Thank you. You have captured news stories that I missed, despite my spending hours reading news online. And the day-by-day wrap-up underscores how the deluge of daily events makes every day feel like a month. (And I enjoy your occasional smirky comment.)
Professor, this was an excellent summary of a very busy news week. I prefer it to the daily post format you started with, and hope it gives you a bit more reflective and personal time. Nice work. I have to admit I yearn for weeks with fewer "unprecedented" moments....
We're back! Face the Nation Diary was a staple in my podcasts and I never found a good replacement for it. I have subscribed just for this. Now I just need to figure out how to get these into my podcast app automatically...
I’ll follow your analysis wherever you go John, so happy to still hear from you. Agree with the other commenter that it would be great to access this in my podcast feed
I remember when Face the Nation Diary ended and I was also missing the digest of the week’s news. I listen to Gabfest regularly and I’m so glad to have this digest of events as well. Thank you!
I appreciate your succinct reporting of the week's news. It daily washes over me and I sample items as the flood rushes on, missing important details as I struggle against the current. Your report reminds me of Walter Cronkite's CBS Evening News only better, because I can read the text along with your report. I'm 76 and a bit stingy with my time. I should add that it's much easier to follow along without the deluge of commercials and over-reliance on images. Thank you and I like the occasional beeping watch or humorous comment -- they lighten the load!
What a nice surprise in my inbox this evening. I’m so happy to listen to the audio of your piece in my headphones while I make my evening tea and sit on the couch with my family as they clack away on their various devices. This modern way of being together as a family isn’t always ideal but sometimes it’s not so bad at all.
I love this way of communing. I hope you stopped them all while they were doing whatever they were doing and told them some great new thing you heard from the digest. This is really a way to make friends (I’m kidding. Don’t do this).
I felt like an old friend came to visit and share their treasured perspective on News of the World. Do keep the quirky item (fish smacking heads) here and there for levity. Retain sharing your genuine take on how far afield a historical moment is. Lastly, I like the references to reporting of other cited sources as a good journalistic standard.
What a wonderful way to capture the week. Staying attuned to the news daily can be exhausting and demoralizing, and packaging it into a nice digest (with your delightful quibbles) is exactly what’s needed to stay abreast. Thank you John!
What a great Friday round-up of the news and thank you for sharing your insight ( and a bit of humor...) as you remind/inform us of just how crazy the week has been. I appreciate the transcript so I can read, review/fast forward through the stories of the week....If it feels like a rollercoaster ride that has been wild, it is because it has been and your notes help remind us that fact! Please keep it up!
Thank you. You have captured news stories that I missed, despite my spending hours reading news online. And the day-by-day wrap-up underscores how the deluge of daily events makes every day feel like a month. (And I enjoy your occasional smirky comment.)
Professor, this was an excellent summary of a very busy news week. I prefer it to the daily post format you started with, and hope it gives you a bit more reflective and personal time. Nice work. I have to admit I yearn for weeks with fewer "unprecedented" moments....
We're back! Face the Nation Diary was a staple in my podcasts and I never found a good replacement for it. I have subscribed just for this. Now I just need to figure out how to get these into my podcast app automatically...
I’ll follow your analysis wherever you go John, so happy to still hear from you. Agree with the other commenter that it would be great to access this in my podcast feed
I remember when Face the Nation Diary ended and I was also missing the digest of the week’s news. I listen to Gabfest regularly and I’m so glad to have this digest of events as well. Thank you!
I appreciate your succinct reporting of the week's news. It daily washes over me and I sample items as the flood rushes on, missing important details as I struggle against the current. Your report reminds me of Walter Cronkite's CBS Evening News only better, because I can read the text along with your report. I'm 76 and a bit stingy with my time. I should add that it's much easier to follow along without the deluge of commercials and over-reliance on images. Thank you and I like the occasional beeping watch or humorous comment -- they lighten the load!
Thank you!!
This was great (as has been the rest of your Substack so far). Keep up the good work!
Very valuable roundup of insight and perspectives from multiple sources. Including you.
Exactly what I need to summarize the week in my mind. Good that they will be archived.
What a nice surprise in my inbox this evening. I’m so happy to listen to the audio of your piece in my headphones while I make my evening tea and sit on the couch with my family as they clack away on their various devices. This modern way of being together as a family isn’t always ideal but sometimes it’s not so bad at all.
I love this way of communing. I hope you stopped them all while they were doing whatever they were doing and told them some great new thing you heard from the digest. This is really a way to make friends (I’m kidding. Don’t do this).
Thank you for Stack of the Week. Keep it up!! It got me to become a paid subscriber!
I felt like an old friend came to visit and share their treasured perspective on News of the World. Do keep the quirky item (fish smacking heads) here and there for levity. Retain sharing your genuine take on how far afield a historical moment is. Lastly, I like the references to reporting of other cited sources as a good journalistic standard.
About to send off 5 invites now!
What a wonderful way to capture the week. Staying attuned to the news daily can be exhausting and demoralizing, and packaging it into a nice digest (with your delightful quibbles) is exactly what’s needed to stay abreast. Thank you John!
TY so much...
keep it up, very reassuring voice - I feel my pounding panic receding...
This is wonderful. Only thing missing was your wonderful voice
I recorded it so you should be able to hear me
Very much enjoyed listening to this. Thank you.
This was really awesome - thanks John
What a great Friday round-up of the news and thank you for sharing your insight ( and a bit of humor...) as you remind/inform us of just how crazy the week has been. I appreciate the transcript so I can read, review/fast forward through the stories of the week....If it feels like a rollercoaster ride that has been wild, it is because it has been and your notes help remind us that fact! Please keep it up!