Hello and welcome to your Tuesday edition of The Nerve. I am your host, Maureen Callahan, and this is

officially the nerve before Christmas, which means it is also the end of a long year of celebrity

scandal and drama. And, you know, the nerve is only eight months old this month.

But I think in our baby period, we have shed a lot of light on a lot of people who are, you know, hiding under the covers for a little too long.

So we thought, what better thing to do to talk about the year in celebrity scandal

with one Rob Shooter, who is joining us right before he takes off on his own holiday vacation. He made time in his very

busy schedule because he too is a troublemaker and we're going to talk everything that matters and

I mean everything and we are going to then punt it forward to what will unquestionably be the dominant celebrity storyline that we

are all talking about in 26. So Rob is waiting for all of us on the other side of this.

Are you ready? Are you ready? Let's go!

I'm going to tell you about a new documentary that I've recently watched.

It's called Thank You, Dr. Fauci, and it is a deep dive into the origins of COVID-19,

a potential bio-arms race with China, and what could be the biggest public health deception in modern history.

Award-winning filmmaker, Jennifer First,

pours over documents and grills scientists,

intelligence experts, and whistleblowers.

This is not a left-wing or a right-wing film.

It is a film about accountability.

This is a compelling investigative work. It is urgent. It is

unsettling, eye-opening, and is now streaming on Angel Studios. It is a must watch. If you have

ever wondered, as all of us do, what really goes on behind closed doors? You will not want to miss this.

Most alarming, the layers of institutional secrecy.

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