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News Items Podcast with John Ellis
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...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.2 stars from 131 ratings
What happened?
I love the podcast, but new episodes stopped appearing back in September. What happened?
Nudled Fork Stoon via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/08/21
Keeps Cutting Out
I like this podcast but two recent episodes have cut out at the start so I can’t listen to it. This does not happen with other podcasts. Please sort this out. The low rating is because of this issue otherwise it would be 5 stars
Andrew265 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/01/21
Good content
Enjoy the news analysis and differing views.
mb7762 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/29/21
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