. It is a beach read. I can't remember when I bought it, but I probably for a vacation, but I just needed something to read cuz I finished my last book and it was on my bookshelf. I couldn't put it down. It is about a woman who runs this newly restored haunted luxury hotel in Nantucket that's owned by some billionaire. I don't normally like books with ghosts, but I I again, I loved it. I couldn't put it down. It's that time of year, Halloween. So, you know, lean in. >> All right, Mosh, what are you eating, >> Jill? Uh, some of you might have seen on Instagram. I was at this Target holiday rollout uh this week. Target's been a uh partner of ours for a while now at Mo News. Uh they rolled out a lot what they have for this holiday season, including in the food section. Uh they have a brand called Favorite Day, and uh I'm addicted to uh their peppermint snowflake bark at Target. The favorite day peppermint snowflake bark and their peppermint and white chocolate popcorn. I I think I was only supposed to eat one sample. I might have had a few. Thanks, Target. >> Wait, last year you brought back to the office from Favorite Day, the milk chocolate sea salt caramels. >> Yes. >> I could I I think they were the best thing I've ever eaten, actually. They were so good. Um and I was just looking. They They still exist. They still exist. >> They're not. They're just dangerous because all >> 5.99 at Target. Chill. >> They are dangerous. >> What are you eating? >> Okay, so um this is from an Instagram account that is not an AI Instagram account. If you guys were listening a couple weeks ago, I I had said that I found this great recipe from this influencer that I follow and then AI influenc a few people were like, you know, that's like [laughter] an AI. >> So the recipe was great. The per the recipe was real and great. the person was not >> the re, you know, and if it was a human, I think the recipe probably would have been better. The recipe was like meh. Um, but I I do follow another account that I know is a human. I've been following it for a while. It's filling meals. Um, and it's this baked apple dish. >> I think I have mentioned this on the podcast maybe a couple years ago, but it's, you know, apple season, so I've been making this once a week. It's basically apple chopped up, two eggs, oats, Greek yogurts, a little cinnamon, and a little sugar. I sweeten it additionally with some vanilla and honey because I like things sweet. You cook it in the oven for about 30 minutes uh on 390° and it's really so filling, pretty healthy, and tastes great, and it makes your house smell really good. I if you guys are interested, I'll post maybe me making it and you guys can make fun of how I chop up my apples. You know, make fun of my cooking. It's totally fine. >> Having fun giving you tips and tricks. >> No, no. Like, it's okay. I'm a horrible horrible cook. The fact that I do any of this stuff, my parents can't believe it cuz And I And my friend D, who I grew up with, was always >> They're like, "Who is this domesticator?" >> She's like, "Who are you? If people knew you back in college, they wouldn't believe it." So, uh, >> she's on her she's on on her way to become a real tradife over there. [laughter] >> Yeah. Uh, all right, everybody. All right. Actually, uh, we wanted to say goodbye to everybody who is watching on YouTube. Thank you guys so much for joining us. We're sorry we couldn't do this last week. We just had a little bit of a scheduling issue, but we are going to plan on doing this every Thursday going forward, and if it goes well, uh, try to expand it. >> Yes. Um, it has uh been great being with you guys this week. Reminder to uh leave us a review uh wherever you listen to this, but especially Apple. It helps us uh in the rankings there. Uh and of course uh if you want access to that uh uh early access interview podcast we talked about earlier, as well as everything else, weekend coverage uh and just support what we're doing here at Mo News, check out Mos Premium, mo.news, mo.newspremium uh to join. Uh it's just a way to support what we're doing here as an independent news outlet. We depend on you guys and your support. Monthly members, annual members, lifetime members. Check it out over at mod.news/premium. >> Um, before you end, I want to just do my part, my goodbye, cuz I feel like the YouTube thing we're going to cut. Do you know what I mean? I was saying the YouTube thing. I I wasn't >> That's fine. I did it instead. Like, >> all right. So, you want to just leave it? >> Yeah. Just say it. >> Okay. >> Overruled. All right, everyone. Have a great weekend. We'll see you back here on Monday. >> All right. >> [laughter]
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