Hello there, welcome to another episode of Stand Up. My guest today is so special and so great. Her

name is Monica Biletsky. You might not have heard of her, but you probably have heard of the show that she created

and executive producing is the showrunner for it's called manhunt and it is on

Apple TV Plus and it's an adaptation of the best-selling book, Manhun, The 12-day Chase for Lincoln's

Killer, part historical fiction, part conspiracy thriller, so-so-good.

Follows the search for John Wilkes booth in the aftermath of President

Abraham Lincoln's assassination and I loved it. I watch all seven episodes of it

which are available now. I know several of you have as well in my conversation with Monica about the show and her life and career real good it begins at 28 minutes into today's show after my award-winning news recap.

If you want to skip this very special message,

I'm about to share as well as the news segment

that I do every day, you can to get to my conversation with Monica but I do just want to say something real

quick if you don't mind you don't mind do you a personal message of gratitude

from me to you I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being here, for being alive, for being in my world, for supporting and listening to the show as long as you have even if it hasn't been that long. Some of you have been with me for over 10 years.

And I always just like to take a moment

every once in a while on this daily podcast

and just tell you how much I appreciate you.

It's so impossible for me to correspond

and talk with everybody the way I want to.

It's why Pod Jam, the gathering that we had back in March, was so wonderful.

Thank you again, Cassie and everybody that's there.

I'm still living with the energy and the positivity and the friendships that I created there

and knowing in my heart that you are connected to each other is really the best thing about all of this is creating this community and connecting you with each other.

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