Brian Dean Wright here, former CIA operations officer and hosts of a daily news podcast called The Right Report, like the Wright brothers.

Each morning at 5 a.m. Eastern, I take you with me around America and around the world for news that you need to know.

But here's what's different about the Wright Report. I use news sources from the left like MSNBC and from the right, like Fox News.

I present that to you before I then make clear that I'm pivoting to my analysis and opinion of what to make of it all.

And that's important, separating facts and data from analysis and opinion.

In fact, that is exactly how a good intel officer does it.

We're trying to provide global secrets and assessments to the White House in what is called the President's Daily Brief, and that is why my podcast is so very different.

So join me and thousands of my listeners each and every day on The Wright Report.

You'll find it Monday through Friday at 5 a.m. Eastern on all major podcast platforms.

Once again, I'm Brian Dean Wright. I sure hope to see you tomorrow morning with your

daily presidential brief on The Wright Report.

Welcome to this recap episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast. In our regular episodes,

we focus on one major theme of presenting our

top takes in the first hour or so, before diving deeper to each of those topics in the second

half. For recap episodes like this one, we skim across the surface of the past couple of

months as a sort of quick reference guide. It's well known that many have felt the need to pull back from the news a bit for their mental health.

If that's you, welcome.

If you know someone who fits that description, send them this episode.

We plan to do more of these to better meet people where they are when you want to be informed, but not overwhelmed.

If you don't have the time or energy for our deep dives, maybe just our regular take

sections are for you.

That's still too much.

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