Introducing “The 7”
The 7
The Washington Post
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2022
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Every minute of your morning counts. Host Hannah Jewell takes you through the seven most important and interesting stories of the day, with the reporting and insight of The Washington Post. Get caught up in just a few minutes every weekday at 7 a.m.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, we're hopefully going to be spending a lot of time together and I wanted to tell you a little bit about myself. |
| 0:07.0 | My name's Jeff Pierre. I'm a journalist at the Washington Post, and growing up, I remember how my dad would always try to get me and my sister |
| 0:16.7 | to read the newspapers in the morning. He wanted it to be a part of our morning |
| 0:21.3 | routine. You see my parents they came to the US from Haiti and they |
| 0:26.0 | wanted to make sure that we could be a part of any conversation in school. Now I'm working |
| 0:31.1 | at a newspaper. I actually love telling my dad that one. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm here talking to you all right now because I want to be a part of your |
| 0:39.2 | morning routine. Every weekday morning the post highlights the seven most important and |
| 0:46.0 | interesting stories of the day. This has all been happening for the last year in |
| 0:51.0 | a newsletter called the seven. It's well rounded, it's short and y'all. |
| 0:55.7 | In just a few minutes you'll be all set. But if you're like Jeff, brother, my mornings are already packed. I don't have time to read anything in the morning. |
| 1:06.0 | Couldn't you just, you know, turn this into like a podcast? |
| 1:11.0 | I got you. |
| 1:17.2 | I will be your host for that podcast for the Seven from the Washington Post. I'm gonna quickly talk you through those seven stories Monday |
| 1:22.0 | through Friday by 7 a.m. and you'll talk you through those seven stories Monday through Friday by 7 a.m. |
| 1:24.0 | and you'll be all caught up in just a few minutes, ready to drop knowledge in your group |
| 1:28.6 | chats and all of that. The seven from the Washington Post starts on November 14th. |
| 1:35.0 | Follow the show right now wherever you're listening and we'll talk again soon. |
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