
John Ringer
Former Staff
John Ringer was a freelance producer for On Point.
Prior to joining On Point, John was a journalist for the BBC in London, producing the network's flagship daily international news shows.
Before retraining as a journalist, he worked in both houses of the British Parliament, and then in public relations.
John grew up in Toronto, Canada, went to high school in Kodaikanal, India, and lived his whole adult life in London, England.
John has three coffee makers, two passports and one very patient wife.
Recently published

Week of wonder: How animals perceive the world
What if you could taste the world’s electrical fields? Hear vibrations in a leaf? Or see magnetic currents guiding you home? Science writer Ed Yong helps us perceive the world...

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode I'
In the first episode of On Point's series Essential trust, hear all about how the ability to trust strangers may be one of the things that makes us uniquely human.

Essential trust: Trust in the animal kingdom
Rebroadcast: Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust?

What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means for the social media platform
Elon Musk borrowed billions to buy Twitter. Now he has to figure out how to pay all that back. But there’s just one problem.

What can we learn from the midterms?
The biggest test of U.S. democracy since Jan. 6, 2021. What do the midterm election results tell us about Americans' belief in democracy and the direction of the nation?
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The reality of the drug trade in San Francisco
An open-air drug market is thriving San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. We explore what's behind it.

Modern conservatism and its discontents in Britain
What's going on with Britain's conservative party, and with the nation they've been elected to lead?

In 'Half American,' historian Matthew Delmont tells the story of World War II from the Black perspective
More than a million Black Americans fought for the United States in World War II. They fought for a double victory: over fascism and over racism. But their fight would...

Big money and big temptation in the world of online chess
Chess is an ancient game of grand masters, now being upended in the digital domain. To add to the upheaval, grand master Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating in...

Pres. Biden wants to end U.S. reliance on China. Could Beijing show us the way?
Key parts of our economy and defense rely on imports from China. President Biden wants to end that dependence. On the flipside, President Xi has been trying to untangle China’s...