There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

That's why we launched The Big Take.

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

to give you some space to think.

I'm Wes Kosova.

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

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Hey and welcome to the short stuff.

I'm Josh and there's Chuck and yes, David's here in spirit.

I don't think I even need to say it.

Maybe next time I'll say it is when Dave's actually here.

How about that?

He's a disembodied spirit.

That's right, Chuck.

Nicely done because this is a Halloween-esque,

Halloween-ish, they, Halloween-y, short stuff episode.

Yeah.

In October, we try and throw a couple of bones from the skeleton dangling from behind you.

That's right.

Nicely done.

So dumb.

I think we explained Jack Lannard's at some point.

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