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We're releasing a very special Mo News Workshop – usually just for our Premium members – to everyone this week. September's topic was on Free Speech & Hate Speech in the U.S.

We host these workshops every month on topics ranging from history to foreign policy to brain health. Join Mo News Premium at mo.news/premium⁠⁠ for more workshops like this, plus weekend coverage, the Mo News web app, a news quiz, Slack channel, and more!

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In September's Mo News Premium Workshop, we dig into one of the most hotly debated and misunderstood issues in America today: free speech and hate speech.

Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education at Penn Graduate School of Education, joined Mosheh for a workshop looking the history of speech in America — from the founding documents, to McCarthyism, key Supreme Court decisions and today’s debates over hate speech, cancel culture, and campus protests.

We also unpack how recent headlines like Charlie Kirk’s murder and Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension reflect America’s long, complicated struggle over the bounds of speech.

Mosheh Oinounou (⁠⁠@mosheh⁠⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @Mosheh Oinounou Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News + Winter Snow Forecast 2025-26 (02:00)

– Supreme Court Weighs Role of Race in State (07:00)

– Judge Blocks Trump From Firing Federal Workers During Government Shutdown For Now (15:10)

– Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela (17:00)

– Nearly All Major Media Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Restrictive Press Policy (25:50)

– Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead {REPORT} (34:30)

– Lottery Winner Gives Back To Community (38:00)

– Oklahoma Girls’ Basketball Team Returns Championship After Realizing They Lost (39:50)

– On This Day In History (42:20)

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Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– Pres. Trump Posthumously Awards Charlie Kirk Presidential Medal of Freedom (06:00)

– Man Pleads Guilty In Arson Attack On Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's Residence (09:00)

– Instagram Will Limit Content for Teenagers Based on PG-13 Ratings (11:20)

– Hamas Returns Bodies Of 4 More Hostages After Israel Threatens Aid Cut (18:15)

– Government Shutdown Day 15: White House Warns More Layoffs Are Coming (24:00)

– FDA Clears Blood Test To Help Rule Out Alzheimer’s Disease In People Showing Symptoms (27:30)

– America’s Gender Pay Gap Going In Wrong Direction (29:40)

– The New York Sun Revives Print Edition (31:25)

– On This Day In History  (34:45)

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Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– Remaining 20 Living Israeli Hostages Freed From Gaza; About 2,000 Palestinian Prisoners Released From Israeli Prisons (04:30)

– Trump Addresses Knesset After Historic Peace Deal (13:00)

– Trump Signs Ceasefire Deal In Egypt (19:10)

– Dozens Rescued In Alaska After Remnants of Typhoon Halong Batter Region (29:40)

– Education Department Layoffs Hit Offices That Oversee Special Ed. (30:40)

– Airports Say They Won’t Air Kristi Noem Shutdown Video At TSA Checkpoints (33:20)

– News Outlets Broadly Reject Pentagon Rules Before Signing Deadline (35:00)

– Why Everyone Is Getting a Prenup (39:45)

– On This Day In History (42:20)

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🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– Israel Hostages Set For Release As Trump Heads To Middle East (05:00)

– Govt. Shutdown Enters Third Week: Federal Layoffs, Paychecks Halt (14:10)

– Melania Trump Working With Russia’s Putin To Reunite Missing Ukrainian Children (22:20)

– China Says It’s Not Afraid Of Trade War After Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs (25:20)

– U.S. Will Host Qatari Air Force Facility In Idaho (27:25)

– Trump Eyes The ‘Insurrection Act’ As Courts Rule On National Guard Deployment (31:50)

– Blast At Tennessee Explosives Plant Kills 16 People (36:30)

– Remembering Diane Keaton, Who Died At 79 (37:40)

– On This Day In History (40:40)

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🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

In this episode, Mosh travels to Elkhart, Indiana, to tour Amazon’s first-of-its-kind delivery center built  from mass timber — part of the company’s push to reach net zero carbon by 2040. He sits down with Daniel Mallory, Amazon’s vice president of global realty, to explore how one of the world’s largest companies is rethinking construction, packaging, and delivery in the name of sustainability.
Mallory discusses how small customer choices, like combining shipments, can make a massive environmental impact. He also explains how mass timber stacks up against steel and concrete, why Amazon sees sustainability and customer service as inseparable, and how the facility serves as an experiment for testing which of its 40-plus eco-friendly strategies — from low-carbon asphalt and rainwater reuse to electric vans on the road--could scale across Amazon and across the world.

This episode was produced in partnership with Amazon.

Mosheh Oinounou (⁠@mosheh⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– NY AG Letitia James Indicted Over Mortgage Fraud Claims (07:00)

– Israel Says Gaza Ceasefire Now in Effect After Hostage Deal (12:30)

– Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment (20:45)

– California Becomes First State To Phase Ultraprocessed Food Out Of School Meals (26:10)

– Judge Dismisses Drake’s Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ (28:45)

– Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned (31:15)

– The Boldest Grocery Trends Coming in 2026, According to Whole Foods (33:00)

– What We’re Watching, Reading, Eating (35:40)

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🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– Israel, Hamas Agree To ‘First Phase’ Of Peace Plan; Hostages Will Come Home Monday (04:50)

– Texas National Guard Troops Arrive In Illinois Over Leaders’ Objections (16:45)

– Former FBI Director Comey Pleads Not Guilty (26:45)

– How Many Americans Could See Health Insurance Premiums Rise (31:00)

– Palisades Fire Suspect Used ChatGPT To Plan Blaze (35:15)

– Denmark Plans Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15 (38:10)

– Dolly Parton Says 'I Ain't Dead Yet' as She Gives Health Update (39:40)

– On This Day In History (42:40)

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🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– Pam Bondi Clashes With Senate Democrats in Fiery Capitol Hill Hearing (04:15)

– Texas National Guard Arrives In Chicago (11:10)

– Air Traffic Chaos Grows as Trump Floats No Retro Pay for Federal Workers (12:10)

– ‘Two Bullets to the Head’: Leaked Texts Rock Virginia Attorney General Race (19:45)

– Supreme Court Appears Poised to Strike Down Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy (23:00)

– Gold Tops $4,000 as Investors Flee Dollar for ‘Safe Havens’ (26:00)

– Zach Bryan Sparks Backlash Over Anti-ICE Lyrics in New Song ‘Bad News’ (28:15)

– Taylor Swift Explains Why She Doesn’t Want Super Bowl Halftime Gig (31:15)

– On This Day In History (34:00)

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🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.

 Headlines:

– Welcome to Mo News (02:00)

– Judge Declines to Stop Guard Troops From Deploying in Illinois, for Now (04:00)

– Bari Weiss Named Editor In Chief Of CBS News (12:45)

– Day Seven Of The Government Shutdown (19:15)

– White House Avoids Setting Deadline For Gaza Talks, But Says It Wants Deal ‘Quickly’ (23:50)

– Hostage Families Urge Nobel Committee To Give Trump Peace Prize (26:450

– Survey: Most Jewish Americans Say Antisemitism Now Part Of Daily Life (27:15)

– Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell (28:30)

– Costco to Sell Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy (30:50)

– Online Holiday Spending Growth Set To Slow To 5.3% As Shoppers Seek Discounts (32:00)

– On This Day In History (33:10)

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🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.

Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (@jillrwagner) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.