Hey, everybody, it's Kai. We're dropping something special in the feed today. It's a live show that we did here in Los Angeles about a week, maybe 10 days ago. First of all, Kyla Scanlon, you know her from the program, also maybe from her newsletters and her social feeds. We had her on stage for a while talking to me about everything going on in this economy. And then David Brancaccio about what's next for him at Marketplace as he moves off the Marketplace Morning Report.

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They wanted to play the marketplace gong as I came out and then the music.

And I was like, so you remember those dreams you had when you were a kid and you wound up in school in your underwear?

So I, this is true story. I have these things called dead air dreams, where I hear that music and in the dream I'm not where I'm supposed to be.

It's the worst. And I said, you are absolutely not playing that before I go out in front of 800 people. So, so there's that. Thank you so much for coming. I am so grateful that you have decided to spend a little bit of time with us today.

We have not done a big live show like this in a very long time.

And I am probably pleased than anybody because I spend a whole lot of time locked in a soundproof room talking to a microphone.

So the idea that I get to get out and see actual people

truly makes it all worthwhile.

The show today is going to come in three parts.

We're going to talk about the economy, obviously,

and we're going to do it with a woman

who has become one of my go-toes as I try to figure out what is happening. Your questions for her,

also welcome. You guys have to let me know if my mic dies, and I'll just grab another one.

Second, we're going to talk about Marketplace and how we do what we do. And we're going to do that with the guy who I truly believe is more responsible for the way the program sounds and how we do what we do

than anybody else. Your questions for him as well are welcome.

And then finally at the end, for just a couple of minutes,

we're gonna talk about everything else that's happening.

What I make of it and maybe what it means.

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