Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.

Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press Podcast.

This week we're going to spend a little time remembering John Glenn discussing the history

of the space program and where the space program is headed with maybe the journalist alive

today that knows more about the America space program than any other journalist alive.

And it's our own Jay Barbury who, Jay, if I have this right, I believe you signed a series

of 55 straight one year contract for them to be seen news.

No, they were a little longer than that last one I had was five years.

But see, I've been with them 58 years.

58 years ago.

I got it right.

I've been since July 21, 1958, but I have been a temporary though.

I always love it.

You always say that.

I'm just here temporarily.

So.

Yeah, all right.

Our temp employee here, Jay Barbury, 50 years and count ago.

We heard a lot from you in that first day when we lost John Glenn.

Now that you've had a little bit of time, the perspective, I mean, this is one of the,

this is one of the most important moments of the 20th century.

And John Glenn was America's representative in that moment.

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