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The World and Everything In It
by WORLD Radio
The World and Everything in It is an Apple Podcasts top 100 News program delivering essential headlines, field reporting, interviews, and expert analysis. Find original coverage you can't get elsewhere, such as a weekly overview of every Supreme Court case, biblical cultural analysis, and key international stories. This podcast is a product of listener-supported WORLD Radio, which provides sound journalism grounded in God's Word.
Episodes
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9.18 | Culture Friday: Overclocked childhood
Fri » Kids caffeinate their way through exhaustion, while education tries to engineer the struggle out of learning. Also: John Stonestreet takes on cultural contradictions over the body and false equivalence over Islamism. Steve Limkeman returns to Middle-earth 25 years later to ask why its…
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9.17 | The return before goodbye
Thu » Some dying patients who could no longer speak or respond suddenly reconnect with loved ones. Terminal lucidity offers a glimpse of the mind at life’s edge. Also: Secretary of State Rubio courts Latin America as China deepens its economic hold, while falling SNAP rolls test tougher work…
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9.16 | Washington Wednesday: Pressure test
Wed » Hunter Baker on the limits of U.S. leverage—from Iran and AI regulation to Canada’s turn toward Europe. Also: In Germany, the election winner may still remain outside government, while Maria Baer lets her children make America’s story their own. Plus: an emu makes a break for freedom, and…
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9.15 | Regulating in the dark
Tue » Washington debates how to regulate AI dangers no one fully understands—without slowing the race and handing China an edge. Also: Iran-backed Houthis squeeze a second global shipping chokepoint. Meanwhile, students are reaching college without basic literacy. Plus: elementary schools rethink...
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9.14 | Reality acknowledgment
Mon » A professor parodies a school-endorsed land acknowledgment, is punished for it, and wins a First Amendment fight. Also: David Bahnsen says Vice President Vance’s $9,000 family benefit would expand the welfare state amid a $2 trillion deficit, and calls President Trump’s proposed $5,000...
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DoubleTake: A few red flags
One Christian woman’s life on eggshells, whose longing for love drove her into some destructive relationships The Amplified Bible, from The Lockman Foundation, is designed to bring out the full depth of meaning in Scripture by expanding key words and phrases from the original languages. Its…
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9.11 | The day still speaks
Fri » Culture Friday looks back 25 years after 9/11—and considers what the day still reveals about truth, memory, and moral clarity. Also: John Stonestreet discusses the conspiracy theories that have persisted since Charlie Kirk’s assassination and how abortion culture can push three murdered...
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9.10 | Grace at Ground Zero
Thu » Photographer Krystyna Sanderson captured St. Paul’s Chapel as a refuge for Ground Zero workers—and saw God’s grace in the devastation. Also: Russia tests NATO’s defenses without crossing into open war, while Canada’s military keeps chaplains on the platform but bars prayer at public...
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9.9 Washington Wednesday: Betting the midterms on Trump
Wed » Hunter Baker weighs Republicans’ gamble to make the midterms feel like a Trump election. World Tour follows Britain’s speech laws from a Facebook video to 17 days in custody and a 17-minute acquittal. At the 9/11 Memorial, Dana Tamuccio makes her brother Mike—and thousands of others—more…
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Building what war destroys
Tue » Ukrainians build classrooms Russia may destroy, while a national struggle to fill paramedic jobs leaves one rural Michigan medic on duty for most of a 200-hour stretch. Frank Turek hears new questions since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and Janie B. Cheaney traces the troubling turn of the...
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The big chill
Mon » Legal Docket follows an Ohio homeowner who stopped gathering for Sabbath prayer after a city order—and lower courts said he still had more process to finish before he could sue. David Bahnsen’s Monday Moneybeat asks when AI’s staggering investment begins to pay and, on Labor Day, why work…
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Systems at odds
A new book argues that classical Islamic law conflicts fundamentally with the U.S. Constitution on apostasy, due process, and the rights of women and non-Muslims. Mary Reichard speaks with A.S. Ibrahim, professor of Islamic studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who says Christians...
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9.4.26 Gloria Steinem’s legacy, All the President’s Men, and whimsical inventions in everyday English
This week on Culture Friday, John Stonestreet moves from Gloria Steinem’s legacy and the baby bust to commercialized weddings. Also: half a century later, All the President’s Men keeps analog reporting gritty, George Grant unpacks the unexpected evolution of everyday English—on Wordplay, and the...
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9.3.26 Flood-ravaged Nepal, a counterterrorism review, prenatal screening, and unconventional musicians
Collapsed roads strand thousands beyond easy reach in flood-ravaged Nepal, while a 25-year counterterrorism review asks whether America is ready for threats armed with drones and AI. A prenatal screen can raise life-and-death questions before diagnosis. Plus: an electrician spends six hours…
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9.2.26 Pentagon’s upheaval, Venezuela’s earthquakes, and Dolly Parton’s roots
Hunter Baker has more Washington than Wednesday can hold: Pentagon upheaval, the politics of AI data centers, Social Security’s looming reckoning—and a lightning round besides. In Venezuela, an earthquake exposes a crisis years in the making, while Mary Muncy looks past Dolly Parton’s carefully...
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9.1.26 Venezuela’s oil investment, personal data bargain, Trump’s FDA nominee, and Sharia law
Venezuela makes a once-unimaginable turn toward American oil investment, privacy advocates propose “collective bargaining” for personal data, and Trump’s FDA nominee inherits a long-stalled review of the abortion pill. Plus: Where religion becomes rule, Cal Thomas on the test that caught his...
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8.31.26 Colorado’s preschool program, the Fed on inflation, and the ISIS Yazidi genocide
Legal Docket previews a Supreme Court clash over whether Colorado can require Catholic preschools to set aside religious standards for public funding even as secular providers tailor enrollment. New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh on a quieter central bank on MoneyBeat. And Yazidi families are still...
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DoubleTake: Title Dispute
Jews, Muslims, and Christians try to co-exist in the shadow of the Temple Mount–the most contested piece of real estate in the world
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8.28.26 Remembering Dolly Parton, Coyote vs. Acme, and Listener Feedback
On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet considers what allowed Dolly Parton to rise above the political fray, why “no contact” is a poor substitute for honoring difficult parents, and the WNBA’s sudden need to define woman. Then Wile E. Coyote finally gets his day in court in Coyote vs. Acme, and...
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8.27.26 Financial squeeze on Iran, Angel families, Washington’s role in education, and altering veteran care
Washington tightens the financial squeeze on Iran while keeping Gulf oil moving, and families devastated by crimes committed by illegal immigrants explain why enforcement feels personal. Congress tries to shrink Washington’s role in education, while VA cost-cutting forces one Vietnam veteran to...
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8.26.26 Darline Graham’s win, Afghan women’s opportunity, and repurposed railway tunnels
On Washington Wednesday a familiar name wins a divided Senate primary, and Hunter Baker weighs what carried Darline Graham across the finish line before turning to presidential power over voting and welfare reform at 30. On World Tour, in Afghanistan, women find one narrow economic opening under...
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8.25.26 Canada trade war, Flock cameras, Freedom 250 Grand Prix, and New World screwworm
Canada’s prime minister finds political upside in a trade war that may cost Canadians. License-plate cameras solve crimes while recording ordinary travel, and ranchers watch for a flesh-eating parasite America thought it had eradicated. Plus, Washington trades motorcades for IndyCars, and Daniel...
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8.24.26 Firefighters’ religious accommodations, national debt milestone, and Pompeii’s ruins
On Legal Docket, possible costs became actual losses for eight Washington firefighters seeking religious accommodation. With the national debt at $40 trillion, David Bahnsen explains why Washington talks, but the bond market refuses to listen on MoneyBeat. Plus, the WORLD History Book lets...
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DoubleTake: The kidnapping of Kayla Mueller, Part III
By late 2014 the Muellers knew their daughter was still alive, but things just kept going wrong Additional support comes from The Voice of the Martyrs. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand was imprisoned a total of 14 years in Communist Romania for his faith in Christ. Upon his release, he and his wife,...
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DoubleTake: The kidnapping of Kayla Mueller, Part II
In 2013 the ISIS Beatles were holding Carl and Marsha Mueller’s daughter in Syria, and now the negotiations have begun Additional support comes from The Voice of the Martyrs. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand was imprisoned a total of 14 years in Communist Romania for his faith in Christ. Upon his…
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8.21.26 Lindsay Clancy’s trial, The Magic Faraway Tree, and a conversation with Michael Milton
On Culture Friday: John Stonestreet considers what the Lindsay Clancy trial is being made to say about motherhood. The Magic Faraway Tree invites families to rediscover wonder. Plus: theologian and artist Michael Milton shares three books that shaped his calling, and the Friday morning news....
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8.20.26 Ukraine’s drone war, billing for transgender procedures, and Lance Cowan’s three albums
Ukraine’s drone war reaches deeper into Russia as faster attacks leave Kyiv residents less time to find shelter. Federal officials investigate questionable billing for transgender procedures on minors, and a longtime music publicist Lance Cowan releases the songs he set aside for his family.…
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8.19.26 Florida’s socialist wave, Colombia’s deadly earthquake, and Christian actors on Broadway
Washington Wednesday: Hunter Baker weighs a socialist wave meeting a wall in Florida. Also: Colombia’s new president faces a deadly earthquake three days into office; and Christian actors navigate calling and conviction on Broadway. Plus: goats dodge a bus fare, Cal Thomas remembers Chuck…
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8.18.26 Beijing’s leverage, a surrogate mother, classroom phone bans, and Scripture as a living record
A China expert explains Beijing’s influence infrastructure; a surrogate mother defies intended parents who demanded abortion; and classroom phone bans may leave students still tethered to their devices. Plus: a bear honks for help before chewing up a car’s interior, Tim Mulgrew on Scripture as a...
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8.17.26 The government’s case file, the populist right, and the Mona Lisa heist
Legal Docket considers whether the government is assembling the case file before the allegation; David Bahnsen warns the populist right against reaching for the socialist left’s failed economic playbook on Moneybeat; and the WORLD History Book revisits the theft that made the Mona Lisa...
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DoubleTake: The kidnapping of Kayla Mueller, Part I
Today on Doubletake: the first episode in a three-part series: The kidnapping of Kayla Mueller. In August of 2013 Carl and Marsha Mueller received a 10-second video in their email. It was of their daughter Kayla, who had disappeared 24 days earlier in Syria. She was thin and dressed in Islamic...
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8.14.26 WNBA’s transgender draft, review of The Brink of War, and ISIS kidnapping of Kayla Mueller
Culture Friday: John Stonestreet on whether recent wins for whistleblowers and religious liberty add up to real cultural change, two former NBA players pushing the WNBA to define what a “woman” is, and the University of Michigan’s move away from letter grades. Plus, a review of the new Reagan…
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8.13.26 Trump’s secret escape, WPATH backtracks, Britain's homeless, and a WWII veteran
Iran's threats force a secret escape for President Trump and bring a wave of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, WPATH backtracks on its own standards of care, and Britain's homeless population may be undercounted. Plus, a 102-year-old veteran who isn't ready to slow down, WORLD commentator…
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8.12.26 Democratic socialist candidates, Greenland’s importance, and teaching chess
Washington Wednesday on the rise of democratic socialist candidates, the South Carolina Senate runoff, and Massachusetts's new abortion law. Plus, World Tour on Greenland’s growing strategic importance, a rural Mississippi chess program built by a secret donor, WORLD commentator Cal Thomas on...
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8.11.26 America’s first detransition clinic, the Spokane wildfires, border wall wells, and AI music labels
A whistleblower’s fight against Texas Children’s Hospital, neighbors helping neighbors through the Spokane wildfires, and a water rights dispute along the border wall. Plus, the debate over labeling AI-generated music, a 150-year-overdue library book gives a glimpse into another time, WORLD...
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8.10.26 States’ religious liberties, current economic mood, and the 1994 baseball strike
Legal Docket on how religious liberty protections vary from state to state, Moneybeat on Gen Z and what's really squeezing their finances, a History Book look back at the players' strike that sank the Montreal Expos, and the Monday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at...
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DoubleTake: The Hill
Joe Infranco’s understanding of reality is rocked when an autistic boy tells him about meeting other kids—and Jesus—in a strange, other-worldly place
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8.7.26 The Christian case for helping the poor, two family-friendly films, and one slang term’s surprising history
Culture Friday on the Christian case for helping the poor, the loneliness crisis facing young men, and journalism's blind spots. Plus, family-friendly reality-based programming, on Word Play George Grant shares how "boujee" lost its bad rap, and the Friday morning news. Support The World and...
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8.6.26 Ebola outbreak, Spain’s migrant surge, abortion pill reversal, and 15 years of World Radio
Ebola's fastest-ever outbreak in Congo, a migrant surge overwhelming Spain, and a California trial over abortion pill reversal claims. Plus, celebrating 15 years of The World and Everything in It, a nurse who impaled himself on his own trekking pole, and the Thursday morning news. Support The…
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8.5.26 A divided Democratic party, leftover bombs and mines, Mike Peters’ final album
Washington Wednesday on a Democratic Party divided over its own future, and World Tour on war relics that keep killing decades after the conflicts end. Plus, the legacy Mike Peters left in his final album, a Cincinnati kitten's custom Hot Wheels wheelchair, Cal Thomas on lessons from socialism…
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8.4.26 Houthi rebels, new rules for teen sex education, and leaving the Democratic party
Houthi rebels in Yemen pull Saudi Arabia into the war with Iran, advocates sue over new rules for teen sex education, and the Pentagon moves to screen troops for low testosterone. Plus, a former Democratic fundraiser explains why she walked away, Daniel Suhr makes the case for Israel, a...
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8.3.26 A request for religious accommodation, Warsh’s resolve on inflation, and Louis Armstrong
Legal Docket follows a lifeguard captain’s case testing the Supreme Court’s stronger standard for religious accommodation; on Moneybeat, David Bahnsen explains the case for less Fed and more market; and the WORLD History Book returns to Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans—plus the Monday morning news....
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Through depression and doubt
Author Ryan Bomberger opens up about a depression battle that tested his faith—part of a wider conversation on adoption, his birth mother, and surviving serious illness, all while maintaining his conviction that every life has purpose. The Amplified Bible, from The Lockman Foundation, is designed...
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7.31.26 Recent Islamist attacks, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and listener comments
On Culture Friday John Stonestreet comments on Anthony Fauci's lasting influence and what contrasting responses to Islamist attacks reveal about Western culture, plus Collin Garbarino on Spider-Man's return to friendly neighborhood heroics, another round of thoughtful listener feedback, and the...
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7.30.26 Anthony Fauci’s evasion, American democratic socialists, AI fakery, and the holy grail apple
Anthony Fauci repeatedly refuses to answer Congress, American democratic socialists borrow Sweden’s vocabulary for a more radical agenda, and a former Muslim apologist warns that AI fakery can turn spiritual curiosity into cynicism. Plus: a Batman en español duct-tapes suspected thieves to...
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7.29.26 Fauci’s COVID-era authority, Ukraine’s leadership fight, and apple detectives
On Washington Wednesday, Hunter Baker considers Anthony Fauci’s COVID-era authority; World Tour features a Ukraine leadership fight divides civilians with family on the front lines; and apple detectives preserve forgotten fruit before the knowledge disappears. Plus: a Florida man escapes an...
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7.28.26 Saudi nuclear questions, religious speech and tribal authority, campus abortion push, and Ryan Bomberger’s new book
Saudi nuclear questions, a ministry ordered off Wind River land, California’s campus abortion push, and Ryan Bomberger on the lie that unplanned means unwanted. Plus, Bethel McGrew on New York’s assisted-suicide law, a three-dollar Wilt Chamberlain legend, and the Tuesday morning news. Support…
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7.27.26 Religious discrimination, the 10-year Treasury, and the Andrea Doria collision
Legal Docket on the Christian convictions Alaska Airlines treated as forbidden, Moneybeat on what the 10-year Treasury reveals about the economy, and the WORLD History Book on the Andrea Doria collision and extraordinary rescue. Plus, the Monday morning news. Support The World and Everything in…
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DoubleTake: The edge of accountability - Part II
A Christian nurse blows the whistle on a gender transition clinic, putting herself in the cross-hairs of one of this culture’s most aggressive ideologies Equip by Unbound gives high school students the foundation they need to thrive by helping them build practical skills, test their interests...
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7.24.26 A surrogacy dispute, The Bear’s final season, and Joseph Arthur’s faith
Culture Friday with John Stonestreet on surrogacy, marriage, and children's television. Plus, The Bear's final season, Peter Gabriel protégé Joseph Arthur's hard-won faith, and the Friday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from...
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