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News Items Podcast with John Ellis

News Items Podcast with John Ellis

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Ninety percent of the news out there tells you nothing about where the world is going — ten percent of it tells you everything. Every afternoon on the News Items Podcast with John Ellis, John and Rebecca Darst focus on that ten percent — news that’s interesting, important or both. The podcast is based on John Ellis’ News Items, an email newsletter that goes out to organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations, Samsung Next, and the Wall Street Journal. Tune in every Monday through Thursday afternoon to hear decades of journalistic experience packed into 20 or so minutes of insight, plus guest interviews on finance, U.S. politics, foreign affairs, science and technology.

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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - Sen. Tom Cotton Part II

Sen. Tom Cotton Part II

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06/18/21 • 20 min

In the second half of John’s interview with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), they talk about what it was like to live through the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021; Biden’s goals in office; and the Senator’s recent talks with former President Donald Trump.


This is a follow up episode to part I of John’s interview with the Senator that aired on Tuesday, June 15th.



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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - SPECIAL: The Value/Momentum Eclipse with Robin Wigglesworth
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06/04/21 • 49 min

John interviews Robin Wigglesworth, the global finance correspondent for the Financial Times, about life in Oslo; what a sardine mania in Monterrey, California can tell us about speculation; and the upshot of the fact that most people are pretty bad at investing.


This is a longer, lightly edited version of an interview that ran on Thursday, June 3.



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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - Cartels, Immigration, and AMLO with CFR’s Shannon O’Neil
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06/01/21 • 28 min

John interviews Shannon O’Neil from the Council on Foreign Relations about the state of America’s southern neighbor. They discuss Mexico’s fight against COVID-19; President López Obrador’s surprisingly austere fiscal policies; why cartels are changing their business model; and the difference between President Biden and former President Trump’s approach to immigration.


Plus: how AMLO — as Mexico's president is known — is actually more conservative than President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.



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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - Jeff Bezos is on a Whole New Mission, with Brad Stone
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05/18/21 • 27 min

Rebecca interviews Brad Stone, the Bloomberg reporter with two books on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. His latest, "Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire", examines the company and its founder's transformation within the echelons of power, wealth, and ubiquity.

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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - 'Sheer Luck': WaPo India Bureau Chief On Who Survives The Crisis
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05/04/21 • 28 min

John interviews Washington Post India bureau chief Joanna Slater on the scale of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, and the collapse of the healthcare system around it.

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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - America Is Not In Decline, with Walter Russell Mead

America Is Not In Decline, with Walter Russell Mead

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05/03/21 • 25 min

Here are the news items:

  • Researchers at the Salk Institute and UC San Diego have confirmed that COVID-19 is primarily a vascular disease, instead of a respiratory one.
  • Scientists have used machine learning to identify four different types of Alzheimer’s. The findings could help explain why patients suffer different symptoms, and lead to new treatment ideas.
  • The “jungle primary” in Texas’ 6th Congressional District gives us another chance to assess the value of a Donald Trump endorsement.
  • Do progressive millennial attitudes explain the schism between corporate America and the Republican Party?
  • Verizon is selling its media assets — including Yahoo, AOL, TechCrunch and Engadget — to the private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion.

PLUS: John interviews Walter Russell Mead, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, about whether American decline (or lack thereof), whether China can escape the Thucydides Trap, and Putin’s plans for Ukraine.



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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - SPECIAL: Juan Enriquez On How He Saw America's Polarization Coming
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04/30/21 • 36 min

John interviews academic and business leader Juan Enriquez on the themes of his prescient 2005 book, The Untied States of America: Polarization, Fracturing, and Our Future. This is a longer, unedited version of the interview that ran on Wednesday, April 28.



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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - SPECIAL: Governor Jeb Bush on Why Young People Move to Florida
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04/17/21 • 37 min

John interviews his cousin Jeb Bush about the state of Florida, which he served as governor for two terms. Former Governor Bush talks about the future of the state; who’s moving in and why; and how he prepared for hurricanes as governor. This is a longer, unedited version of the interview that ran on Wednesday, April 14.

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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - Four Illusions about Biden, Trump and 2024

Four Illusions about Biden, Trump and 2024

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07/28/21 • 22 min

Science and tech headlines:

  • A South Korean study has found that one shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine plus another of the Pfizer vaccine produces more antibodies than getting the AstraZeneca vaccine alone.
  • Quantum computing startup PsiQuantum has raised $450 million in a series D round. It plans to develop a quantum computer using photons to store information.

News items:

  • A congressional panel urged US corporations to pull their sponsorships of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. John explains why the entire multi-billion dollar marketing and broadcasting edifice built round the Olympics will collapse in the next decade.
  • Despite a blowout quarter for Google, Apple, and Facebook – actually, because of the blowout quarter – John and Rebecca agree that regulatory trouble may come for Big Tech.
  • Fears that the Chinese government’s crackdown on the real estate and education industries may come for the health care industry has led to a selloff of Chinese health equities. Rebecca explains how the CCP is thinking in “centuries” — not quarters — as they try to solve their demographic quandary – investors be damned!
  • John and Rebecca discuss John’s most recent column, titled Four Illusions. In it, he explains how President Biden’s obviously declining mental acuity and Vice President Harris’ less-than-stellar performance could lead to the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 – if inflation rears its ugly head.


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News Items Podcast with John Ellis - Four Reasons Trump Could Win in 2024

Four Reasons Trump Could Win in 2024

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07/28/21 • 28 min

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How many episodes does News Items Podcast with John Ellis have?

News Items Podcast with John Ellis currently has 106 episodes available.

What topics does News Items Podcast with John Ellis cover?

The podcast is about News, Business News, Podcasts and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on News Items Podcast with John Ellis?

The episode title 'Why J.D. Vance Terrifies Democrats' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on News Items Podcast with John Ellis?

The average episode length on News Items Podcast with John Ellis is 27 minutes.

How often are episodes of News Items Podcast with John Ellis released?

Episodes of News Items Podcast with John Ellis are typically released every day.

When was the first episode of News Items Podcast with John Ellis?

The first episode of News Items Podcast with John Ellis was released on Mar 19, 2021.

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