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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 — July 26, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Sunday, July 26, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. For the thirteenth consecutive night, the United…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 25, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Saturday, July 25, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 25, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Saturday, July 25, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Our top story this morning: Israeli troops…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 25, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Saturday, July 25, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 24, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Friday, July 24, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. International Criminal Court member nations…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 24, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Friday, July 24, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Romania announced the downing of a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 24, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Friday, July 24, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The sustained United States military actions…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 23, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Thursday, July 23, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. An Israeli strike in Khan Younis, Gaza…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 23, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Thursday, July 23, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned of…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 23, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Thursday, July 23, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The US military has deployed a B-one long-range…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 22, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, July 22, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A US federal judge has scheduled the trial…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 22, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 22, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Fox News reported on a new Israeli…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 22, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 22, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. OpenAI announced today that its artificial…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 21, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Tuesday, July 21, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Ansar Allah has issued a warning to Saudi…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 21, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Tuesday, July 21, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, a sudden rise in gas prices in the…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 21, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, July 21, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overcrowded camps and destroyed infrastructure…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 20, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Monday, July 20, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Khalil al-Hayya has been elected the new Hamas…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 20, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Monday, July 20, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The Pentagon has identified two American service…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 20, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Monday, July 20, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Al-Monitor reports on the Associated Press's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 19, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Sunday, July 19, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A US service member has died in Iraq. U. S…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Weekend Edition: The Escalation Playbook: Refueling Conflict in West Asia — July 19, 2026
This week, we dissect the strategic implications of advanced military transfers to Israel, the media's framing of regional tensions, and the Trump…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 19, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Sunday, July 19, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, The Hill published an open letter to…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 19, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Sunday, July 19, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. CBS News reported today that at least two U.S…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 18, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Saturday, July 18, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. New reports from R. T. Middle East indicate…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 18, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Saturday, July 18, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, observations from Russian drone…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 18, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Saturday, July 18, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Recent U.S. airstrikes, presented as…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 17, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Friday, July 17, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Washington and Tehran are now openly targeting…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 17, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Friday, July 17, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Al Jazeera reports U.S. military…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 17, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Friday, July 17, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Washington has confirmed another round of strikes…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 16, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Thursday, July 16, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Al Jazeera is reporting on a potential United…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 16, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Thursday, July 16, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, the United States resumed direct…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 16, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Thursday, July 16, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. China has announced it will firmly defend its…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 15, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, July 15, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. President Trump's appearance at a defense…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 15, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 15, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The Trump administration is pushing for…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 15, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 15, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. New data reveals robust growth in China's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 14, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Tuesday, July 14, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. New reports indicate the United States is…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 14, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Tuesday, July 14, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Our top story this morning: A framework…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 14, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, July 14, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Iran's Fars News Agency reports no negotiations…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 13, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Monday, July 13, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Recent reports from RT Middle East highlight a…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 13, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Monday, July 13, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. London is moving to proscribe Iran's I.R.G.C. as…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 13, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Monday, July 13, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Global oil prices have climbed after renewed…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 12, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Sunday, July 12, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A retired United States general has proposed…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Weekend Edition: The Decimation Playbook: Escalation, Erasure, and the Strait of Hormuz — July 12, 2026
This week, we unpack the chilling calls to 'decimate' Iran, the media's framing of ongoing violence in Gaza as a 'ceasefire,' and the Trump administration's…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 12, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Sunday, July 12, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Iran's chief negotiator has stated the U.S. will…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 12, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Sunday, July 12, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. New reports detail United States military…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 11, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Saturday, July 11, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. New reports from The Hill confirm soaring…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 11, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Saturday, July 11, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Our top story overnight: A seated United States…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 11, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Saturday, July 11, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. US officials are reportedly pushing for Iran to…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 10, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Friday, July 10, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. President Donald Trump has announced renewed…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 10, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Friday, July 10, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The repeated pattern of unsubstantiated…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 10, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Friday, July 10, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. New intelligence claims from Israel about an…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 9, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Thursday, July 9, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A Palestinian aid worker, known for community…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 9, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Thursday, July 9, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 9, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Thursday, July 9, 2026. 5 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The International Monetary Fund has downgraded…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 8, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, July 8, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. U.S. military forces, operating in…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 8, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 8, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, Ukrainian forces claimed successful…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 8, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 8, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The United States military has reportedly…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Afternoon — July 7, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Tuesday, July 7, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The Trump administration has revoked an oil…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Morning — July 7, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Tuesday, July 7, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. European NATO nations are increasing their…
- The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition
Daily Brief: Evening — July 7, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, July 7, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. An Axios report, citing anonymous U.S. officials…