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 everybody, before we get going today, we wanted to acknowledge ourselves and you, right?

That's right.

D-D-D-LOO!

Chuck, what episode is this?

This is episode number 1,500.

That nuts?

It's nuts.

Up to this moment, I've just been thinking of episode 1,500 but when you say it like that,

it just seems like a mind-boggling number.

It is mind-boggling and many thanks are in order.

First of all, to Jill Hurley, our minister of stats for pointing this out because we would

have never known, right?

Yeah, definitely.

We got to thank Jerry, of course, and also Dave, Max, Matt, Noel, all the producers who've

helped us along the way, right?

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