From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.

I'm Pete Barara.

Folks, I'm here to inform you that we've made it through another year, 2022.

This year, like many, brought a ton of challenges, a few rewards, and a whole lot of learning.

I was thinking this week about when we first started doing the end-of-year compilation shows.

As 2020 was coming to a close, we had the idea to look to our Stay Tune guests, to teach us, and enlighten us,

and challenge us to think through the many complicated issues the world is grappling with.

This year is no different.

Between a devastating war in Ukraine, the overturning of Rovy Wade, and deadly gun violence, there was no shortage of bad news.

But there were an R, moments of hope, and clarity, and inspiration.

And so, so many people who were fighting for a brighter future.

So with that, we bring you a reflection on 2022, as told through conversations on Stay Tuned,

our new Stay Tuned in brief episodes, and the Cafe Insider Podcast.

That's coming up. Stay tuned.

At the start of 2022, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced he would retire after serving more than two decades on the court.

Shortly after the announcement, my Cafe Insider co-host Joyce Vansonai reflected on his legacy.

He was in many ways a very pragmatic sort of man of the people.

I think, you know, I'm just guessing, I don't know him personally, but based on what he's written and his books and what he said,

I think he would want the title caretaker of the Constitution.

That really seems to epitomize what people are calling, you know, a lot of folks are saying, well, he had a pragmatic approach

or he had these functional rulings with an eye towards real world consequences.

I think what that comes down to is that he was someone who believed in fidelity to the Constitution and the Founder's vision,

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