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The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Your independent news podcast. Daily Briefs deliver three minutes of what actually happened. The Weekend Edition is our flagship 15-minute investigative deep dive — five voices, real analysis, and the stories the headlines left out. By The Piaz.
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- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 14, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Friday, August 14, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A new U.S. report claims dozens of countries…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 13, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Thursday, August 13, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Our top story: A United States envoy has…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 13, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Thursday, August 13, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Ukraine claims responsibility for…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 13, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Thursday, August 13, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 12, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, August 12, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Columbia University is facing a new…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 12, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, August 12, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Pakistan's military is claiming a Houthi…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 12, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Wednesday, August 12, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Iran's top security official has reaffirmed…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 11, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Tuesday, August 11, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The U.S. military has disabled a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 11, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Tuesday, August 11, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 11, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, August 11, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 10, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Monday, August 10, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A Moscow court has disqualified the Yabloko…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 10, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Monday, August 10, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, reports continue to detail the…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 10, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Monday, August 10, 2026. 6 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. After nearly two years, Israel has finally…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 9, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Sunday, August 9, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Israel has recently acquired a German-built…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Weekend Edition: The Price of Perpetual War: America's Dwindling Arsenal and Iran's Strategic Chokehold — August 9, 2026
This week, we uncover the true cost of U.S. military overextension as the Pentagon grapples with dwindling stockpiles. We also examine Iran's strategic…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 9, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Sunday, August 9, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, reports from The New Arab confirm a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 9, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Sunday, August 9, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Ankara's ruling alliance has submitted…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 8, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Saturday, August 8, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The New Arab reports Iran views the recently…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 8, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Saturday, August 8, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Todd Blanche, former personal…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 8, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Saturday, August 8, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A Saudi intelligence official met with Iraq's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 7, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Friday, August 7, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Canada is scrambling to secure a trade…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 7, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Friday, August 7, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Our top story overnight: Saudi Arabia, Turkey…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 7, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Friday, August 7, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The Trump administration has issued new…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 6, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Thursday, August 6, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A rare indictment has been filed against an…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 6, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Thursday, August 6, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Bloomberg Politics reports…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 6, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Thursday, August 6, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. In Michigan, a vocal critic of Israel's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 5, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, August 5, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The latest Ebola outbreak in Congo has…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 5, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, August 5, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, powerful Iraqi Resistance groups…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 5, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Wednesday, August 5, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Reports from The Hill indicate the U.S…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 4, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Tuesday, August 4, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The Trump administration is reportedly…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 4, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Tuesday, August 4, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Western allies are expressing concern after a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 4, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, August 4, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Japan has released a new defense white paper…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 3, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Monday, August 3, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The Trump administration has delivered a stark…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 3, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Monday, August 3, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Israel reportedly voiced concerns to…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 3, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Monday, August 3, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. President Trump stated today that his…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 2, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Sunday, August 2, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A powerful pro-Israel lobby group is pouring…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Weekend Edition: The Illusion of De-escalation: Iran, Gaza, and Hypocrisy in the Headlines — August 2, 2026
This week, we dissect the Trump administration's 'halted' strikes on Iran, expose the double standards in drone warfare reporting, and uncover the brutal…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 2, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Sunday, August 2, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Our lead story this morning: Al Jazeera reports…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 2, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Sunday, August 2, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. President Trump announced today a cancellation…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 1, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Saturday, August 1, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Nine people were killed in Ukraine's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — August 1, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Saturday, August 1, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, China's military commenced new…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — August 1, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Saturday, August 1, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. An open letter to the A. P. News Desk is…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 31, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Friday, July 31, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Mainstream outlets are hailing a new…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 31, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Friday, July 31, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. We begin with a significant overnight…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 31, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Friday, July 31, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Al-Monitor reports that Hamas has reportedly…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 30, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Thursday, July 30, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Ukraine is actively seeking Patriot missile…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 30, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Thursday, July 30, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. We begin with a Piaz original insight into Shia…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 30, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Thursday, July 30, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Leading Shia religious figures are increasingly…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 29, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, July 29, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Millions face starvation in Sudan's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 29, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 29, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Leading Shia religious authorities are…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 29, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 29, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 28, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Tuesday, July 28, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Oman has reportedly presented Iran with a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 28, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Tuesday, July 28, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The European Union is set to sanction a record…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 28, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, July 28, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The US is expanding its economic aggression…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 27, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Monday, July 27, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Small businesses are once more challenging the…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 27, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Monday, July 27, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Israel approved a 'limited' force in…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 27, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Monday, July 27, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. North Korea has reiterated its stance against…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 26, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Sunday, July 26, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A United States representative claims a Trump…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Weekend Edition: The 'Pause' That Wasn't: Unredacting the Geopolitical Chessboard — July 26, 2026
This week, we peel back the layers on the White House's Ukraine agenda, expose the deliberate misdirection in U.S.-Iran reporting, and reveal the historical…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 26, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Sunday, July 26, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, reports from Al Jazeera indicate…