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**Mosheh Oinounou** (0:00)
With summer almost here, so many of us are thinking about family travel, getting away for a bit, but you also want to make sure, given how expensive things are, that you are budgeting accordingly. One way to get your finances organized ahead of this busy season, and frankly, all year round is with the Monarch Money app. Monarch is a personal finance app that tracks everything, accounts, investments, savings goals, and spending. You can get your first year of Monarch Core for half off, just $50, with the promo code MoNews. What I like about Monarch, we've been using this for a while in my house, it keeps everything in one place. You're not bouncing between various financial apps. You can track your investments, you can track your banking, you can track your credit cards. It also has a weekly AI recap that's been very useful, that flags spending spikes, shifts in net worth, and upcoming expenses before they sneak up on you. That's probably the biggest thing for me and for so many of us, is taking that mental load off, and that's something Monarch does. It feels less like reacting after money is gone and more like planning ahead. It's a real financial advisor in your pocket. You can use the code MoNews at monarch.com to get your first year off of Monarch Corps, half off at just $50.
Again, that's 50% off your first year at monarch.com with the code MoNews.

**Jill Wagner** (1:09)
One thing we could all agree on, housing is expensive. I personally just went through the process of buying a new home and moving in, which is stressful enough, and that is where BILT comes in. BILT is the membership for where you live, and it rewards you with points on every housing payment, whether you're renting or paying a mortgage. This actually started with rent, and now BILT members can earn points on mortgage payments too. So now every time you make a payment on your new home, you can earn points and then redeem them toward things like flights with partners like United or Hyatt, Lyft rides or purchases on amazon.com. Another part I didn't expect to use as much as I would is the neighborhood concierge. It helps with restaurant reservations, finding new spots nearby, even booking fitness classes, especially helpful when you're new to an area and still figuring things out. It's simple. Where you live can do a little more for you. Join the membership for where you live at joinbuilt.com/monews. That is joinbilt.com/monews.
Make sure to use our URL so they know we sent you. It is a more thoughtful way to approach your biggest monthly expense.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:19)
Hey everybody, it is Wednesday, June 17th. You're listening to the Mo News Podcast. I'm Mosheh Oinounou.

**Jill Wagner** (2:24)
And I am Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you Just the Facts.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:28)
And where we read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to.
Jill, since we are heading to Father's Day, we made a promise yesterday to do a dad joke a day. Are you ready for your dad joke of the day?

**Jill Wagner** (2:40)
Sure.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:42)
Okay.
This should be, I don't know if you'll get, you might be able to get this one. When does a joke become a dad joke?

**Jill Wagner** (2:51)
I don't know. I don't know when it's from, wait, wait.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:55)
You're going to kick yourself.

**Jill Wagner** (2:56)
I know.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (2:57)
Are you ready?

**Jill Wagner** (2:58)
When a dad says it?

**Mosheh Oinounou** (3:01)
When it's apparent.

**Jill Wagner** (3:04)
I like that one.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (3:07)
Jill, I want to give credit. This one came to us from a listener. Nancy Dixon sent us our way.
Thank you, Nancy, for our dad joke of the day.

**Jill Wagner** (3:17)
Thank you, Nancy. I'm going to be using that actually in my daughter's lunch tomorrow.
And from dad jokes to the Atlantic hurricane season, Mo, it's a hard turn. The US should be bracing for the first named Atlantic storm system. It is not going to turn into a hurricane, but it might bring some intense rainfall in parts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. If it does turn into a named storm, that name would be Arthur.

**Mosheh Oinounou** (3:43)
Yeah, as of this recording, it's tropical cyclone one. And it's effectively starting just south of Galveston and then sort of making its way up the coastline there, the Texas, Louisiana coastline. So look out for that. Remember, the season started a couple of weeks ago. It runs for about six months.
So it's getting started relatively early here, but hopefully this one doesn't get a name. And subsequent storms also stay at that below naming level. You don't get a name until you become a tropical storm.