News Items Podcast with John Ellis

Latest Episodes:

Why Jill Abramson Killed the NYT Wine Club Mar 31, 2021

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Here are the news items:

The head of the World Health Organization calls for further investigation into the possibility that the coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in China.
China isconsidering establishing a whole new stock exchange, in part to attract foreign companies like Apple and Tesla.
With Europe's vaccine rollout in shambles, some leaders are talking about importing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
One of the world’s biggest smartphone companies is investing $10 billion in a new electric car business.
Scientists have found the coldest natural temperature ever measured on planet Earth.

PLUS: An interview with Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, about the Times’ business model and the future of the paper.

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Archegos Collapse Is a Huge Lesson in Risk Management Mar 30, 2021

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Here are the news items:

President Biden has tasked V.P. Harris with fixing the crisis on the southern border, and it's a politically fraught assignment.
Natural gas frackers are getting in on Bitcoin mining.
For the first time, fewer than half of Americans say they belong to a house of worship.
Facebook plans to build submarine cables connecting North America, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Vaccine reluctance is fading.

PLUS: John and Rebecca discuss Archegos, the multibillion-dollar family office that's rattled Wall Street in the last week, and the risks and regulations associated with these kinds of funds.

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Introducing: News Items Podcast with John Ellis Mar 19, 2021

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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. On the News Items Podcast with John Ellis, John and Rebecca Darst dissect news items that help you understand where the world is going. Tune in every Monday through Thursday afternoon to hear decades of journalistic experience packed into 20 of minutes insight, plus guest interviews on finance, U.S. politics, foreign affairs, science and technology.

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