This is Jim Simovan and you are listening to That UFO podcast.

Hi everyone and welcome back to That UFO podcast.

My name is Andy and joining me on today's show.

My guest is a strategic communications executive and experienced journalist of over two decades.

He is an author and professor with an extensive network in the national security

communities, think tanks and the private sector. He is also the founder of this just in media,

but I could be here all day listing his background. So let me bring in the man himself and welcome

to the podcast, Brian Bender. Brian, welcome. Thanks, Andy. Good to be here. It's good to have you on, Brian.

Lots to get through.

And I wish we had three or four hours, to be honest.

But I think it'll have to be a part two to get it through everything I would like to.

I'll come back.

I'll come back.

Oh, I mean, give it till the end of the interview.

You might not want to, but we'll see. But listen, I've given a bit of an overview of your background, Brian,

but do you want to just surmise for listeners who you are

and kind of what's brought you to the UFO conversation?

Sure.

So my name is Brian Bender.

And for much of my career, as you mentioned,

I was a national security reporter.

I was the Pentagon Reporter for the Boston Globe for 14 years,

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