Happy Thanksgiving, welcome to a special edition of the Bullwork Podcast. I'm Charlie

Sykes and we thought we'd do something different for the holiday. So in place of our usual

rank punditry, we've asked members of the Bullwork team to join us and to talk about what

they are grateful for.

Hi, Bill Crystal here, editor at Large of the Bullwork.

Happy Thanksgiving, I'm grateful to people close by obviously as we all are. Family, friends,

colleagues, fellow Americans. But on this Thanksgiving in 2022, while I have all the gratitude

to friends, family, fellow Americans that I normally have, I thought stuturned especially

to the brave men and women fighting for freedom in Iran and in Ukraine. Men and women whose

courage remind us of the worth and the cost of freedom.

Hi everyone, Jim Swift, senior editor here. We at the Bullwork are sharing what we are

thankful for. I don't want to get too cliche on you, but the answer is you. I know in

our modern digital life opening up one's email is something that you don't often want

to do. Email seems like a burden. For me, actually, unread emails at the Bullwork is something

I look forward to opening because they come from you. Whether you pay us or you don't,

I treat all emails the same. I have dreaded opening emails in the past, including at the

weekly standard where a lot of us used to work or when I worked in the Senator of the House

Representatives. I dread opening my own personal email, but I do not dread Bullwork emails

because I get so many very fun stories. Even when people are disagreeing with something

that I or one of my colleagues wrote, I love talking to you guys and I love hearing your

stories and becoming friends with you. This ex-giving, I'm just thankful for you guys in your

thoughtful messages, whether you agree or disagree or you're sharing a recipe or you're

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