In episode 240, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and Go Fact Yourself co-host's Helen Hong to discuss the real reason Bradley Cooper decided to make 'A Star Is Born,' Necco Wafers and Sweethearts being saved from candy extinction, Rod Rosenstein's big meeting with Trump, a new accuser coming forward about Brett Kavanaugh plus his weird calendar, an elite class spy giving us a view into rich folk's world, details about the film 'Life Itself,' and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Bradley Cooper reveals Eddie Vedder's surprising influence on 'A Star Is Born'

2. Necco wafers and Sweetheart candies saved from dusty extinction

3. Rod Rosenstein’s Job Is Safe, for Now: Inside His Dramatic Day

4. Avenatti client says Brett Kavanaugh was present while she was "gang raped" during high school

5. Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is GOP choice to question Kavanaugh and accuser at hearing

6. Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar, annotated

7. Judicial Crisis Network chief counsel Carrie Severino responds to new allegations against Brett Kavanaugh

8. Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World

9. Life Itself

10. WORST WIDE OPENINGS

11. Melodrama Life Itself Died Gruesomely at the Box Office

12. Experts explain how Amazon movie 'Life Itself,' from the creator of 'This Is Us,' became the biggest box-office flop of 2018

13. ‘Life Itself’ Review: We Have Now Seen the Worst Movie of 2018

14. Film Review: Life Itself is So Bizarre It Has To Be Seen To Be Believed

15. From a Woman: Life Itself Sucks

16. Life Itself is a disaster of a movie, caught in a web of its own privilege

17. WATCH: DJ Harrison "Erykahs Gun"