Alternate Shots with Richard Haass and John Ellis
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Podcast Overview
<p><b>The idea of the podcast is this</b>: We talk about “three things” that are interesting, important or both. The third thing will be about something from the world of sports.</p><p><br></p><p>Richard is a veteran diplomat (he served in the Carter, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush and G.W. Bush administrations). He was president of the Council on Foreign Relations for two decades (he’s now <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/dc8ad273-3142-46cd-8d69-f9723c24de1b?j=eyJ1IjoiNTZlaGMifQ.nw2Bwm1QlqPG5hljNcsomI_eBeavAl9Owkx_AqJvv2c">president emeritus</a>). He’s <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/fbab3371-05d1-4723-9b45-b6dfe89e5aa1?j=eyJ1IjoiNTZlaGMifQ.nw2Bwm1QlqPG5hljNcsomI_eBeavAl9Owkx_AqJvv2c">a Senior Counselor at Center|View Partners</a>, a prominent New York City-based investment banking firm. He also distributes <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/10bc763a-69ff-4c89-8dc9-2e4fb8974bc3?j=eyJ1IjoiNTZlaGMifQ.nw2Bwm1QlqPG5hljNcsomI_eBeavAl9Owkx_AqJvv2c">a weekly newsletter</a> — Home and Away — on Friday mornings. Home and Away addresses matters domestic and foreign. </p><p><br></p><p>John is the founder and editor of News Items, a daily newsletter that covers global politics, financial news, advanced technologies and science. He has been in and around the news business for virtually all of his adult life, working for NBC News (as a political analyst), The Boston Globe (as a columnist), CNBC, Fox News, and Newscorp. In 2016, he launched News Items as a morning brief for executives and editors at Fox and Newscorp. In 2018, News Items became The Wall Street Journal CEO Council's morning newsletter. He restarted News Items as an independent newsletter in August of 2019.</p><p><br></p>
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Recent Episodes
July 24, 2026
Overreach: Episode 33
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass assess a world in which overreach has become policy. They begin with Iran, where the United States and Tehran appear to be acting against their own interests: bombing, retaliation, threats to the Strait of Hormuz, and a memorandum of understanding that solved too little and conceded too much. Haass argues the next step should be a ceasefire, renewed nuclear diplomacy, and a more serious effort to reopen the strait. They then turn to a...
July 13, 2026
Plan C for Iran: Episode 32
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass ask whether Washington has anything resembling a Plan C for Iran. Haass offers one: First, accept that previous U.S. plans (first bombing our way to regime change or Iranian capitulation followed by an effort to negotiate an end to the war on reasonable terms) have all failed. Then he suggests adopting a new strategy, one that includes maintaining sanctions rather than rewarding Tehran, building Gulf defenses against Iranian drones an...
June 20, 2026
Tehran, Taiwan, & The Knicks: Episode 31
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass take stock of a world long on ceasefires and short on strategy. They begin with the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, the subject of Haass’s recent Home and Away essay, bluntly titled “Defeat,” and ask whether the deal is less diplomacy than capitulation: vague on the nuclear question, silent on missiles, generous to Tehran, and dangerous for Israel and America’s partners. From there, they turn to Netanyahu’s narrowing room for m...
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- What is Alternate Shots with Richard Haass and John Ellis?
<p><b>The idea of the podcast is this</b>: We talk about “three things” that are interesting, important or both. The third thing will be about something from the world of sports.</p><p><br></p><p>Richard is a veteran diplomat (he served in the Carter, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush and G.W. Bush administrations). He was president of the Council on Foreign Relations for two decades (he’s now <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/dc8ad273-3142-46cd-8d69-f9723c24de1b?j=eyJ1IjoiNTZlaGMifQ.nw2Bwm1QlqPG5hljNcsomI_eBeavAl9Owkx_AqJvv2c">president emeritus</a>). He’s <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/fbab3371-05d1-4723-9b45-b6dfe89e5aa1?j=eyJ1IjoiNTZlaGMifQ.nw2Bwm1QlqPG5hljNcsomI_eBeavAl9Owkx_AqJvv2c">a Senior Counselor at Center|View Partners</a>, a prominent New York City-based investment banking firm. He also distributes <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/10bc763a-69ff-4c89-8dc9-2e4fb8974bc3?j=eyJ1IjoiNTZlaGMifQ.nw2Bwm1QlqPG5hljNcsomI_eBeavAl9Owkx_AqJvv2c">a weekly newsletter</a> — Home and Away — on Friday mornings. Home and Away addresses matters domestic and foreign. </p><p><br></p><p>John is the founder and editor of News Items, a daily newsletter that covers global politics, financial news, advanced technologies and science. He has been in and around the news business for virtually all of his adult life, working for NBC News (as a political analyst), The Boston Globe (as a columnist), CNBC, Fox News, and Newscorp. In 2016, he launched News Items as a morning brief for executives and editors at Fox and Newscorp. In 2018, News Items became The Wall Street Journal CEO Council's morning newsletter. He restarted News Items as an independent newsletter in August of 2019.</p><p><br></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.
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