Kennedy Saves The 4th of July: Live From Langan's

Summary

Podcast Summary: Kennedy Saves the World – "Kennedy Saves The 4th of July: Live From Langan's"

Episode Information:

• Title: Kennedy Saves The 4th of July: Live From Langan's
• Host: FOX News Podcasts
• Release Date: July 2, 2025

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1. Live Show Kickoff at Langan's (00:00 - 05:43)

The episode begins with a vibrant introduction by Jimmy Failla at Langan's, a beloved Midtown New York establishment known for its welcoming atmosphere and longstanding relationship with Fox News. Jimmy paints a vivid picture of Langan's as a "midtown institution" situated between Times Square and 6th Avenue, serving as a sanctuary for media professionals seeking refuge from high-pressure environments.

Notable Quote:

Jimmy Failla (00:10): "Langan's is the kind of rare institution in a big city where you can show up and if they know who you are, not only will they call you by your name, they will serve you your favorite beverage without having to say a word."

Jimmy emphasizes the sense of community and shared vision for greatness and freedom among the Fox News team, setting the stage for an engaging live podcast experience.

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2. Fourth of July Traditions with Emily Compagno (05:43 - 17:27)

Emily Compagno joins Jimmy to discuss their Fourth of July celebrations, highlighting how traditions have evolved due to unforeseen circumstances like the Pacific Palisades fire, which rendered their usual venue uninhabitable. They humorously navigate the challenges of adapting their celebration, including playful anecdotes about their Fourth of July party antics.

Key Topics:

• Family Traditions: Exploring what the Fourth of July means to different families, especially those with diverse heritages.
• Celebratory Changes: Adapting to new venues and circumstances while maintaining the spirit of the holiday.
• Humorous Stories: Shared experiences, such as playing Whitney Houston's national anthem repeatedly and dealing with overserving at parties.

Notable Quotes:

Emily Compagno (06:27): "We've played it. I'm not making this up. We've played it, I'd say 300 times in a night."

Jimmy Failla (07:15): "I mean, to get a restraining order."

Their light-hearted banter provides both humor and relatability, illustrating the joyous chaos often inherent in large family gatherings.

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3. The Take the Quiz Segment (18:04 - 19:35)

In a brief interlude, Kennedy introduces an interactive segment where listeners are encouraged to participate in a quiz related to the podcast’s themes. This segment aims to engage the audience directly, fostering a sense of community and participation.

Notable Quote:

Kennedy (18:07): "Take the quiz every day at thequiz Fox, then come back here to see how you did."

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4. In-Depth Interview with Dr. Drew Pinsky (18:34 - 63:32)

The heart of the episode features an insightful conversation with Dr. Drew Pinsky, a renowned addiction medicine specialist. Hosted by Jimmy Failla alongside Rosanna Scotto, the discussion delves into Dr. Drew's personal history, his experiences in New York City, and his perspectives on modern societal changes.

Key Topics:

• Personal Reflections: Dr. Drew shares his favorite memories of New York, particularly his vibrant time as a reporter and his favorite clubs like Xenon and Area Downtown.

  Notable Quote:

  Dr. Drew Pinsky (20:14): "The 80s were fabulous. First of all, music was great. Used to go out clubbing."

• Fourth of July Celebrations: Dr. Drew reminisces about traditional 4th of July activities, emphasizing the simplicity and community spirit of barbecues and fireworks.

  Notable Quote:

  Dr. Drew Pinsky (23:48): "4Th of July with family, around the barbecue. Everything is red, white, and fried that day."

• Technological Evolution: The discussion shifts to the impact of technology on local news and societal interactions, with Dr. Drew expressing both optimism and concern about the future landscape.

  Notable Quote:

  Dr. Drew Pinsky (32:01): "Podcasts are the new thing... we could see that end, like, within a number of years."

• Addiction and Healthcare Insights: Rosanna Scotto probes into Dr. Drew's experiences treating celebrities and the challenges within the healthcare system, particularly concerning addiction treatment.

  Notable Quote:

  Rosanna Scotto (55:26): "The key example... the disease uses it to maintain itself."

• Personal Anecdotes: Dr. Drew shares touching stories about his interactions with colleagues and patients, highlighting the human side of his medical practice.

  Notable Quote:

  Dr. Drew Pinsky (27:03): "He was the consummate newsman... his picture is up on the wall."

Notable Quotes:

Jimmy Failla (41:09): "When you're at that moment... shows you're exactly where you meant to be."

Dr. Drew Pinsky (42:03): "That's why you're saving the world one podcast episode at a time."

Throughout the interview, the conversation weaves between personal histories, professional experiences, and broader societal observations, providing listeners with a comprehensive understanding of Dr. Drew's journey and insights.

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5. Celebrating with Emily Compagno and Closing Remarks (63:32 - 64:04)

The episode concludes with Kennedy and Jimmy celebrating with Emily Compagno, who highlights the success of the Fox True Crime podcast. The hosts express gratitude towards their team and guests, reinforcing the sense of community and shared mission to "save the world."

Notable Quote:

Jimmy Failla (63:29): "And so are you. I adore you. Thank you, Drew."

Kennedy wraps up the episode by encouraging listeners to check out Fox News Podcast Plus for an ad-free experience and invites them to leave reviews, emphasizing the podcast's commitment to engaging and valuable content.

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Overall Highlights:

• Community and Tradition: Emphasis on the importance of family traditions and the sense of community within the Fox News team.
• Humor and Relatability: Light-hearted interactions and humorous anecdotes make the content engaging and relatable.
• In-Depth Insights: The interview with Dr. Drew Pinsky offers profound insights into addiction, healthcare, and the evolution of media.
• Personal Stories: Personal anecdotes from hosts and guests add depth and authenticity to the discussions.

This episode of "Kennedy Saves the World" seamlessly blends humor, personal stories, and insightful discussions, offering listeners both entertainment and meaningful reflections on freedom, community, and societal changes.

Transcript

[Kennedy]

Foreign.

[Jimmy Failla]

Hello, and welcome to this initial live episode of Kennedy Saves the World. And we are in the flesh at my favorite bar in the world. It is affectionately known at FOX News News as Studio L because we are right across the street from Fox. And this is Langen's. Langen. Yes. Hallelujah. Langen's is a midtown institution. So it is nestled right between Times Square and 6th Avenue where there happen to be a lot of media companies in these giant skyscrapers filled with very, very thirsty people in high stress environments. So when they are released from the pens of intellectual manufacturing, they pour onto the streets and they don't want to snuggle with Spiderman or Tickle Me Elmo who might be covered in bedbugs. They want to come to an establishment where they know the bartenders and the owners have them covered. Langan's is the kind of rare institution in a big city where, where you can show up and if they know who you are, not only will they call you by your name, they will serve you your favorite beverage without having to say a word. So Langan's was in operation for years right outside of Fox, and we grew to love it because it was the kind of place where you could come over and have some boiled cabbage and some corned beef and some wonderful conversation and some weird concoctions. And I would always ask the bartenders to make strange stuff with jack fire and cherries and grenadine and nonsense. And they would make it with a smile on their face because everything here is done that way and served with a smile because you are family. And that is what it's all about. It's one of my favorite things about Fox News is when we do stuff, we do it together. We are in this business because we have a shared vision for greatness and for freedom. And that's why Langan's has been such a natural landing spot for so many, so many of us who have worked at Fox for years and years now. Langen's was closed for a little while before the pandemic. And fortunately, when the city kind of settled and people started coming back to work, they realized that this was one thing missing from West 47th Street. So they reopened their doors on the same block just feet away from the original Langens. And this place is better than the original. It is absolutely gorgeous. It is understated, yet part of the Gilded Age all at the same time. It's very difficult for something to be this. This opulent, yet welcoming. And Langan's does it. And so that's why in order to do our first podcast out on the street where we could meet people and talk to our favorite guests in the flesh, we wanted to come somewhere where we knew we were truly welcome. And I've got an incredible show today. We're going to talk about a lot of what Fourth of July means to people in terms of their family traditions, what it means to people whose family members came across the pond from different countries and settled here on the best country on the planet. And also we're going to talk about some of the ways that we are celebrating this year because some of our celebrations, for whatever reason, have changed and evolved. And we're going to talk to Jimmy Fala, who has been a mainstay with his family at our Fourth of July party, which has to be like Langan's, have a little bit of change of venue for a while. Also, Emily Compagno is going to be here talking about American muscle cars and that incredible Army 250 parade that she hosted with Lawrence Jones. We're going to talk to Rosanna Scotto about her time in New York, what it means to be a New Yorker, what it means to be an American and what she is serving her family. And if she has any good stories about the time she was accidentally overserved. And when we do get to the point in the show where we have been overserved, Dr. Drew is going to be here to give us all somewhat of an intervention. He is the one who will wave the white flag for your liver before you become sclerotic. So all of that is coming your way. Some of your very favorites from one of my very favorite places in New York, in America, in the world. So there is so much to celebrate, so much to save. Thank you for saving a good chunk of your day this 4th of July week right here live from New York City. It is Langan's. It is Kennedy Saves the World. I'm Kennedy. It is Kennedy Saves the World in the flesh at Langen's. And the the king of suede is here. Jimmy Phela, host of FOX News Saturday Night Fox across America. You can listen to it weekdays pretty much everywhere. I know a guy in Albania. He's obsessed with you. He, he sent you a thumb, a human thumb.

[Emily Compagno]

Is that true?

[Jimmy Failla]

Was that a compliment? Yeah, Jim, that's true.

[Emily Compagno]

I have a soft spot for the Albanians because the last time my identity got stolen, my credit score went up 12 points. They actually did me a favor. So I can't even abide you ranking on these Albanians because they did buy A Jet Ski in my name, and it somehow boosted my credit score, so take all the shots you want. Nice to see it, Jim.

[Jimmy Failla]

So, obviously, Fourth of July is a big week for us and for our families.

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

Now, because of the Pacific Palisades fire, our house is. It's uninhabitable. We cannot have the Fourth of July party there this year. So, you know, because it's become such a huge tradition and a highlight of our year. What. How are you coping?

[Emily Compagno]

Well, as you can see from my appearance, I'm still celebrating Pride Month this Fourth of July, so I'm a little behind the schedule. The way I see it, I have till about the 7th this year, but it being the 4th of July, the fail is going to do what we do, which is drink until our underage son is our designated driver. I can't promise you.

[Jimmy Failla]

How happy were you when Lincoln turned 16?

[Emily Compagno]

It was a big deal. Not as happy as my neighbors who were sick of Jenny parking on the lawn. They were more behind it than anybody. But. No, we're. We're so excited for this. So people need to know this about our Fourth of July. We agree that Whitney Houston's national anthem is the greatest version of the song ever sung. And it's without question, it's become a tradition to play it until not only the neighbors call the cops, but one of Whitney's relatives eventually called the cops.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

I mean, to get a restraining order.

[Emily Compagno]

They don't want to hear it anymore. But we've played it. I'm not making this up. We've played it, I'd say 300 times in a night. That'd be an exaggeration. No, 300, Whitney.

[Jimmy Failla]

And every time it is played at our party, we make everyone stand up, remove their caps, which is their hand on their heart.

[Emily Compagno]

Yes. And we're not.

[Jimmy Failla]

I thought this was America.

[Emily Compagno]

We're not making this up. And everyone is forced to sing. And I'm, like, seriously saying. And what makes this funny is Whitney didn't sing. She lip sang that national anthem. We sang. We sang more than Whitney did.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

But that's our commitment to America, frankly.

[Jimmy Failla]

We should be getting royalties on that version.

[Emily Compagno]

Thank you. But if we were, you know, Paul Revere, it would have been the British are karaoke. It wouldn't have been the British are coming. Our contribution is more of a.

[Jimmy Failla]

And we. We typically watch the fireworks at, you know, Palisades High.

[Emily Compagno]

Yes.

[Jimmy Failla]

Which they are rebuilding. They're in the process of rebuilding. We're hopeful next year.

[Emily Compagno]

Okay.

[Jimmy Failla]

That the. The festivities will commence. It might not be next year, might be the year after. It will continue at some point. But we would walk over as a group with your speaker blasting music on the way to the fourth of July fireworks. And then we would all sing and dance and scream.

[Emily Compagno]

And the one nice thing about LA right now is if you still want to see fireworks, you can just show up in a police uniform and they'll shoot them at you. So they're going to be there. Maybe not in the sky. They might come strafing down a sidewalk outside a looted sushi restaurant.

[Jimmy Failla]

I mean, you love camping, right?

[Emily Compagno]

Who doesn't?

[Jimmy Failla]

You just grab a tent, go to skid row, take a few cinder blocks, like you'll totally fit in.

[Emily Compagno]

No, I.

[Jimmy Failla]

Listen, piss yourself in the afternoon. I mean, like you always do on fourth of July.

[Emily Compagno]

I wanted to major in camping, but I didn't have the grades to get into Harvard.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Silly.

[Jimmy Failla]

So Jimmy, what are, what are some of the traditions on 4th of July on the barbecue that people need to follow? What have people been doing wrong that, that the failures have gotten right?

[Emily Compagno]

See, I actually see the 4th of July as a classic Burger Dog because it's a fast moving holiday. You can put fancy accoutrements on top of that if you want to. Meaning I don't see it as a day to spend 12 hours smoking a brisket. I think the 4th of July is a rip and read, churn and burn. You cracking beer early. Okay. If you're shooting off fireworks, you know, daytime fireworks, jumping jacks, firecrackers in a garbage can. That would be our tradition, but it would really be Burger Dog. Maybe sausage on the grill.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, here's Emily with something that looks.

[Emily Compagno]

Oh, don't you dare. Is this the Top of the Rock?

[Jimmy Failla]

Delightful.

[Emily Compagno]

This is called a Top of the Rock cocktail.

[Jimmy Failla]

Here is a gluten free beer.

[Emily Compagno]

To America.

[Jimmy Failla]

To America.

[Emily Compagno]

Huh?

[Jimmy Failla]

2, 4, 7.

[Emily Compagno]

This is, this is my favorite cocktail here. If you guys have never had a time to rock, it's two.

[Jimmy Failla]

Four, nine, isn't it this year? 249. 249.

[Emily Compagno]

This is. I was just warming up two ounces of whiskey, a dash of sweet vermouth and an argument with a parking meter outside afterwards. I don't know why. It's a strange, it's a strange recipe, but it'll never do you wrong. Never. So fourth of July, lean and mean. Okay, sides on the four. If you're like, if cornbread's involved, it's cause you're going brisket, you're going pulled pork. You're doing.

[Jimmy Failla]

We gotta sop up something fair.

[Emily Compagno]

But in my house on Long island, house full of cops. So it's cheap canned beer, burger, dog drumstick. A drumstick was a go to in my day.

[Jimmy Failla]

Nice.

[Emily Compagno]

And drumsticks are weird because they will gaming, you know, tendoning. That's, you know, it's not, it's not a good shoe.

[Jimmy Failla]

It's a, it's a feral meat.

[Emily Compagno]

But it looks good on a platter. And that's kind of what you're doing on the Fourth of July. It's a very esthetic holiday.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

A lot of red, white and blue. A lot of flags.

[Jimmy Failla]

It's like a corpulent wing.

[Emily Compagno]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

So it's a big wing. Yeah, it's a plus size wing.

[Jimmy Failla]

But it's not like a Disneyland turkey leg, which I love. Like I would only go to Disneyland now for the turkey leg.

[Emily Compagno]

Well, I go to Disneyland euphemism.

[Jimmy Failla]

And it's.

[Emily Compagno]

I go to Disneyland for the people eating the turkey leg because they raise my self esteem. You know, the people that are on the scooter. And I love that.

[Jimmy Failla]

I mean you can share a turkey leg with four people and you'd all be stuffed. But there are, there are the single leggers in the Wally scooters who, you know, their bones don't touch their joints anymore.

[Emily Compagno]

My question about the turkey leg is how big are these turkeys? Has anyone ever seen one in person? Because that would be like a 12 foot 5 turkey.

[Jimmy Failla]

The turkeys are so fat, they're in scooters. That's how bad it is.

[Emily Compagno]

One quick note on that. My favorite thing about the fat people on the scooters in Disney is you can see the pedestrians who are going to be taking them next year because they keep watching them going by like, you know, honey, you know. And you can see those just absolute land whales making their way onto a ride called Small World. The irony. And they're a year away.

[Jimmy Failla]

They had to widen the seats.

[Emily Compagno]

Yes. At Small World. You know, Disney is circus fat. I talked to you about this when we first started going on tour. I said, you're going to love.

[Jimmy Failla]

We were in Tampa. That was the first time I heard the phrase circus.

[Emily Compagno]

Okay?

[Jimmy Failla]

And even if you've never seen it, you once you see it after you've heard that, you know exactly what it is.

[Emily Compagno]

Picture a man in an airport waiting area who's out of breath from Reading. Okay. Circus vet. That's a larger gentleman who doesn't move well. And I love that. But that's Again, when you talk about American access, talk about the Fourth of July, it is a go big or go home holiday.

[Jimmy Failla]

If you're going to get started circus fat, you have to start on the 4th of July. See, now I actually, I'm going to disagree a little bit because, because we've been having a party for so long. Like you have to have giant platters of food.

[Emily Compagno]

Yes.

[Jimmy Failla]

And you know it's good when you have a giant foil tray filled with bacon, lobster, Mac and cheese, massive overflowing bechamel sauce, potato chips ground and, you know, thrown in the oven, crisped up. When that's gone in five minutes and it's a massive, massive tray. You know that success.

[Emily Compagno]

Oh, absolutely. But that, that's what you're doing on the west coast and that's like a higher side. That's a higher end barbecue, like a specific. Like. And, and that's what you should do if you're having big company. You should wow them a little bit. I agree. But we're talking about my family in a backyard. It's just fat cops.

[Jimmy Failla]

You're getting the cheapest beer, just whatever was on sale at Costco in May.

[Emily Compagno]

It's like if you own a rental property, you don't put nice stuff in it because you know they're going to rent it. If you're having over my family of Long island mooc cops, you're not doing anything fancy because they're going to wreck it anyway. They always do. And that's what we love about them.

[Jimmy Failla]

Have you ever almost gotten arrested on 4th of July?

[Emily Compagno]

Arrested, yes. And the charger should have been placed against my parents because back in the day, parents used to let you take bottle rockets, put it into a graphite lacrosse stick and just shoot bottle rockets at your friends. That was the 80s.

[Jimmy Failla]

That's how we grew up.

[Emily Compagno]

We literally shot bottle rockets.

[Jimmy Failla]

We would get a bag of fireworks each and a Bic lighter and my dad would go, have fun.

[Emily Compagno]

Yes.

[Jimmy Failla]

My dad was a pyro. Like, I didn't realize until well into adulthood that that's actually wrong.

[Emily Compagno]

Yes. M 80s birthday cakes. But we used to shoot explosives.

[Kennedy]

He was.

[Emily Compagno]

That's what I mean. That's why I think the country is going soft. It's like when you really think about the generational differences just in not only how we played, how we traveled. So when I was flying back from Tulsa last week, they took a four ounce water out of my bag. I had a little bottle from the hotel out of the. But can't have the water. But you Know what I had on the plane the first time I flew? Fire. You could smoke on the plane. So we live in an era where you can't bring water on a plane. When we were growing up, you could bring fire. Yeah, we're going soft. So, yes, I don't know that we can openly endorse bringing back fireworks fights, but they definitely bred a tougher generation of Americans.

[Jimmy Failla]

No. And so nowadays, for example, I was on. I won't name the show, but a few weeks ago, I was on a Fox show talking about how, you know, we got to get kids off of phones, off of social media, and I suggested get a trampoline. And everyone chimed in, no, you can't do that. That's dangerous. Someone will break a leg.

[Emily Compagno]

Yep.

[Jimmy Failla]

And it's like, why didn't our parents think that way?

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah. I mean, listen, last I checked, the bouncy castle still inflating 8,000 Mickey somewhere this weekend, that's a whole rite of passage is that somebody is going to break a leg. And I. I'm against reigning that in because I think you're just trying to control outcomes that wind up happening in some dumb other way. Yeah, but I'm of two minds on this. I've been talking about this a lot, and I think we talked about this on an earlier episode of the pod. If the future of warfare is remote controlled digital warfare, then those fat kids playing video games are going to save this country. So for all the, you know, emphasis we're putting on Maha, and the truth is, we might be better off this fast. Fourth of July, putting the kids right back on the couch because that's who's going to beat China someday, giving them.

[Jimmy Failla]

A handful of bright red skin Skittles.

[Emily Compagno]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Failla]

Okay, but I. I don't want a beige world.

[Emily Compagno]

No.

[Jimmy Failla]

Like, I like food and beverages and jello with color. I don't eat them all the time.

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

I don't crave them.

[Emily Compagno]

No.

[Jimmy Failla]

But when I do, I don't want a beige gummy bear.

[Emily Compagno]

No, it's the same thing I want. I want the color. And I keep saying this to Jenny when she finds my search history, I'm like, it's just. This is more about optics than it is about our marriage. We're just human here trying to create.

[Jimmy Failla]

I do this because I love you, Jenny. Like, I want to be reminded how much I love you because you don't look anything like these disgusting women.

[Emily Compagno]

Saucy sisters. 9. I did it for you, Jenny. Come on.

[Jimmy Failla]

All right, well, Jim, have the best Fourth of July ever. You and your family are my absolute favorites. It won't be the same this year, but it's just going to wind us up for next year and the year after and all the years where we're going to serve burgers, hot dogs, fancy bougie, lobster, Mac and cheese and all the beer people can drink.

[Emily Compagno]

She put such an elegant point on this. But the way this year's 4th of July ends with you FaceTiming my family at like 3 in the morning and flashing us, and we all know that's.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Where it's going to go.

[Emily Compagno]

But if, if you want to end this on the previous sentence, you want.

[Jimmy Failla]

To see auntie's tan line?

[Emily Compagno]

Yes. For the director's cut?

[Jimmy Failla]

No. No. Absolutely not. I would call child services on myself because they're on speed dial. They know me. Happy 4th, Jim. USA USNA. Coming up. Rosanna Scotto, stay with us.

[Kennedy]

It is time to take the quiz.

[Emily Compagno]

It's five questions in less than five minutes. We ask people on the streets of New York City to play along. Let's see how you do.

[Kennedy]

Take the quiz every day at thequiz Fox, then come back here to see how you did.

[Jimmy Failla]

Thank you for taking the quiz. Listen to the all new Bret Baier.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Podcast featuring common ground in depth talks with lawmakers from opposite sides of the.

[Emily Compagno]

Aisle, along with all your Brett Baer favorites like his all star panel and much more.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Available [e-mail] or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Jimmy Failla]

Here we are at Langan's. I would call it a pub, but it's more like the Taj Mahal of midtown drinking. Rosanna Scotto joins me, host of Good Day New York on fox. You see her on the five. You see her on Outnumbered. She is one of my very favorite broadcasters and I'm happy to share this beautiful space with you.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

First of all, thank you so much. I'm flattered by what you just said. I am one of your biggest fans. Not only do you have such an interesting take on world news, but you're funny as hell.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, Rosanna, stop it.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You have the best sense of humor and I just love listening to you.

[Jimmy Failla]

I loved you. And Desperately seeking Susan.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

That's Rosanna Arquette. Okay.

[Jimmy Failla]

And I read face.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Okay. So obviously, Kennedy, you're not that funny. But no, if you start calling me Roseanne, Rosanna, Dana.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, yeah.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

That's when I know.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. God rest her soul.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

But the song Rosanna is about me.

[Jimmy Failla]

Is it really?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

No.

[Jimmy Failla]

I was gonna say that'd be amazing.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

That'd be great.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah, I know.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Friends of mine used to sing the song to me. And you know where they go? All I want to do in the middle of night is see your eyes. They. Yeah, they would say all. All I want to do in the middle of the night is feel your thighs.

[Jimmy Failla]

Wow.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yeah. So it was interesting.

[Jimmy Failla]

It was a different time.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

It was a different time.

[Jimmy Failla]

What is your favorite time in your personal history of New York?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Oh, wow.

[Jimmy Failla]

What is the time you go back to and you're like, that was the most fun. That was the most complete. I didn't have a care in the world. Everything was my oyster.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

So I'm gonna say pre. Children.

[Jimmy Failla]

Okay.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

The 80s were fabulous. First of all, music was great. Used to go out clubbing. There were times that I would go out so late, go home, take a shower and go to work.

[Jimmy Failla]

Wow. And what were you?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I was at that point, I was a reporter at Eyewitness News. No, it was sick. It was so much fun. I will tell you that. Like, I definitely fizzled out by like 12 or 1 o' clock in the afternoon.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You know, you just.

[Jimmy Failla]

You can't. You can't maintain that.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

No.

[Jimmy Failla]

But in your 20s, like, you can run on fumes.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You can run on fumes. And I love music, I love dancing. So the clubs were really big.

[Jimmy Failla]

What were your favorite clubs to go to then?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Xenon was one of my favorite clubs. I was after Studio 54. Like, I was not allowed. My parents were like, you cannot go to Studio 54. I was underage. So Xenon was one of them. Area downtown was crazy. There were so many great places, even regimes, which was like a kind of fancy pants place.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. And how would you get into the fancy pants places? You know, especially like before, you and your friends were Maybe not quite 21, right.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

In those days, I think 18 was the age.

[Kennedy]

Really?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yes, 18.

[Jimmy Failla]

Wow.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

We could drink at 18.

[Jimmy Failla]

Trouble.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

We didn't have to senior in high school. Could get in.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

We did not have to sneak. We actually could get in somewhere at 18.

[Jimmy Failla]

That's amazing.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yeah, those were the good old days.

[Jimmy Failla]

No, I remember being in high school and watching, like, Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman. And I had idealized New York so much. And I always wondered, like, what are people doing right now? I was, you know, in my room, just bored to tears in Oregon. Like, no car, friends. Didn't live on my street. And I would think about you guys and just, I imagine, like, that was the best place to be. Like, that was other than like the late 50s, like the funnest time in America.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

And, you know, New York was really gritty back then. Times Square, you took your life into your hands when you went to theater. You know, so I.

[Jimmy Failla]

In high school, we had to raise money and in the theater and choir departments. We came to New York my junior year in high school, and, you know, we sold candy bars, and we came here between Christmas and New Year's, and so we got to spend New Year's Eve in Times Square. And I was so excited. Like, this was the epicenter of the world, and that's all I ever wanted to do. Like, growing up watching Dick Clark, and to be in the middle of it and feel that energy. And then afterward, we went into Sparrow, and a lady got her ear cut off. Oh, gee, that was pretty. It wasn't me. I was not the Van Gogh.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I was wondering where this was going. You know, back then, there were peep shows in Times Square.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, yeah. It was like, when I got here in 92, Times Square was completely filthy. It was so gross.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

And there was a steakhouse, but not the steakhouse. You know, it was called Tags. Like, you could go for $1.99 and get a steak. It was fabulous.

[Jimmy Failla]

Might not have been beef.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I'm not sure exactly what the meat.

[Jimmy Failla]

Was, but, you know, it's like RFK Jr might have delivered a bear, and they sliced it up and threw it on the broiler.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Those were the good old days. We survived them.

[Jimmy Failla]

And what is your favorite way to spend 4th of July?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

4Th of July with family, around the barbecue. I mean, it's. Everything is red, white, and fried that day. And, you know, hot dog is its own food, food group. You got to have hot dogs. You got to have hamburgers.

[Jimmy Failla]

And, of course, that's what Jimmy Phela said. Yeah, Jimmy Phela said, like, 4th of July is not about getting fancy. It's simple and it's volume and fireworks.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You know, there's nothing like blowing up explosives right near the grill. You don't know what's going to happen. I had cousins. They would get all this stuff, and.

[Jimmy Failla]

Then where would they get their fireworks? Like, when you were a kid, when you were growing up, where did they get their fireworks?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I don't know if they drove down to South Carolina to get it, but they might have. They might have because it was legal there. But I remember, you know, after a few fireworks, everybody starts to get bored after a few, right? So then to really get the crowd going, they put a whole bunch of stuff in a Garbage pail and blow it up. Kennedy, you've never had garbage pail fireworks until you've been to Brooklyn with me. It was something to say.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. That is my dad. This is so. I mean, he's no longer with us probably because of this, but he used to ship fireworks via air to my grandmother's house in Indiana. And he would put on, like, an amateur fireworks display. And he would go to all the. All the Indian reservations in Oregon because they're like, yeah, hell, we can sell whatever we want. You got cash? We're selling.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Right.

[Jimmy Failla]

And then he would get these giant cakes made in China. And it was like. It was like almost, but it was. I can't believe he sent them on a plane.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Wow.

[Jimmy Failla]

I mean, this is the 80s. It was a different time.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Hey, listen, we were smoking in the plane in the 80s.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes, I remember. And I remember being a kid and everyone smoking in the last three rows.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Right. And then. Then they said, oh, no, you can't do it all over the. The airplane. You have to go in the back.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Of the plane. Like, it wasn't going to be smoky.

[Jimmy Failla]

All over the place. Yeah, exactly. And then we all learned about secondhand smoke. And all the way. I know it's. Do you think that, like, are the vices too sanitized now? Like, even vaping? And in, like. I know vaping has health consequences, but it's not like smoking a Camel straight.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I don't know. Listen, you walk on the streets of New York City and you can get high without even doing anything. All you do is smell weed everywhere. And there is a cannabis shop on just about every block. So I don't know, things are a little different now. And people. I have a friend. You go out with her and I'll say, would you like a drink? Oh, no, I'm not drinking.

[Jimmy Failla]

I don't drink. Well, luckily you do. Now here's Emily. Oh, Emily is the incredible mixologist here at Langen's. Emily, what are you making for Rosanna today?

[Kennedy]

Emily, today I'm going to make the Bandito of Dunleavy for you. It's their tequila drink. It's in homage to Steve Dunleavy.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I knew Dunleavy. I work with Dunleavy. Let me tell you. I got stories.

[Jimmy Failla]

I.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

About Dunleavy.

[Jimmy Failla]

Well, tell us one of them.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Okay, well, first of all, he was the consummate newsman. He worked for the New York Post. He was one of the reporters on A Current Affair. And that's how I knew him. There were times when I would Come in to start my day. And Dunleavy was sleeping on a desk. He never went home. He went to the bar across the street, and instead of going home, just came back and slept on the desk.

[Jimmy Failla]

This is that bar, by the way. Like institution. Because of Steve Dunleavy.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

His picture is up on the wall.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes. Okay. So this is the Dunleavy.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Wow.

[Jimmy Failla]

Cheers to you.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Thank you, Kennedy. Thank you for inviting me.

[Jimmy Failla]

Absolutely.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

And Dunleavy, I hope you're having a tequila.

[Jimmy Failla]

Wherever you are. We love you. We don't judge.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yes. You never know.

[Jimmy Failla]

So what was it like? Oh, yeah. That looks fantastic.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Well, first of all, it was hard to understand him. He had a very thick Australian accent, but he was a lot of fun. He always had a story. And sometimes we would meet him up at Elaine's. Elaine's was a legendary watering home. He would usually close it down, and Elaine sometimes would throw him out.

[Jimmy Failla]

Wow. I mean, that's old school.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yeah. There was one time we had a snowstorm. I don't want to get into details, but I think that Steve got amorous. And a snowbank outside of Elaine's.

[Jimmy Failla]

Well done, Steve. Even more of a legend.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

This is. This doesn't happen anymore. No, no, no. People used to date at work. You can't date at work.

[Jimmy Failla]

No, because everyone has an iPhone or a Samsung, as it were. And, like, everything can be documented. And if there are people who don't like you for whatever reason, either they're jealous of you at work or they hate your politics.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

They will do. All it takes is one picture and it overturns the apple cart.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Nope, not doing that anymore. No.

[Jimmy Failla]

So who were. Who were some other New York broadcast and journalism legends that you came across, and either you revered them or they were just like pieces of work.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Well, Kennedy, they were pieces of work because they were very serious about their craft. One of them was John Roland, who I worked with at Channel 5, the 10 o' clock news. He was a wordsmith, and he used to come out of his office and he would yell at the writers if they did not have a conversational and fair accurate script every night. Yeah, but you learned from him. At one point, I was anchoring beside him, and he would get angry with me if I just read somebody's copy. He's like, you need to make it your own.

[Jimmy Failla]

You.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You got to put it in your own words. And I still hear that in my head when I do my. My broadcast. And I learned a lot from him.

[Jimmy Failla]

That's interesting, because I. I interviewed Peggy Noonan. A few years ago, and she was talking about. She learned how to be a speechwriter because she originally wrote copy for radio, and she said she had to learn how to write for the ear, and that's what made her a good writer on the page.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I have to say, Peggy is one of my favorite writers.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

And I got a chance to introduce her at a big event for the Cardinal, and her speech brought down the house. She is just an incredible speechwriter. She has. I don't know, we all can learn something from her. Great descriptions of things, and she just puts you in her home. It felt really good.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. I have. I have such admiration for her. And there's really something inspiring about someone who could rest on their laurels, but they still continue to push themselves. And you realize that your career doesn't have a terminus, like, if you allow yourself to evolve and to take surprising turns. It's people like that who make me realize there's really, really exciting stuff ahead if you keep pushing yourself and keep growing, because there really isn't a limit.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Well, right now, we're in the middle of a revolution with technology. Right. We're just riding the waves, like podcasts. Look at you, Kennedy. I mean, this is like the new wave. You know, I always thought that local news would always be on tv. I'm not so sure. I think what you're doing, what other podcasters are doing, could be the new wave of local news in five years. Like, we could see that end, like, within a number of years.

[Jimmy Failla]

Is that a good thing?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You know, it makes me sad to think that that could happen, but I think it's a real possibility. So we're all. All exploring technology, and let's hope AI doesn't, you know, replace any of us. But podcasts are the new thing, and look at you, successful doing it, bringing people together.

[Jimmy Failla]

My hope is that truly, because I was thinking about this the other day, because AI is so good at reconstructing people's lives, and this is kind of scary, but I would love a way for AI for you to put in enough information and enough pictures to create a slice of your past that you could take me to a night in your life where you went out with your friends and I could experience it with you through AI like, if there is a way to have AI time travel, that's fun.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

You know what it reminds me of? A silly little app that they put on TikTok just the other day where they said, Let AI finish this picture. So you give AI a photo, and then something crazy happens. So, for example, I gave the photo of myself and Dionne Warwick. I was interviewing her for Good Day New York. And we were just sitting on the couch and I completed the photo by me walking out and Dionne Warwick kicking me as I walked out of the photo.

[Jimmy Failla]

Why is the eyes so angry?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I don't know, but it was kind of funny.

[Jimmy Failla]

Well, Rosanna, have a wonderful fourth of July with your family. I think you should revive the tradition of trash can fireworks. I think your family deserves it. Your neighborhood deserves it.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

I got to go back to DA Heights. Will you come back with me, Kathy?

[Jimmy Failla]

Absolutely. Okay, good. We don't even need AI for that. I will meet you there.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Fabulous.

[Jimmy Failla]

All right, Rosanna, God bless you and thank you for all you do.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Thank you. You too.

[Jimmy Failla]

She's amazing. Live from Langan's, it's Kennedy saves the world. Onward with Emily Compagno in moments. Here we are at Langan's. It is Kennedy saves the world and we are also saving your 4th of July. There is no one I know who loves this country more than Emily Compagno. She is the co host about number. She also hosts the Fox News Radio True Crime podcast, which is one of the most popular and incredible shows Fox News offers. Doesn't matter if it's podcast or tv, the stories are compelling. Emily is fully vested in them and she talks to the victims, the prosecutors, the attorneys, the investigators who are directly involved with these cases that send chills up and down your spine. They make you think and they give you a completely different vantage point on the criminal justice system in this country. Emily Compagno, welcome back to Kennedy. Safe the world.

[Kennedy]

Thank you so much, Kennedy. And given this is a live show and our teams are around us, then who we are looking at right now and who's with us in the bar is the reason why the Fox True Crime podcast is such a roaring success. Jason, right there. Catherine, right there. Her sweet parents flew in for this. John Sylvester. I mean, the reality is that the team behind the podcast, any success that I enjoy is 100% in credit to them.

[Jimmy Failla]

I mean, I'm not going to lie. Like, sure, I'm biased, but I got to say, no offense, Max, but the podcast crew is maybe the best in the building.

[Kennedy]

Absolutely.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Hands down.

[Jimmy Failla]

Max started in radio and now he's on Jimmy's show. But this is, this is the A team right here. Yeah, that's right. And it's also the 80 proof team because they facilitate all the happy hours that we are able to enjoy. So as, as we're Looking at Fourth of July, you have one of the most active and interesting families of anyone I know. You have to have some insane Fourth of July memories from your childhood. Like, what did you guys do? Were you, like, riding horses on the moon? Were you at Space Camp? I was at Fighting Aliens on Fire.

[Kennedy]

I was at Space Academy. I was at Space Camp. I was at Aviation Challenge. So all of those take place, by the way, at a certain age in Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama. And sounds kind of cool.

[Jimmy Failla]

Very temperate, Anything but.

[Kennedy]

So, you know, us California girls going out there, hair this big, and the humidity, but it was phenomenal. And the, the beauty. I mean, picture like a Disneyland level of detail and investment in getting kids to appreciate and learn about space. And the, the chemistry was real, the experiments were real. You know, moon rocks and everything and all the simulators. So we were doing, like, zero gravity and living in pods and using all the right terminology and then playing in the woods with, like, armed forces, like painting ourselves in combat gear for aviation challenge, which was the Air Force camp. So those were incredible experiences. And you come out of there and it was like anyone who had ever seen Top Gun, been inspired and wanted to be a fighter pilot like myself, these camps were the gateway, the absolute gateway of really having a taste of what it was like. And the whole time stressing education and hard work and investment. So, you know, it wasn't just for play. It was like I came out feeling emboldened that, yes, I would be an astronautical engineer.

[Jimmy Failla]

Right. But that's, that's what I love. Because you were an Air Force ROTC when you went to University of Washington. So your dad was in the Navy. You. The book that you just, just wrote about all of your family and all the branches of the armed forces in every generation, like you were on track to be in the military.

[Kennedy]

Yes. And the only thing that kept me from signing on the dotted line and being a fighter pilot, or I should say that crossing the tower. That's right. Admiral's daughter was my height. So at the time, guys, you had to be between 5, 4 and 6.

[Jimmy Failla]

4. That is lame. And people who say, that's Heidist.

[Kennedy]

Right? No, I protested. And at the time, people who asked, well, didn't you know that to begin with? The answer was yes, absolutely. But the eternal optimist and the youngest child that I am in birth order sort of dictated that. I was like, well, by the time I get there, it'll be okay. Like, I never believed, I never took a no for a permanent no. And I think that served me well, in general, but it also enabled me to find. Follow the process up until the end. So, like, we talked about Space Camp and Aviation Challenge and the summer scientific seminar. Usafa and. And I interned at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at UC Berkeley in the astrophysics department. Again, I peaked in high school. Really. But then. So then Air Force rotc, and it was a targeted scholarship.

[Jimmy Failla]

I don't mean to scare you, but Emily is here.

[Kennedy]

Emily with some beautiful. I'm number two.

[Jimmy Failla]

Pink bubbles. It is our very favorite college cocktail. Pink champagne. We live for it. We toast with it, we celebrate it. And Emily is here to give Emily and I the bubbles of a lifetime. This is Moet Rose champagne, and it is extraordinary. Emily, thank you so much. This is beautiful. Langen's does not disappoint. Point. Oh, my God. It doesn't mean you. You want sex on the beach. They'll provide the cocktail and the sand. You want Ros. Champagne. Cheers to you.

[Kennedy]

Cheers. Love you. Nectar of the gods.

[Jimmy Failla]

Goes down so smooth. I love it so. Oh, my God, that's so good.

[Kennedy]

It's just exactly what we needed to make this moment perfect. So I go through Air Force rotc and I actually, I drop a math class. And because of the math class, it meant that I was below the full load. And so I lost the scholarship. But to be honest, my parents were relieved.

[Jimmy Failla]

They.

[Kennedy]

They actually discouraged me from taking money because they said, you know what we want? We want to protect your. Your. Your reservation to make a decision later once you have full knowledge of what this was like. And I really respect and appreciate that. And I'm grateful that I was in a position that I wasn't beholden to the money at that time. So, long story short, I stay with Aeroforce rotc. I have two years doing it. And then when it takes time to commission right on that day, I'm like, do the height test. I'm not five four.

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

Wow.

[Jimmy Failla]

How tall were you?

[Kennedy]

Five' three and a half.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, you're that close.

[Kennedy]

I know. It's so close. I know.

[Jimmy Failla]

That's so cruel. They wouldn't let you wear platforms.

[Kennedy]

I mean, I can drive in high heels. But then here's what's funny. Crazy is all those years later, when I was an NFL cheerleader in Iraq and Kuwait visiting the deployed troops, after we had a transport from. I think that was the one from Kuwait to Baghdad, we get off the C130 and we.

[Jimmy Failla]

The.

[Kennedy]

We have to meet the pilots and say thank you. And out comes from the cockpit, a girl who's Younger than I am. And keep in mind, this is now, you know, 20 years later and younger than I am, but shorter than I am. And we're standing there on the Baghdad tarmac, and I'm in my NFL uniform, and she's in her flight suit, and she was flying the plane. I thought about her parents and I thought about mine, and I was like, this is totally sliding doors. And I was so proud for her and so impressed and inspired by her, and also so deeply grateful for the path that I did end up taking and that God did provide for me that still had us intersect on that same tarmac. But definitely nowadays, you don't have to be. There's not that height requirement. And still, you know, my heart sings and my. My soul is amongst the stars. But I think you could say I'm pretty happy with my life right now, for sure.

[Jimmy Failla]

So, you know, when you're at that moment, and I always think it's amazing when you're shown these intersections because oftentimes, you know, you acknowledge it with a head nod, but the fact that you internalized it and you really realize, like, this was a version of yourself that that could have been realized and that you were proud of her and grateful for where you were, just shows you're exactly where you meant to be.

[Kennedy]

Totally. And you and I have had so many conversations, and you are so deeply inspiring because there are many people who. Who I think, or I should say, I'll phrase it differently, people like you inspire me because of the cognizance of every moment that's happening and the why. You may not know the whys, but the deep appreciation for these incredible moments and opportunities and the glorious world that we live in, knowing that it's not random and that there is a deeper plan and that it's all for your benefit and blessing and the fact that, you know, every interaction can be an opportunity to bless someone further, to learn something, to grow. I mean, that's what makes life so deeply enriching. And you are one of those people that really speak spearheads, living like that for us, from everything from sipping a beautiful wine in that moment and just enjoying it to having an incredible conversation. And that's why you're saving the world one podcast episode at a time, one.

[Jimmy Failla]

Trip at a time.

[Kennedy]

That's right.

[Jimmy Failla]

We've been to seven countries so far, and everyone warmed up.

[Kennedy]

Who's watching? We do this in salute to everyone who have given their lives.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes. So now what are you going to do this fourth of July?

[Kennedy]

I'll be with Dana actually at her house.

[Jimmy Failla]

Amazing.

[Kennedy]

In Bayhead. So I think it's going to be a Jersey Shore experience.

[Jimmy Failla]

You have to find Snooki.

[Kennedy]

I do, I do, yeah. Snooki, I'm here for you. What are you doing?

[Dr. Drew Pinsky]

For the fourth?

[Jimmy Failla]

We are going to be in Maui celebrating my brother and sister in law. It is their 30th wedding anniversary.

[Kennedy]

That's right. Your brother and sister in law. You guys, they're just, as you would expect, extensions of Kennedy. They are incredible people to be around. Absolutely Magic. With the deepest, most generous hearts, just like all of their kids. And to have been sort of included in their family and embraced by your family, by the Montgomery's, has been really a blessing. And not to totally pivot, but also. Guys. What something that you and I share is our Seattle vein.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes.

[Kennedy]

And just the other weekend, I was back home visiting my family in Seattle. My sister was running a half, preparing for a half marathon. And we ran by because Kennedy's old neighborhood was right next to my old neighborhood. So I ran by her old house, took a selfie with it, and was like, kennedy, we're here. And it's so. It's so great because I feel like the languages that we speak that overlap, I'm so grateful for. And for all of you pac Northwesterners out there. We see you and we raise you.

[Jimmy Failla]

With Mac and Jacks and a bag of Dick's because Dick's burgers in Seattle is legendary. So at night, after you've been out to see a rock show, you drive through Dick's and you get a bag of greasy fries and some of the best burgers on the planet. And it's, it's. You drive home with a bag of Dicks.

[Kennedy]

You do, by the way, did I tell you and you get to eat.

[Jimmy Failla]

A bag of Dicks.

[Kennedy]

We are gladly. Did I tell you what my husband said? No, guys, this is really important. So he's been all over the world too, right? And I said, what's your favorite fast food burger? And for the first time, he had had Dick's Deluxe burgers in Seattle. That's what took the cake. Dick's Deluxe. Number one, guys. Number one.

[Jimmy Failla]

It has been settled.

[Kennedy]

It has.

[Jimmy Failla]

I'll take it over. In and out. They're good to their employees. I love Burgerville, but it is no dicks.

[Kennedy]

Although I actually voted. Weirdly, I'm partial to In n Out. Like he voted. Dix.

[Jimmy Failla]

I love in and out.

[Kennedy]

Made me happy.

[Jimmy Failla]

I love In N Out because I.

[Kennedy]

Have it for fries are better. Yeah, totally.

[Jimmy Failla]

Dick's Fries. But Dick's is. I would take a bag of Dick's fries any day.

[Kennedy]

Anybody that gets married in Seattle ever always ends the wedding, like, around 1 in the morning or so. With a bag of Dicks for everyone, no matter what. No matter if it's the fanciest wedding or an outdoor wedding. It's how you end a party there, no matter what.

[Jimmy Failla]

You know you've done your wedding ride when everyone goes home with a bag of dicks.

[Kennedy]

Oh, my God. Another obsession that I have to thank you for turning me onto is the crown.

[Jimmy Failla]

The crown.

[Kennedy]

Oh, God. So we used to spend our Sundays drinking rose champagne in the living room cheers and watching the crowd. Kennedy watched a series, like, a hundred times and never minded when I would be like, I've only watched one episode. She would patiently sit with me and answer my questions as we went episode by episode.

[Jimmy Failla]

I love it because I know what's gonna happen next.

[Kennedy]

Oh, my God. Speaking of which, totally random, but have you ever seen, like, a Nicholas Sparks movie? I don't know, like the Notebook and stuff?

[Jimmy Failla]

No, because it's too sad.

[Kennedy]

That's exactly my point. Here's what I learned. So, his books, the endings are tragic, but they. They change the movies to end happily. So last night, yep, I watched one, and the whole time I was terrified because I thought it ended a certain way and it actually was a happy ending. And I was like, like, I'm going to watch it again. I'm going to watch it again knowing that all is right and no one actually dies.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, yes.

[Kennedy]

I didn't know you could do that. I didn't know that they could have alternate end scenes.

[Jimmy Failla]

It's like in Glorious Bastards. It's the most satisfying ending to a movie ever. All right, on that note, Happy 4th of July. Love to your family, love to your husband. You're the best in the world. And I can't wait for our next adventure.

[Kennedy]

Me, too. It starts in about 30 minutes.

[Jimmy Failla]

That's absolutely right. It's Kennedy. Save the World. It's Langan's. It's Emily. Compagno.

[Emily Compagno]

This is Jason Chaffetz from the Jason in the House podcast. Join me every Monday to dive deeper into the latest political headlines and chat with remarkable guests. Listen and follow [e-mail] or wherever you download podcasts.

[Jimmy Failla]

If you're ever on West 47th street between 6th and 7th, stop by, ask for Des and Terry and tell them you heard all about Langen on Kennedy Saves the World. And now here's A man who saved many, many.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I know all about langen.

[Jimmy Failla]

Do you? Dr. Drew Pinsky.

[Rosanna Scotto]

How are you, Kennedy?

[Jimmy Failla]

Board certified addiction medicine specialist and also a doctor who will sell you prescription medication for your own home usage.

[Rosanna Scotto]

There you go.

[Jimmy Failla]

So what is in the. What is in the kit that I see on Fox News now?

[Rosanna Scotto]

It's the. The. There are several different kids. You really want to get into this right off the top?

[Jimmy Failla]

I'm dying here.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Let me. Let me frame it for you. I have been fighting insurance companies my entire career. Yes, right. They intrude into the physician patient relationship. They dictate care. Then when bad things happen, they go, what? We didn't. That's not my name on the discharge order there. They're. They're horrible. Can I use strong language here?

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes.

[Rosanna Scotto]

They're.

[Jimmy Failla]

Horrible.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Okay. They're so. I've been. I've been fighting that my whole career. Then Covid hit and I thought, oh, we're. We've lost. The only thing, the only hope now is to get things into the hands of patients so they can manage their health care care.

[Jimmy Failla]

And, I mean, why. Why wouldn't you? Why do we distrust people so much?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Not only that. You don't know how to use medicine for urinary tract infection if you have it on hand. Any bet, we, the wellness company, put together a series of kids for emergencies. The travel kit was the one I put together. It's literally what I give my patients when they travel out of the country.

[Jimmy Failla]

Cipro.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Cipro.

[Jimmy Failla]

Is there some Cipro in there?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yep, of course.

[Jimmy Failla]

I love Cipro. I love traveling with Zipro. I just. It's like a security blanket. It's like, I know things.

[Rosanna Scotto]

If I've got nausea medicine and, you.

[Jimmy Failla]

Know, any sort of blood from any orifice. Cipro.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Still dizziness.

[Jimmy Failla]

Cipro.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You know, it's so funny.

[Jimmy Failla]

Nausea. Cipro.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I don't know about that. In fact, I'm just dealing with a patient that's nauseated from Cipro medicine. I may have to deal with that. But it's. It's interesting. The quinolones, which is that category of medicine, were vilified for many years because they were destroying the microbiological biome, which we did. Created a lot of resistance. And then it just. People stopped worrying about it. It's the strangest thing. And then pharmaceutical companies stopped doing research for new antibiotics. So I don't know what's going on there. We have to be careful.

[Jimmy Failla]

You do have to be careful.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Creates resistance. Creates horrible. But then they're giving it to cattle. They're giving it to everybody. I think they just threw in the towel. Like it's already everywhere.

[Jimmy Failla]

So what else is in there? You got heart medication?

[Rosanna Scotto]

What kind?

[Jimmy Failla]

Heart. Heart.

[Rosanna Scotto]

No, we. I think we.

[Jimmy Failla]

Glycerin.

[Rosanna Scotto]

What?

[Jimmy Failla]

Nitroglycerin.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I know.

[Jimmy Failla]

Remember that non golden pond measure? Glycerin.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Glycerine.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh, your heart pain has come back.

[Rosanna Scotto]

No, nitroglycerin is still a used medication. But that's something that needs to be more careful. Carefully managed.

[Jimmy Failla]

You got those paddles?

[Rosanna Scotto]

No, no paddles. But we have one kid with a Geiger counter.

[Jimmy Failla]

You got what? A Geiger counter?

[Rosanna Scotto]

One kit with a Geiger counter.

[Jimmy Failla]

That is awesome.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Radiation exposure kit with potassium iodide.

[Jimmy Failla]

I have potassium iodide at my home. Yeah, well, I've got it with the emergency water and I have gluten free survival food and it's all in one place.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And I've got the strongest bit. Paranoid.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. I've got the straw. Straws where if everything goes down, you can drink the water. You could drink it out of a. A urinal if you wanted to.

[Rosanna Scotto]

So you'll survive a nuclear war, I'm happy to say.

[Jimmy Failla]

I mean, I'll be okay for a little.

[Rosanna Scotto]

We haven't talked in a couple months. It's been a month or something since I was with you or a couple.

[Jimmy Failla]

What happened?

[Rosanna Scotto]

It's been a minute since we've been together. Are you good? Everything good? Kids are good.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah, everything's good.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. My children are happy. That's all that matters.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You got to fill it.

[Jimmy Failla]

Told me that you're only as happy as your unhappiest child.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Rolla said that Roaldo. Yes, it's true.

[Jimmy Failla]

So he's got like five kids.

[Rosanna Scotto]

It's true. It's absolutely true.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. And I didn't know what he meant until my children reached adolescence.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I was going to say it happens like late adolescence and adulthood.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Then you're like. Because you want everybody to go thrive and. And if somebody's lagging for any reason, you. You preoccupied.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. And then you can't sleep. So it's funny because like Kat, our friends who have new babies because they're like, oh, it's tough because you can't sleep. Like you're used to sleeping. Oh, here's Mero with our delightful cocktails. These are mocktails, by the way. These are alcohol free.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Cheers.

[Jimmy Failla]

Cheers to you and sobriety. Celebrity rehab is coming for you, dear. That's delicious. So who was. When you have visibly treated celebrities.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yes, visibly, visibly.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes. Not secretly. Yeah, but not. I shouldn't say secretly.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You mean not in public?

[Jimmy Failla]

Privately? Yes. Not people you privately treated. Because I. I don't want to violate.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I can't.

[Jimmy Failla]

Hipaa. No, no. I wouldn't ask you to do that. But publicly, the people that you have treated, who is the most challenging for you that you put so much sweat equity into?

[Rosanna Scotto]

So I like the question, which is, I know you can't violate any HIPAA laws, but who is the most difficult? Beijing. Tell me who.

[Jimmy Failla]

But I qualified it.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I have to wait for some of them to die.

[Jimmy Failla]

Of the ones who have died.

[Rosanna Scotto]

No, no. Oh, Jeff Conaway. There are two that absolutely, absolutely broke my heart. Who'd you say?

[Jimmy Failla]

Jeff Conaway.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Conway's one. And the other is. You don't get an aging brain. It's the worst thing in the world.

[Jimmy Failla]

Mike Starr.

[Rosanna Scotto]

No, no. Mike was also heartbreaking for me. All these people were killed by my peers. Yeah, they were all killed by doctors who said, why are you listening to these people that are trying to brainwash you? You need to stay on these pain meds the rest of your life. Get back on them. Dead in two weeks.

[Jimmy Failla]

Awful.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah, awful. Sizemore.

[Jimmy Failla]

Tom Sizemore.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Sizemore was. When he. I. We had treated him before celebrity rehab. And whenever Bob and I got a hold of him, he just did really well. It's. When he'd get away from us, things would kind of slip.

[Jimmy Failla]

So tell me what. What is that? Because I. I met him, I was on politically corrected.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Genius.

[Jimmy Failla]

He was so smart.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yep.

[Jimmy Failla]

He was so charming. He was willing to challenge his own beliefs.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Oh, always.

[Jimmy Failla]

But there's something about an addict who was brilliant and charming, that they're there. They take their pain. They have to squirrel away with it in a place that you can't see because they don't want to disappoint you.

[Rosanna Scotto]

So Tom did a lot of that. That's a good insight. That's very, very sharp. Because he. It's hard to see that because he would hide it. But. But you're also pointing at something that is a feature of addiction, which is very interesting, which is that every weakness of the individual and every strength serves the illness. It's the craziest thing. So the key example, the most, the sort of vivid example, is as a parent, if you're a parent and you have great parenting instincts, your addict child will use those great parenting instincts to get. To get the disease as active as possible. And the same thing happens in their head. If they're smart, if they're compassionate, Whatever it is, the disease uses it to maintain itself. And I always tell people that. You know, the Little Shop of Horrors and the. The plant, the Audrey 2. The Audrey 2 is a perfect model for addiction. If you go near the plant, you're in. Unless somebody's there pulling you out. Let's get Ariadne's cord pulling you back.

[Jimmy Failla]

It's like a malfunctioning pool filter, which is one of my greatest nightmares.

[Rosanna Scotto]

It's gonna suck your bum into it.

[Jimmy Failla]

Suck you in, and you won't be able to get out. That's like my greatest fear as a parent.

[Rosanna Scotto]

That is a childhood fantasy brought straight to adulthood.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah, but it's like, I heard one story about that, and it stuck.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Suck somebody's bowels out. Was that.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah. No, it sucks your hair in.

[Rosanna Scotto]

None of that ever happened. Just, you know, horrible.

[Jimmy Failla]

So Tom Sizemore and Jeff Conway. Yeah, and.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And Mike, too. Mike was. Mike. You know, he called me. He was doing great. I mean, it was a miracle. He's sober for a year. We couldn't believe it. And all of a sudden he goes, I'm going to Utah. We're like, you know, whenever an addict. Again, the thinking is what screws them up. So he's. All of a sudden, I'm going to Utah. We're like. Bob and I are like. I'm like, why? Why? Why? Why? Because whenever an addict decides to do something that is sudden, you know, it's. Somehow the disease is involved. I'm going to go live in sober living. I just have to get a band back together. They're all sober guys going to.

[Jimmy Failla]

We're.

[Rosanna Scotto]

We've all been sober a year, two, three. We live in sober living. We're going to. We got meetings. We're going to be on the grounds of Cirque Lodge. He said. I was like, I couldn't stop him. He calls me after being there a couple months, and he goes, I'm having back pain. I said, Mike gave him some suggestions. And I said, whatever you effing do, do not tell a doctor that you have back pain. Don't do it. Dead two weeks. Dead two weeks later with Soma and OxyContin on the bed. On the bedside. Reminds me of Seymour Philip Hoffman, too. I'm sure the same thing happened to him.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Something very similar.

[Jimmy Failla]

No, because there's so many doctors who, like.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I mean, they don't understand addiction at all.

[Jimmy Failla]

But I.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Even people that claim to be addiction specialists.

[Jimmy Failla]

So, like, I went to an ENT when I was in high school because my Tonsils were black.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You're what?

[Jimmy Failla]

My tonsils were black. They were so, like, I had such horrible tonsillitis. And every doctor was like, you have to miss 50 days of school before we take tonsils out. The ENT looked at me was like, they have to come out now.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah, I think you should just. Black means dead, by the way.

[Jimmy Failla]

It wasn't good.

[Rosanna Scotto]

They were gross.

[Emily Compagno]

You had to write out a little plastic bag.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You had to write out your medical history in detail. We just hand it to medical students as a textbook book. Like, here's a medical textbook.

[Jimmy Failla]

They wouldn't just learn.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Just learn from these. This case.

[Jimmy Failla]

No, they wouldn't.

[Rosanna Scotto]

It's all here. It's all there.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah, but they would try and, like, they would look and be like, I. I don't know.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Like, you missed the psychiatric stuff. You had no psychiatric illness.

[Jimmy Failla]

My father at ih and they were like, yeah, I don't know.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Just.

[Jimmy Failla]

And they. This is what they said. We don't have an explanation for this. And they would say, I can't speak to this.

[Rosanna Scotto]

They is such a thing.

[Jimmy Failla]

And then they said, keep doing what you're doing.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

There.

[Rosanna Scotto]

There's a lot of that out there. You'd be surprised how much mystery illness there is that people don't get better from.

[Jimmy Failla]

I don't know. And then in the end, I'm like, who cares? I'm going to, like, eat protein, eat a lot of greens. I'm going to exercise, I'm going to meditate. I'm going to have a glass of champagne.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You're enjoying your life.

[Jimmy Failla]

Because I want to see. Celebrate life. Your kids are great experiences that make me happy.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yes.

[Jimmy Failla]

I want my children to be happy. I want to work.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Do you have a college coming soon or one's in college? Yeah, one's in college and then one going soon.

[Jimmy Failla]

She just finished her sophomore year. And then one is going to be a junior in high school next year. So I have a sophomore and a sophomore. Next year I'll have a junior and a junior.

[Rosanna Scotto]

That's a lot.

[Jimmy Failla]

Why did you make that face?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Because the college thing was a lot. I. I had to get three in.

[Jimmy Failla]

But you have triplets.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

I can't imagine having three college sophomores in three different schools at one time.

[Rosanna Scotto]

That was. Other than the Expanse, which was insane. The babysitting aspect of it was wonderful. They were all tucked away, had a great time, and so did we.

[Jimmy Failla]

And you think that's the hard part. That's. That's my favorite thing. When people have new babies. It's like.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I know. How's our friend cab doing? I'm gonna go see.

[Jimmy Failla]

She's an incredible mom.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I know.

[Jimmy Failla]

I love seeing her with her baby. Her baby is so cute.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I know. He is.

[Jimmy Failla]

My husband are doing it all by themselves. I have so much respect for them and I. I love them like I love her more and more every day.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And she. The. Her return in June was a all catch return show. And she said something as though it was something she said once, which was, cam, will you change the diaper? He's like, yeah, you do it. Cam, I have cancer. I've heard her do that half a dozen times. So that was not a one time thing.

[Jimmy Failla]

So God bless her.

[Rosanna Scotto]

But why not? She's not wrong.

[Jimmy Failla]

She's got such an incredible sense of humor. They both do.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And it's like you were there the night they met or sort of they.

[Jimmy Failla]

We. You.

[Rosanna Scotto]

How did that happen that night? This was like their third date or something.

[Jimmy Failla]

And you had you and Susan and those two and. And me and maybe her sister all went to the Mandarin Oriental to the bar at the very. Yeah.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And Kennedy fell asleep, of course. And I can't. And I just kept. And. And Cam kept pouring like hard drinks like you have to drink. You have to drink. I. I was like, what is this obsession with me having alcohol? Cam, what's going. But I liked him immediately. And I think that night was the first night I pulled her aside and said, do not this up.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yeah.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And I say that to her to this day.

[Jimmy Failla]

See, I have to say she picked right though.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Failla]

He's an incredible husband, an amazing partner and a wonderful dad.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I saw. I saw him. Two things he sent me pictures of. One was the kid in a full lacrosse gear with sunglasses on. It's a four month old. And the other was doing sit ups getting ready for West Point.

[Jimmy Failla]

Oh my God. So he's trying to convince my 16 year old to go to West Point. She's like, I'm not going to be a cool thing.

[Rosanna Scotto]

No cost free, free, free. Wonderful education. But his. His favorite phrase. I don't want to undermine anybody's sense of him as a good parent because he is a good parent. But his favorite phrase to his little son is don't be a. So.

[Jimmy Failla]

So you have to know them to know how funny that is. And maybe we need that in our parenting. Dr. Drew, go forth and conquer.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Failla]

Loved you and your family this fourth of July.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Hey, and by the way, for your people, check out. I do a streaming show on Rumble and Dr. Drew TV. It's called Ask Dr. Drew. And it's. We really, really interview really interesting people. It's 2 o' clock Pacific time.

[Jimmy Failla]

Excellent.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And it's been, it's been sort of my life lately.

[Jimmy Failla]

Yes.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And it's how I first interviewed Jay Bhattacharya and Macari and Kennedy. I interviewed them three years ago, trying to figure out what the hell's been going on in this country in healthcare.

[Jimmy Failla]

So, yeah, some of the few truth tellers left in this country. And they're still at it. And so are you. I adore you. Thank you, Drew.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I do thank you for the mocktail too.

[Jimmy Failla]

All right, this has been Kennedy Saves the World from Langens. Go have a beautiful Fourth of July. And as always, freedom. I'm Kennedy. Listen ad free with a Fox News podcast plus subscription on Apple Podcasts and Amazon prime, members can listen to this show ad free on the Amazon music app. Oh, go ahead and leave. Leave me a review while you're there. I'd love to hear what you have to say. You've been listening to Kennedy Saves the World on the Fox News Podcast Network.

[Emily Compagno]

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