I'm Nicole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand.

It's time for some money rehab.

Hi, money rehabbers. It's Morgan Levoy, the EP of the show. And this week I'm going to be guest

hosting money rehab.

I've been producing money rehab with Nicole since it launched in 2021. I remember so clearly the first time I

ever met Nicole. It was over Zoom because, you know, it was 2021 and everything was over Zoom.

It might have even been 2020. And Nicole had booked an Airbnb to

write, honestly, I forget which book at that point. It might have been Miss Independent.

And she was in the middle of the desert somewhere. And so we were on this call talking about

what the show might look like and every so often there

would just be this screeching noise in the background because where Nicole was there was a large

population of wild hogs and so every so often she would flip her camera around and you would

just see this small stampede of very scary

looking wild creatures. And I just remember thinking I love this woman and I can't wait to work

with her. And at the time I was at I Heart Radio also producing other shows like Bethany Frankel's

podcast and Bill Clinton's podcast, mini driver's podcast and a bunch of

others. But Money Rehab has always had a really special place in my heart. I love the show so much that I

actually left my job at Iheart to start M&N with Nicole. And it's just been the ride of a lifetime,

the biggest opportunity I've ever had, which is why I'm so

grateful to be guest hosting the show this week. So this week, you'll hear episodes ranging from

a conversation on the business of drag with the winner of Rupal's Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Alaska.

A deeper dive on some of those, quote-unquote, boring businesses

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