I'm Magna Chakra Bardi and it is Friday. I know you've been waiting all week for it.

The jackpot is finally here with the one and only jackbeady

aka on point news analyst aka the man with the unique mind that helps us connect

history, literature and politics in a way that brings clarity

to the world we live in now, aka the man who is...

What Ted Koppel, Walter Cronkite, and Edward R R Murrow was past generations.

Jack, what do you think of it?

Edward Har Morrow, for heaven's sakes, I remember him with his cigarettes could you remember that

just the constant fog of cigarette smoke I hope I don't have that anyway thank you

that was from Kyle Joyner in Helena, and I'm sure that he was not referring to the cloud of cigarettes in the good night and good luck phrase, but more sort of how Murrow's analysis helped us clear the fog when it came to understanding.

Very good.

Well, what a pun you have there.

Wonderful, wonderful.

Well, actually, but there's more.

So Kyle also said this.

Jack Beattie is not only the best analyst and commentator on Onpoint and NPR generally,

but throughout the entire news media apparatus today.

So when Jack speaks, I listen.

You see, Jack, you're having an unimpacked out there.

Well, if you could see my face now, as my father said, the map of Ireland is all over it, it's red all through.

Okay, so again, as I've said before in past pods, Jack is not only brilliant, but he's incredibly

humble.

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