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.

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

Hey and welcome to The Shorty.

I'm Josh, there's Chuck, there's Jerry, we don't say last names on these because we're crunched for time.

Does that mean we need to say welcome to the long form when it comes to the other ones?

All right, I think that's a great idea.

Change is good.

But you have to roll your L, welcome to the long form.

Whoa, I didn't know you were so good at that.

Or wait, there's an L and an R in there.

Let's see if I can do it.

Welcome to the long form.

How is that?

You look like it and sound like you're underwater and eating peanut butter.

Speaking of eating peanut butter, did you know that in ancient Rome, if you ate a couple of gallons of peanut butter,

it was very acceptable to stroll on over to a vomatorium and throw it up and stick a feather down your throat,

or have, sorry, have some young child stick a feather down your throat.

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