Morgan Lavoie

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 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Alaska. A deeper dive on some of those quote unquote boring businesses Nicole has talked about. For that conversation, I'm going to be talking with the CEO of laundry and dry cleaning company Rinse.

You're also going to hear my conversation with Gia Tolentino, staff writer at The New Yorker and one of the most important writers of our time, talk about what the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO says about the state of the healthcare system in the U.S. All of that and more you'll hear this week.

But first, I'm going to share the very first episode of Money Rehab that I was ever featured on with an even more special guest, my mom. And in that conversation, Nicole will also help you find free money. So here's that episode.

Okay, so here's what happened. Also, hi, everyone. It's Morgan, one of the producers on Money Rehab. So I did go to unclaimed.org. And spoiler alert, I did have unclaimed money, which is so exciting. It's weird. I guess the college that I went to owes me money. I'm honestly not sure what it's for.

But to be totally straight up with you, because of the way that the unclaimed money was sent to New York State, I actually can't collect it online. And I also can't see how much money there is for me. So fingers crossed it's, you know, a million dollars. But what I have to do now is print out the mail-in form and send it in, which is totally fine.

There's money out there that I didn't know about that has my name on it. That's awesome. But in terms of the show, I don't want to leave you guys hanging. You know, snail mail. Who knows how long this could take? I thought instead I would try to help someone find some unclaimed money. So I called my mom.

Hi, Mom.

Let's find you your unclaimed money.

So we went to unclaimed.org first, and there were only a couple pieces of information that we had to put in before we could start the free search. Claimant relationship. Personal representative.

No. Okay, so it says claimant individual for last name, first name. Now it's asking for your address. And that was really it. So then we submitted it. You have a couple things, but the one that looks most interesting to me. Oh, wait, there's more. There's one that just belongs to you and it's under $25. But there's another one between both you and Tim and it's over $25.

So I feel like we should look into that one. Let's look into that one. So to get my mom's unclaimed money, we had to submit a claim, which we did right through the website. Okay, so right now it's asking me for your last name, your first name, so far so good.

I do know those things. Your home phone. I'm just gonna put your cell phone. Okay, I'm gonna pause the recording right now because I'm gonna ask for your social security number. All right, address. How did you hear about us? My daughter. The next page is electronic signature and preview your claim. By clicking the agree button below, I certify the following. I am the person whose name I keyed in.

Kind of. All the information I have keyed in.

There's a lot of overlap. All the information I have keyed in is true and accurate. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yeah. So check if you agree to the above conditions. Check. Okay. You should have gotten an email.

So the email we were waiting for would tell her what the next step was to get the money that she was owed and how much money she was owed.

And then after maybe two minutes, she got the email.

How do you feel?