Hello there, I'm Chuck Todd.

This is the Chuck Todd cast.

So today is a special day because we are finally back to doing something we haven't

done in, well, almost three years.

If you don't count the most show podcasts, right, Elias?

Chuck and my producer here.

After the Sunday show and that is we have an in-person guest for the Todd cast.

During the pandemic, we switched to doing these online for obvious reasons.

There have been some bumps, but you stuck with us and we're not the only podcasts that

have had these issues.

We appreciate that.

So today, I'm excited to welcome someone who's no stranger to the NBC Bureau, though

the Bureau he walked into is not the one he worked at.

Since we have physically moved locations, he was at one point the senior producer of the

NBC News investigative unit and recently he has spent years investigating America's most

dangerous female spot for his book, Code Name Blue Ren.

Anna Montez was just recently released from prison on January 6, 2023.

So who knows, the spy could be in your midst right now.

Perhaps she'll be listening to this podcast at some point.

Maybe she will.

Jim Popkin, welcome back.

Welcome home.

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