The News Items Podcast
News Items
John Ellis talks with interesting people doing important work. Some you've heard of. Some you haven't. All of them are worth listening to, at some length.
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Oct 28, 2025 • 47min
Episode One: Jane Metcalfe
In this inaugural episode of the News Items Podcast -- The Future Coming at You -- I interviewed Jane Metcalfe about (1) “capturing” the digital revolution in the 1990s (with Wired magazine, which she co-founded), (2) covering the neobiological revolution with proto.life, (3) helping organize a global consortium to draw the map of the human immune system, and (4) helping advance “focused ultrasound” to treat a number of diseases, including cancer. She was a great guest. We think you'll agree.
