Hey everyone, it's David. First of all, thank you so much for listening to left, right, and center.

I really appreciate it. I wanted to spend just a couple minutes filling you in on some news that is

affecting this podcast. So the podcast that you're listening to, left, right and center, just so you understand,

it's made by KCRW, a public radio station based in Southern California. Last week, as some of

you might have heard, Congress voted to approve the administration's bill that guts federal

funding for public media. And sadly sadly that includes KCRW.

This means that $1.3 million that had already been set aside for KCRW has been taken away.

Now I have been in public radio for more than two decades.

I've been through really hard moments like this,

although not nearly as hard and threatening as this one. We will not just survive, but continue

to thrive. There's that level of determination from KCRW and from the entire public

broadcasting community. That said, we could really use your help now. This is a time

to show up if you can. I mean, in my 20 years in public radio, I have seen the value of public radio.

I have covered the White House. I was the Moscow Bureau Chief for NPR. I hosted Morning Edition.

Now I'm so honored to be hosting this public radio show, left, right, and center.

I've been welcomed into people's homes, into communities. I have elevated voices. I have told

stories about people, their political views, their dreams. I've also watched

what public radio means to so many people and listened to people describe how it's their

connection to the world for them, their families. People also rely on public broadcasting

when there are emergencies in their communities. If they want to

understand what's happening, local events, local and state elections, and of course national

and world news, this is a service that cannot go away and will not go away. That said, this is

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