WCBS asked me to cover first the Presidential Debate from the station's studios, where we maintain a severely limited in-person staff and a strict COVID protocol. I was tasked with reporting, writing and producing four 90-second reports for morning drive time. Each covers a different substantive slice of the debate and aired in a four-part rotation every half hour throughout the morning, in combination with CBS Network coverage and guests who gave their perspective on the debate. John Metaxas WallStreetNorth.com

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26. Covering the Debate Debacle #4 -- ELECTION INTEGRITY

25. Covering the Debate Debacle #3 -- RACISM

24. Covering the Debate Debacle #2 -- COVID

23. Covering the Debate Debacle #1 -- INCIVILITY

Six months into the COVID crisis, our work continues, much of it from home. We've continued to produce The Sidley Podcast, with all remote production since March, as well as our work for other clients. My reporting and anchoring continued through the summer for Bloomberg and WCBS. Yesterday, WCBS asked me to cover the Presidential Debate from the station's studios, where we maintain a severely limited in-person staff and a strict COVID protocol. I was tasked with reporting, writing and producing four 90-second reports for morning drive time. Each covers a different substantive slice of the debate and aired in a four-part rotation every half hour throughout the morning, in combination with CBS Network coverage and guests who gave their perspective on the debate. You can listen on my website -- WallStreetNorth.com -- or by subscribing to "Podcasting with John Metaxas" on Apple Podcasts. Wishing you all well. Stay safe! John Metaxas WallStreetNorth.com

My talk with U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, June 18, 2020, regarding Greece's successful response to the COVID pandemic. Ambassador says response was guided by scientific advice. Such U.S. companies as Microsoft, Google and Cisco aided with technology. Silver lining of effort was the progress Greece made in digital governance. The interview is an excerpt from the NHSTalks presentation by the National Hellenic Society: CONTROLLING COVID-19 & TOBACCO CHALLENGES IN GREECE. The program also included Dr. Vasileios Kikilias, Minister, Greek Health Ministry, and noted Pulmonologist Dr. Panagiotis Behrakis.

22. U.S. Amb. Pyatt says Greece’s Successful COVID Response is a ‘Moment of National Pride’

As the Michael Flynn legal drama comes to its denouement, the media narrative has focused on his guilty plea to lying about conversations with the Russian ambassador and the Justice Department’s late decision to seek to drop charges against Flynn. But Flynn’s other foreign entanglement, with Turkey, may be even more significant to U.S. security, foreign policy and democracy. In a wide ranging interview, John Metaxas speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University about Flynn’s admitted lobbying for Turkey, his advocacy for the extradition of a Turkish cleric living under political asylum in the United States, and Turkey’s role as a destabilizing force within NATO. Topics covered: 1:05 Why is the Flynn/Turkey connection so important? 2:20 What does this connection tell us about U.S. democracy? 4:36 Who is Fetullah Gulen? 6:56 Tell us about Gulenist schools opened around the world and in the United States. 9:30 What’s happening to many of those Gulenist schools around the world since the falling out between Erdogan and Gulen? 11:44 What are students learning at Gulenist schools in the United States? 13:34 Compare your nuanced description of Gulen with Flynn’s more one-sided portrayal in his op-ed in The Hill. 15:29 Would there be any justification in extraditing Gulen, as Flynn advocated? 17:00 Will we ever know whether Gulen was involved in the coup attempt against the Turkish government, as Erdogan alleges? And will we ever know where Gulen gets his funding? 19:00 Why is Turkey and what’s happening there important to the United States from a geopolitical point of view? 22:45 What is the status of Turkish forces that have encamped on Greek territory along the Evros River? 25:00 What are the implications of Turkish deployment of Russian S-400 missiles for U.S. nuclear weapons located at the Incirlik air base in Turkey? 26:52 President Trump has said he has a conflict of interest because he has a major building in Istanbul. He was willing to appoint Flynn as National Security Advisor despite his ties with the Turkish government. And he effectively gave Erdogan the “green light” to invade northern Syria in a phone conversation. What role does the Trump Administration play in all of this? 30:33 Discuss any apparent “carte blanche” given to Turkey in the light of the beating of U.S. citizens in Washington D.C. by Erdogan’s security detail. 32:24 What do Turkey’s soft power probings into the United States tell us about what’s happening to American democracy? 37:24 What is the status of the re-democratization movement within Turkey? 40:27 Why has Flynn’s Turkey connection not been central to the media narrative in the United States? Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou is a faculty member at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she directs the Initiative on Religion, Law, and Diplomacy. She is non-resident Senior Fellow and Co-Chair of the Working Group on Christians and Religious Pluralism in the Middle East, at the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, and was non-resident Senior Fellow in National Security and the Middle East, at the Center for American Progress. She is a Co-President of Religions for Peace International. Prodromou served as Vice Chair and Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-2012) and was a member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Religion & Foreign Policy Working Group (2011-2015). Her research interests focus on geopolitics and religion, with particular focus on the Middle East and Southeastern Europe. John Metaxas is an award-winning broadcast journalist for WCBS and Bloomberg Radio and previously anchored and reported for CNN, CNBC and WCBS-TV. John is an attorney and graduate of Columbia Law and Journalism. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and serves on the union’s national broadcast steering committee. He podcasts on Apple and at JohnMetaxas.com.

21. Michael Flynn’s Turkey Connection and the Implications for U.S. Security and Democracy

Michael Flynn’s Turkey Connection and the Implications for U.S. Security and Democracy

Meet the Candidates for NYS Assembly 93rd District: Moderated by John Metaxas -- Wednesday April 29, 2020. Listen here or watch the video at: https://www.wallstreetnorth.com/2020/05/meet-the-candidates-moderated-by-john-metaxas/

20. Meet the Candidates for NYS Assembly 93rd District: Moderated by John Metaxas

Meet the Candidates for NYS Assembly 93rd District: Moderated by John Metaxas

My interview with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal on WCBS, Sunday March 8, 2020.

19. Sen. Richard Blumenthal Blasts Trump Admin. for Failure to Deliver Coronavirus Testing Kits

John Metaxas is an anchor and reporter with WCBS and Bloomberg. He is the founder of WallStreetNorth Communications -- wallstreetnorth.com. Its signature service is Podcasting for Lawyers.

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