This is an I-Heart podcast.

So I'm in the room with Barack Obama, and I want to do one more video.

I take out my Mitch McConnell glasses, and I go, Barack, good to see you again.

And he looks at me, goes, no, we can't do that.

That is giving me serious PTSD.

Put those away.

That's freaking me out.

Hi, everyone.

I'm Katie Couric, and this is Next Question.

It's that time of year, everyone.

A new season of Next Question is beginning, and we thought it would be fun to have my friend,

Matt friend, come by because he's having a moment. Or is it just because he had a moment with me

recently at the U.S. Open? Take a listen. Hey, Matt. Katie, I'm, I am, this is like a make a wish. I'm so excited to be here. Except you're not dying, hopefully not, but I, I'm not. Thankfully not, but I, this is iconic. I'm being interviewed by you. This is a dream come true. Thank you for having me. I haven't been this excited to get interviewed since Charlie Rose interviewed me with his towel on. And that was, quite the experience, but we'll talk about that later. Well, you know, every time I listen to you to speak in your normal voice, I'm like, who is he impersonating? Isn't that funny? This one is me, which is hard to believe. Sometimes I'm confused myself. And you do have a great speaking voice, Matt. I remember who was it? Oh, you were with Seth. McFarland.

McFarland at an award show. I think you were interviewing him and you said he was your idol. And he said, why isn't it Peter Jennings with a voice like that? You do have an incredibly strong voice and you could be a newscaster, don't you think? You saying this is outrageous to me.

Really?

For Katie Kirk to look at me and say that I could be a newscaster.

I mean, I don't you think? You saying this is outrageous to me.

Really? For Katie Kirk to look at me and say that I could be a newscaster, I mean, I do have resting broadcaster voice. Yeah, I'm not sure. So I'll be on a date and I'll be like, hi, we'll have the gazpacho right after commercial. So that's kind of my, I always sound like I'm delivering major breaking news. Well, you do, you do. You have a great,

speaking voice, but you're only 27 years old, and you are on a role, although I've heard about you

for quite a while now from my husband, John Molnar, who also hails from Chicago. Yes.

You're from Lincoln Park. You grew up in Lincoln Park. He grew up in Highland Park. And we should, full disclosure. I mean, one of the reasons I'm talking to you is you're an epa baby. For the first time. Yeah. Exactly. And John and your dad, I guess, knew each other as kids. Talk about this connection. Yeah, my dad grew up with John, and then there was also

Richard Marks and Richa Pell. These are some of the Chicago luminaries in my mind. Right, Richard

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