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We Will Miss You in the Morning Scott Jagow

This past Friday when I heard that Scott Jagow was not going to be hosting the morning report for Marketplace on NPR any longer, I think it was one of the most depressing things I had heard in a while. Now don't get me wrong, he will still be hosting the "After the Bell" show and leading Marketplace's blog efforts but he did make the financial crisis we are in now bearable. It is a radio show that people made sure to listen to, not just catch when they could. I had to be in my car by no later than 7:50 am in order to listen to this show each weekday because I new that I wanted to be up to speed on what was happening in the world of finance.

Not only did I listen to the show but many of my co-workers did as well. We would get to work and discuss what we had heard in the car that morning on the report and then try and figure out how our little credit union was going to survive another day in this crappy economic reality. Ultimately it was Scott that kept us somewhat hopeful that we were going to make it through this thing and come out the other end better off than when we went in. Between him and his regular commentators like Alan Sloan it kept us all sane in this insane world that we have been living in for years now.

We wish you the best of luck Scott and yes we will all be listening to your podcasts and reading the blogs.