Every day, in every newsroom around the world, there's a meeting to decide what leads the news.

It's often argumentative and occasionally heated.

In this new podcast, you'll get to hear the argument for yourself.

As each week, three journalists pitch the story they think mattered most.

And at the end of each episode, I'll decide what comes out on top.

I'm James Harding and from Podomo and Tortoise, this is the News Meeting.

Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, my name is Lucas and my name is Jacob.

It's the first episode of the New Year.

I got happy 2022. Welcome to the brochure.

2002, that's 3210. So that means that you aren't going to have a zero.

You're going to have a two times two times two.

Two times two is four, two times four times two is eight.

If you're watching, you probably noticed that we're sitting in a weird setup.

And if you're listening, you might feel the energy and aura of a third person in the room.

So there is a guest.

We're starting up the year with a special guest.

We haven't had a guest in a hat minute.

I would say like eight months.

Like legit.

Yeah, it actually has been a long time.

And by guest, we mean one of our family members.

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