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Tonight’s episode of The News Items Podcast is devoted to an interview with investigative journalist Phoebe Eaton, author of In The Thrall of The Mountain King: The Secret History of El Chapo, the World’s Most Notorious Narco. You can buy her book here.

1. New work has taken a crucial and much anticipated step forward in elucidating the beginning stages …