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Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. All right, now you're gonna check in behind the scenes of the grind. Just real quick. Let's do it. Back on the grind. So checking in behind the scenes of the grind. I think today I always put like a, how am I feeling? I don't know. Today was one of those days where I feel like I got clarity in some things. And I don't know, I don't know about y', all, but, you know, I'm a little hard headed. Not only am I hard headed, I just, like, I need to hear and see things very clearly in order for me to really move off of them. And when I say move off of them, I mean in order for me to be able to figure out, okay, what is the solution if it's like a problem that I'm, I'm looking at and I'm trying to, you know, it's a little foggy in a situation or what am I doing wrong if, you know, I keep running up against the same wall and I'm like, why do I keep getting here? So I've been talking to you guys recently just about some feelings and different things, experiencing day to day and work at work and today. And I've been praying about it because I felt like a big part of why I was experiencing it just was like, you know, a lack of, like, I guess it's insecurity. It's just like a, you know, questioning myself, my instinct, my ability, things that I've never honestly felt before. I've always been able to walk into things pretty much blind and be like super fearless. And I think I'm still showing up in that way. But something was just a bit different for the first time Ever in my life. And I couldn't put a finger on why I couldn't put a finger on why I couldn't put a finger on what like initiated the feeling, you know, it just, I was all over the place trying to figure it out mentally. And for me, I wanted them deep diving, like investigative people where all of the timeline and all of the facts have to make sense. If I'm at the end of the story, if I'm at the end of the story and something does not make sense for me, I am going to backtrack, investigate, ask questions, try to look from a third, you know, sense. And it's kind of difficult when you're doing it with yourself. But I'm in a season of, you know, me trying to be more accountable for what I can control in situations. I think that in centering myself a bit and really having conversations with God, which is also funny too, because I learned in this season that my conversations with God don't always look like prayer. Sometimes it's literally just like meditation in actual like conversation and asking myself questions and then hearing him talk to me and show me different things. But in this season of my conversation with conversations with God, I've been really hearing him tell me, you know, that this is like such a season of preparation. So, you know, that helped me begin to remove a lot of the like personal feeling I was having because I was experiencing things and you know, not just not hitting the, the home runs that I'm used to hitting all the time. And you know, I don't know, maybe it was, you know, also recognizing like the people pleasing part of it in it for me and in the appeasing people that comes with being like a nurturer and you know, always giving to others what I should be giving to myself. But I say all this to say that what I realized in this season was that in order for me to move anything new into my life and, and accelerate what is already happening, because I feel like this last year, man, even since we've started the podcast, it's almost a year, life has been at like 200 miles per hour. And I've, you know, just been getting up, getting dressed every day, bringing my makeup bag with me because I ain't got time to do it in the morning and just figuring it out on the fly. But what I'm hearing God say to me in this season is just like even the things are not going to stop. That 200 miles per hour is about to feel like 250. Then it'll feel like 300, then it'll feel like 350, then 400. But what I'm learning is something that I've never honestly mastered before is how to be very still, steady, and, like, solidly, like, planted, like, in my stillness and in my, like, you know, confidence in myself and what I'm doing, what I'm saying, and my work and my discipline. The discipline is the big thing. No matter how fast things are going around me or, like, in the current moment of what I'm feeling. I think coming from a newsroom and, I don't know, just. I think all aspects of my life, I've always just survived in chaos. And right now I'm learning. God is teaching me how to not just survive in chaos, but to prepare, to be accountable, to delegate, to really understand discipline so that I'm not doing all of that in chaos. Chaos can be happening, but I'm creating my own, like, area of, like, solid foundation so that the chaos never affects me. I'm in it, but I'm still. I'm unshakable. I'm unmovable in it. And I think that's gonna be very important in my next season. And I don't know why exactly, because I haven't gotten there yet. But that's what I feel like is happening. So today we were doing the Breakfast Club this morning, and I am so meticulous about trying to figure out what stories, what conversations we were having. The room is too, like, they want to get. They want to get into all the good stuff, all the things. And we did not report on something today that I knew we should have reported on. I knew exactly how I wanted to cater to conversation, all of those things. And I'm all in my head, and we did not do the story. And I honestly, I walked away from that very disappointed in myself, but not because we didn't do the story, not going every day ain't a home run day, but because I'm like, Lauren, there's never been a season in your life, even through these changes of seasons, because I'm admitting I'm in a season of transformation. And I don't think that that's going to stop anytime soon. But in any of these seasons in your life, you've always been able to trust yourself and your instinct. You know when to pivot. You know when to dig deeper. You know when to hold back. You know when to hold your cards. You know when to show your cards. You know when to be vulnerable like you've always known and you've Also always known when you didn't know and you've been comfortable enough to say, I don't know, or comfortable enough to say, I believe this, and I'm a stand on it. And it's very clear that that is escaping you a bit. And I'm showing you this to wake you up, because that instinct, that literally, that's my gold. That's my Midas touch. Like, as a journalist, like, oh, my God, anybody will tell you. Anyone, any storyteller, any creative, not even just journalist, like, any storyteller will tell you your instinct is literally, that's the ip. Like, that's what you have. That's. That's what creates and everything flows from. So I feel like I finally have a clear sense of what I was experiencing. And if you guys go back and listen to the last episodes for probably, like, the last, like, week or two, I've been daily describing to you guys this. This really adamant sense of uncertainty. And I couldn't put my finger on it. I didn't understand what I was experiencing. And today it was so clear. It was, like, so clear. It was, like, kind of scary, like, literally. So I'm in a good space about it. I am. I'm not worried. I. I think, you know, now it's just a thing. It's execution at this point now. So, yeah, that's where I'm at. I'd be like, y' all be all in my business, but it's fine. Low rider, family. Like, y' all are here with me on this journey. And, you know, if you haven't visited my YouTube channel yet, it's Lauren LaRosa TV. I vlog there, and I'm, you know, very just open about my journey, everywhere that I am, because I want to take you all along the ride with me. I want for you guys to feel like as this podcast grows, as my career grows, as our reach grows, as our ability to cover stories and, you know, the people we have on the podcast grows, that you guys have grown with me. So let's get on into the latest now, talking about stories.
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So I actually just sat through about a 35 to 40 minute long press conference. Um, so Savannah Guthrie, who is a anchor on the Today show, her mom has been missing since Saturday, January 31st. At this point she's an 84 year old woman. We talked about this on the last episode. 84 year old woman who was taken out of her home in the middle of the night. But they just gave us some more details. There's been reporting about a ransom letter or two or three that have been circulating and law enforcement, including FBI were present in this press conference, friends in Arizona. And what they told us was that there were multiple different ransom notes. The one specifically that was sent to tmz, which TMZ actually just gave us some details on. It's so weird to talk about them like, like TMZ is like I want to be like Harvey and Charles just from, you know. But yeah. So TMZ posted a video today where they talked about the ransom letter and they said in the letter there were some specific things in that letter that caught their eye because these things had not been released to the public yet. Now the FBI does talk about this letter and they talk about how this was one of this was the letter that they actually presented to the family because of those same reasons, because of the details that were in the letter. Let's take a listen to FBI talk about that ransom letter in those details.
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Now, what caught my attention here was they said that the details were about an Apple Watch and that the details were about a floodlight. I mean, there are multiple videos of the outside of Nancy Guthrie's home at this point where you can see floodlights. There was the. That showed blood on her front step. Police did confirm that after DNA testing that that is Nancy's blood on the step. But I say all that to say even the Apple Watch conversation. Things have been reported in the press about the Apple Watch, about, you know, her pacemaker not syncing to the Apple Watch and she's in multiple photos with an Apple Watch. So one of the journalists in the press conference asked, like, what is the timeline of this ransom letter? Because if those are the details that you guys are saying kind of made you stop a bit. Those things have been talked about more recently. So was this letter sent before those things were talked about? And they kind of answered the question, but kind of didn't. Let's take a listen. So to me, I feel like, you know, and I mean, I feel, I know there are a lot of things that they can't talk about. They kept pushing back a lot throughout this press conference because they can't compromise their investigation. But they're taking everything serious at this point, as they should. And it's to the point where now again, FBI was present. So FBI is involved. I know President Trump mentioned you know, sending whoever and whatever resources needed. You know, they're completely at the Guthrie family's disposal. And yeah, I mean, a lot of this press conference they spent just going down some of the reporting that has been out there and debunking things. We mentioned on our last episode that a brother in law of Savannah Gunthery was cleared. He is not a suspect. That that was just like a matter of protocol of them having conversations with any and everybody who would have been in contact with or in the presence of Nancy Guthrie, who was Savannah's mom, especially right up and you know, right before her disappearance. Now, one of the things that they did do, they provided a very sharp timeline of the day leading into Nancy's disappearance. So they say on Saturday, January 31st at 5:32pm Nancy was at her family's home. So the reporting has been that Nancy went to dinner at her daughter's Home. The the sister of Savannah Guthrie. Police described this as like a game night, family dinner night. So she was there. And then at about around 9:48pm on that same day, Nancy got dropped off at home by a family member. She did take an Uber over to her daughter's, and police say they've already spoken to the Uber driver, but again, they still have no suspects. But she was taken back home by family member, police confirmed. And they said that they were able to track what exact time she walked in her home in or in or around that time. Around, in, at or around 9:48pm they were able to track that because her garage door system caught the time that the garage went up. So then on Sunday, February 1, at 1:47am There was a doorbell camera at Nancy's home that police say was disconnected at that time. Now, there was reports that there were cameras destroyed and, you know, different things destroyed. And they say that as of right now, there's nothing that they can confirm on that. They don't know where that came from because they never gave that detail. But there was a doorbell camera that was disconnected on Sunday, January 1st. I'm sorry, on Sunday, February 1st at 2:12am Police say that there was potentially something picked up on an additional camera in Nancy's home. But the issue with this camera is that she doesn't have a subscription for this camera. So there's no new video. It just keeps re running over itself. So they have an alert that something was picked up on a camera, potentially a person. But they're like, it could even even been an animal. They don't know because they have no image. But they do have this with, you know, a tech team that is trying to see if there's a way that they can see or get anything. Um, so they have not given up on this then Continue. They continue the timeline for Sunday, February 1st, and they say at 2:28am Nancy Gunthery's pacemaker app disconnected from her phone. And then at 11:56am so some hours later, Nancy's family checks on Nancy to discover her missing. And reporting around this was that Nancy never showed up to a church service that she normally shows up to. And I guess she's very active in because they noticed that she was not there. So then on Sunday, you know, February 1st, same day still later that day at 1203pm they, the family called 91 1. And then, you know, you just kind of from there, we, we watched all of the media and all the news and everything explode. Now, just based off this Timeline, the kidnapped, the kidnapper, the suspect, however you want to label this person who potentially abducted Nancy Guthrie would have been at her home for about 45 minutes, and whatever went down happened within that time. Now, police also say because that they have no sign of life from her. Nancy Guthrie, the mother, Savannah Guthrie, at this time. And the reason why they had to answer that question is because last night, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings posted a video. It's the craziest thing ever, y'. All. Like, it's literally like I'm watching a movie. They posted a video to Savannah's Instagram, and the video is an emotional plea to just, like, humanize their mom and to just let whoever has her know, like, whatever you guys need, we're ready to talk. Because there were things demanded in the ransom letter. A million dollars in, like, bitcoin. And they're like, we're ready to talk. Let's take a listen to that video.
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Our mom is our heart and our home. She is 84 years old. Her health, her heart is fragile. She lives in constant pain. She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive. She needs it not to suffer. We, too, have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us, Mommy.
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You are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are God's precious daughter. Nancy. We believe and know that even in this valley, he is with you. Everyone is looking for you, mommy, everywhere. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment and we pray without ceasing. And we rejoice in advance for the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you, mom.
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We love you, mom. Stay strong. Now. At this point, again, police say they have no suspect whatsoever. I did see that. The FBI is now offering a fifty thousand dollar reward for any information leading to Nancy Guthrie's recovery or finding. The White House actually tweeted this out. So the White House tweeted. The search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is ongoing, and authorities are requesting assistance from the public. Anyone with information is urged to contact 91 1. Our prayers are going to the Guthrie family as we hope for a safer turn home for Nancy. And then the White House retweeted that same episode I just read with mention of that $50,000 reward, so I'll keep you guys posted there. There will definitely be more coming up in that report.
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Now moving on over into the latest it's still kind of in the same vein of what we were just talking about, sadly enough. Oh, I just actually got an email from the Milton the city of Milton Police Department down in Georgia because Little John's son, his name is Nathan, he's a DJ. He's 28 years old. He was reported missing yesterday. He was reported missing. It was around 6am that he was reported missing from his home. The report said that he had left his home on foot, that he had no cell phone, that he was disoriented and may be in need of help they made it very clear that he is not a threat at all. But it just came out of nowhere. And I reached out to Little John's team who said at this time they were just asking for privacy and for anyone with information to contact the Milton, Georgia Police Department. So I've been reaching out to the police department, just trying to get any information I can because there is not much out there whatsoever. And here is what they just emailed back. Here is the most recent statement from the Milton Police Department regarding Nathan Smith. Currently, there are no new developments regarding the whereabouts of Nathan Smith. He remains missing, and this continues to be an active investigation by the Milton Police Department. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to please contact the Milton Police Department non emergency Dispatch line at 678-297-6300. Pressing Option 1. Any information, no matter how small, may assist in safely locating this individual. And then, you know, they're thanking people for their assistance. But I've been doing some digging and I. Because I wanted to kind of get a better grasp of who Little John's son was outside of the just this story, because, to be honest, I knew he had kids, but I didn't know his son personally. So I found Nathan's Instagram and I just spent some time on there today, honestly, just trying to get a feel for what he was into, who he was hanging around, who are his friends, like to see if anything had been posted, you know, within the last couple hours. And man, like I to me, his Instagram just gives regular kid who, you know, also loves music, also loves the entertainment business, obviously, and grew up around the pioneers of hip hop and was very well aware of, you know, just the life that he was able to live and the people he was able to learn from. One of his most recent posts was actually from Jingle Ball, which is the Power 9, which is the 96.1 station in Atlanta, which is a sister station to the Breakfast Club. It was a huge, huge concert that they did for the holiday where Little John was like the staple act. So it was Little John and Friends, and he bought out everybody. It was such a great night. So Nathan took pictures with Bow Wow and he posted. You know how one of his first albums that Bow Wow ever bought him was I'm Sorry that his mom ever bought him was Bow Wow. Then he posts a video and there's like, Bow Wow, there's Jermaine Dupree, you have his dad, Little John in the video. There's just so many. Brian Michael Cox. There's just so many legends in this video. It's, it's insane. So I don't, you know, I'm trying to do as much as I can to figure out how one thing led to another here. But of course, cops are not saying much. Little John has not said anything at all. So all we have is all we have right now, which is, you know, what I've been able to present you guys with. But this is definitely one of those situations where story still developing. There's still a lot of unanswered questions here. So if and when I can get an answer, you know, I'll bring it right back to you guys here at the Latest, I'm Lauren LaRosa. This has been another episode of the latest with Lauren the Rosa. And I tell you guys every single episode how much I appreciate y', all, man. Y' all could be anywhere with anybody discussing all of these things, but y' all choose to be right here with me, my low riders. I appreciate y' all for that and I will catch you in my next episode.
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Episode Date: February 5, 2026
Host: Lauren LaRosa (with DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Charlamagne Tha God)
Network: The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
This emotionally charged episode of The Breakfast Club centers on confronting chaos in personal and professional life, with Lauren LaRosa offering introspective commentary on her own growth. The discussion weaves in real-time updates and investigative insights on two urgent news stories: the disappearance and suspected kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, and a breaking update on Lil Jon’s son, Nathan Smith, who has been reported missing.
The episode blends Lauren’s personal revelations about finding clarity amidst chaos with careful, compassionate coverage of the ongoing crises affecting both public and celebrity families.
[03:23–11:57]
Notable Quote:
"Chaos can be happening, but I'm creating my own, like, area of solid foundation so that the chaos never affects me. I'm in it, but I'm still. I'm unshakable. I'm unmovable in it." – Lauren LaRosa [09:28]
Notable Quote:
"That instinct—literally, that’s my gold. That’s my Midas touch. As a journalist…any storyteller, any creative…your instinct is literally, that's the IP [intellectual property]. That’s what creates and everything flows from." – Lauren LaRosa [10:58]
[15:45–26:12]
Press Conference Soundbite:
"The ransom note that was distributed to the media did make a demand for 5pm today... A second demand was for next Monday... We're not going to go beyond that." – FBI representative [17:09]
Emotional Family Appeal:
A powerful plea from Savannah Guthrie’s family is aired, underscoring their hope, pain, and faith.
"We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen... Everyone is looking for you, mommy, everywhere. We will not rest." – Guthrie Family [23:21]
[29:56–34:16]
Notable Quote:
"This is definitely one of those situations where [the] story [is] still developing. There's still a lot of unanswered questions here. So if and when I can get an answer, you know, I'll bring it right back to you guys..." – Lauren LaRosa [33:45]
| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------| | Lauren’s “Clarity in the Chaos” Personal Reflection | 03:23–11:57 | | Savannah Guthrie’s Mother: Press Conference Recap | 15:45–26:12 | | Guthrie Family’s Heartfelt Video Appeal | 23:21–25:19 | | FBI Reward & Public Assistance Call | 25:19–26:12 | | Lil Jon’s Son Missing – News and Lauren’s Research | 29:56–34:16 |
Lauren LaRosa’s grounded, empathetic tone draws listeners close as she navigates both her own life transitions and sensitive, breaking news. The episode is a blend of transparency, investigative rigor, and community focus—reminding listeners that even amidst chaos, building clarity, connection, and trust is possible.
For further updates, Lauren encourages listeners to follow her journey and the podcast’s evolving coverage on her YouTube channel, Lauren LaRosa TV.