The World and Everything In It

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 Preside

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 dr

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 be

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 inhe

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 prov

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

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 par

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

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 presid

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 wa

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 Bahn

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 Wu

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 Mar

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 w

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 tr

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

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

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

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 t

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 t