All right. Let's shift gears for just a moment here.

Whenever you're ready, I'll take your cue.

Welcome to Blinking Red, a podcast dedicated to truth-telling for these uncertain times.

Hello, everybody. I'm Dan Rather.

This is a defining moment in our country's history.

A testing time, the likes of which we have never been through before.

Once again, I'm coming to you from our News in Guts headquarters, high atop New York City.

I have my tie loosened, my feet up, ready to talk.

First, I want to start by thanking all of you, who were nice enough to listen to our first episode

and subscribe to this program.

Look, we're just getting off the ground, and your kind support is greatly appreciated.

With respect, we hope you'll rate the program, if you so desire, and tell us what you think.

Either through our website, newsandguts.com, that's

news and guts.com, or you can do so on my Facebook and Twitter pages. And again, respectfully,

please pass the word. Now, first off today, I want to talk to you about a word that I've used for years

that is more appropriate today than any time I can remember recently.

And that word is courage.

You know, I hear from a good number of people, meet them on the street or see them in airports or cafes.

And the one thing that is constant,

whether the person is to the political left or right or center,

wherever they are politically or ideologically,

the one theme that seems constant is uncertainty and fear.

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