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The World and Everything In It
4.4.25 Katie McCoy on drawing moral lines, a review of The Ballad of Wallis Island, and the importance of compelling journalism
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Myrna Brown
Good morning. Today on Culture Friday, Planned Parenthood faces new challenges in the courts and in the classroom.
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Nick Eicher
Also, a new wave of young conservative women is looking to reshape the online influencer landscape. And Narnia may be getting a Netflix rewrite. Katie McCoy is standing by. Later. You said there'd be a hundred. No, no, no, no, no.
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Colin Garbarino
Well, yeah, you did that.
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Nick Eicher
Fair's fair. No, I did not say there'd be 100. Yeah, you did. No, I didn't. I said there'd be less. Colin Garberino reviews a comedy about a man who lures his favorite band into a concert for an audience of one. And ask the editor.
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Myrna Brown
It's Friday, April 4th. This is the world and everything in it from Listener supported World Radio. I'm Myrna Brown.
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Nick Eicher
And I'm Nick Iker. Good morning.
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Myrna Brown
Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
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Kent Covington
President Trump says the stock market's negative reaction to his tariffs announcement this week was to be expected. And he told reporters aboard Air Force One, give it time.
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Katie McCoy
It's going to be a booming country, a very booming country.
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Nick Eicher
It's going to be amazing, actually.
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Kent Covington
The president announced tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner that he said was in response to decades of unfair trade practices. But the Trump administration says it's also about bringing manufacturing back to the United States. White House adviser Stephen Miller.
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Nick Eicher
We cannot have a situation where we are dependent on foreign countries for the medicine that heals us, the steel that strengthens us, the industry and commerce that powers us and keeps us safe.
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Kent Covington
Democrats are blasting the move. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Nick Eicher
He's walking us into the dumbest and most avoidable recession probably in history.
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Kent Covington
But Trump says global manufacturers are already pledging trillions of dollars in US Investments. He also said tariffs put the US in the driver's seat to negotiate new agreements. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reassuring leaders in Brussels that the United States is in NATO to stay. But he adds that President Trump expects allies to pull their weight.
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Katie McCoy
He's not against NATO. He is against a NATO that it.
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Kent Covington
Does not have the capabilities that it.
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Katie McCoy
Needs to fulfill the obligations that the.
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Kent Covington
Treaty imposes upon each and every member state. Rubio said he expects to leave Brussels with a clear commitment from allies to spend 5% of their GDP on defense, an increase from the current 2% minimum. NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda also said members have to step up, and he added that some have begun to do so. This is probably the biggest surge in defense spending we have seen in Canada.
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Katie McCoy
And Europe since the Cold war since the Berlin Wall came down.
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Kent Covington
He says that is his words good news, but we still have to do more. Cameras flashed in Budapest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Hungarian President Tomas Shulyuk. Netanyahu made the trip despite a warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court. Neither Israel nor the US Recognized that court's authority. Hungary, however, has recognized it for the past two decades, but no longer. Netanyahu thanked his Hungarian counterpart and you've.
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Katie McCoy
Just taken a bold and principled position on the icc. This is not only important for us, it's important for all democracies. It's important to stand up to this corrupt organization.
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Kent Covington
The ICC has accused Netanyahu of war crimes amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Upon Netanyahu's visit, Hungary's prime minister announced that his government is pulling out of the ICC entirely, saying the court has become too political. Meantime, in Israel, outside Netanyahu's party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israeli police clashed with anti government protesters demonstrating against Israel's renewed military operation in Gaza, one of those protesters also keying in on corruption allegations against Netanyahu's government.
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Myrna Brown
Netanyahu, Hungary well, it's one anti Democrat meeting another anti Democrat, two wannabe dictators meeting each other.
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Nick Eicher
It's disgusting.
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Kent Covington
Some protesters also gathered at the Hungarian Embassy in Tel Aviv to denounce Netanyahu's visit. Violent storms and tornadoes tore through numerous states during what could be a record setting period of dead and flooding. At least seven people were killed in Tennessee, Indiana and Missouri. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says state officials requested and President Trump granted an emergency declaration to begin the federal aid process. We already have widespread flooding across the state, but the river flooding will clearly follow and preparation for that's already underway. In Indiana, an EF2 tornado ripped through parts of suburban Indianapolis. Forecasters say it was the opening act for a week of wild weather that could bring life threatening flash floods to the nation's midsection. Some are expressing outrage today after the U.S. fencing association disqualified a female fencer from a tournament because she refused to compete against a man who identifies as a woman. Instead of competing, Stephanie Turner took a knee.
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Stephanie Turner
My opponent was a little bit confused, thinking that I was maybe hurt and I said no, I am refusing to defend you because I'm a woman and you are a man. I have much love and respect for you, but I will not compete against you.
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Kent Covington
Turner said she made the decision when she learned she would be competing against a so called transgender athlete while checking the pool of players.
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Stephanie Turner
I just felt like at a loss. I had already committed so much money to it and training hours, and I was literally looking forward to this. I do this tournament every year.
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Kent Covington
USA Fencing says its decision to disqualify Turner was aligned with the rules established by the sports governing body. I'm Kent Cuffington. And straight ahead, CULTURE Friday with Katie McCoy, plus, this month's Ask the Editor. This is the WORLD and Everything in it.
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Myrna Brown
It's Friday, the 4th of April. Glad to have you along for today's edition of the World and Everything in It. Good morning. I'm Myrna Brown.
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Nick Eicher
And I'm Nick iger. It's Culture Friday. Joining us now, author and speaker Katie McCoy. Good morning, Katie.
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Stephanie Turner
Good morning, Nick and Myrna. How are you both doing?
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Myrna Brown
Well.
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Nick Eicher
Well. At the Supreme Court this week, Katie, the justices heard arguments in a case out of South Carolina. At the center of this case, a very big question whether a state can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, not strictly money for abortions, but money for the other services that Planned Parenthood says it provides, like STI testing and cancer screenings. The case goes all the way back to 2018, an executive order from South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. He said then that taxpayers should not be forced to support any group that provides abortions, even if the Medicaid dollars don't pay for the procedures, the abortion procedures that is directly. Planned Parenthood sued, saying that Medicaid patients have a federal right to choose their own qualified provider. But during the oral arguments on Wednesday, the justices seemed focused on whether that right is enforceable right in court, Justice Kagan saying it was a clear right, Justice Barrett seeming a bit concerned about leaving patients with no way to appeal. So for you, Katie, this may look like a technical Medicaid case, but doesn't it really come down to whether states can draw moral lines when it comes to healthcare spending?
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Stephanie Turner
Well, Nick, I'm not a lawyer and I don't even play one on tv. But I'll just tell you from my perspective what I have heard and gleaned about this case. First of all, you will have to forgive me for laughing because I am old enough to remember when this whole you get to choose your own doctor thing was a really big joke. And so when we're hearing this entire case that's all about, wait a second, I thought individuals could choose their own doctor. Everyone who lived through Obamacare said, yeah, we did, too. So I'm not sure in terms of all the legalese why this would be the one impediment. The Defending attorney with our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom representing South Carolina. He said this taxpayer dollars should never be used to fund facilities that profit off abortion and distribute dangerous gender transition drugs to minors. This, I think, is the real issue. And we need only hear the testimonies from past Planned Parenthood clinic directors to understand that these lines are not clear. The line between funding abortions and funding other forms of health care are blurred at best. In fact, there was one Planned Parenthood center director, former center director, who described how there's just outright illegality that took place that she saw of the way things were coded, the way Title 10 was not enforced. And so all of this seems to come down to do states have the right not to be funding facilities that are are performing abortions? Knowing that the line between abortion services and other medical services are not clear? I hope that what we see is a sound ruling. I'm also old enough, by the way, to have taken a civics class and remember things like the 10th Amendment, which I just don't know if we even have anymore on things like this. But that's probably for another day.
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Nick Eicher
I think I'm old enough to have been around when they wrote that amendment. But in any event, Katie, before we move on from Planned Parenthood, there is one other front in this battle, and it is public schools. World reported this week the state of Idaho just passed a new law that requires schools to teach students about prenatal development. This is for fifth grade all throughout high school. And we're not talking vague textbook diagrams here. The curriculum includes high definition ultrasound footage as well as videos showing fetal growth week by week from fertilization all the way to birth. So Idaho becomes the third state to do this. It follows North Dakota and Tennessee. And one of the options for schools is a video from the pro life group Live Action. That is Lila Rose's group. And let's hear a little bit from that video. She begins to move between five and.
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Stephanie Turner
Six weeks with both spontaneous and reflexive movements.
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Myrna Brown
At six weeks from fertilization, her brain.
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Stephanie Turner
Activists activity can be recorded and bone formation begins.
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Nick Eicher
All right, we'll provide a link to the Baby Olivia video in the transcript so the listener can have a look. But there was, of course, criticism of this, Katie, and the complaint was pretty telling. Opponents saying that it is anti abortion propaganda that could stigmatize abortion. Proponents, of course, say it's just good science helping kids to understand what human life in the womb really looks like. How do you see it?
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Stephanie Turner
First, like so many other things, science, quote, unquote, becomes politicized according to whichever side of a partisan issue you want to be on. Sadly, like so many other things, not least of which is when does a baby become a human being? Is one of those ethical questions circulating around the issue of abortion. I think this is one of the best stories that I have seen in so long. Here's why, while we are keeping our eye on Washington and well, we should. We've talked about this on this segment so many times, Nick and Myrna, that it really is state by state, county by county, community by community, that if you want to see real cultural change, it's going to happen in the hearts and minds of individuals. And this law in Idaho is starting at that education level. I'm sure it is age appropriate beginning in fifth grade, up through middle and high school to help these students understand what gestation actually is, what the growth and process of a human being in those first nine months actually looks like. And one of the things that we saw from pro life groups was showing people what actually happens to a baby in an abortion procedure. And most people who are under 40 had no idea because this is the quote, unquote science that doesn't get taught. This is the quote, unquote science of saying abortion is totally safe, no problem, it's not actually doing any harm, that then when they see what the procedure entails, they go, huh, I don't know that I'm for that after all. So this is laying that foundation to help students understand and age appropriate ways, but beginning in childhood, that a baby actually is a human person and they will be able to identify different points in human development that can contradict the rhetoric that we hear from the pro abortion advocacy group that, you know, this really is just a clump of cells.
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Myrna Brown
Well, Katie, I'd like to turn your attention to an article highlighting young conservative female voices, one being Brett Cooper, former Daily Wire contributor and current YouTube sensation. And Alex Clark, Turning Point USA influencer. Clark calls her followers cuteservatives. Now, this article suggests that these young conservative female voices are building alternatives to what has been a conservative media space traditionally built by and for older men. Now, here's what really caught my eye. While these young women are addressing politics on their platforms, they say they're more interested in the personalities behind politics and its influence on culture. They want to talk about the social scene rather than the nuts and bolts of policy. So, Katie, my question to you is, is it possible to pursue both?
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Stephanie Turner
Well, first, Myrna cutservatives. Oh my word. So this kind of reminds me of kind of the new generation's Oprah culture. So when I was young, we had Oprah and she really ruled daytime television. Now, of course, we have social media and we have decentralization. I mean, you have a lot of personalities that come up to the top, but there's so much. The market is so saturated. I think this is really just kind of what women do, whether it's on Instagram, whether it's on YouTube, whether it's a podcast, whether it's TV. Women are wired to relationally connect. And so it doesn't surprise me that they may say, oh, we want to talk about this topic and not that topic. The thing to watch for Myrna will be when they do start talking about policy, because that soft influence, that influence of that day to day, you're listening to someone, you feel like you know them. That's where a lot of social power comes in. And this is what we saw in the Oprah generation. So I think it's something to watch. I would be entirely unsurprised if they started wading into issues of the nuts and bolts of policy, as you say, because policy, culture, real life, it all blends together well.
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Nick Eicher
Katie, hey, before we go, there is another story I'd love your thoughts on. And I have to admit, you know, when I saw the date on this piece, April 1st, I had to double check just to make sure that I was not being April fooled. But sure enough, there it is. The UK Telegraph reporting the rumor that Meryl Streep may voice Aslan in the upcoming adaptation of the Magician's Nephew. Now, some folks are upset over the idea of an actress, a female, portraying a Christ figure, but beyond casting, I do think there is an additional concern here, and that is whether the spiritual Heart of Narnia will be able to survive the Netflix treatment. They've said they do understand that C.S. lewis's books are based in Christianity, but understanding that is not the same as embracing that. And, Katie, given how hard Disney's Snow White remake flopped when it tampered with the heart of the original, do you think that secular studios like Netflix can or even want to carry forward the Christian imagination of someone like CS Lewis? Or is that just asking too much?
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Stephanie Turner
I really hope that ends up being an April Fool's joke. Nick. I hope that the next time we do this, we're like, oh, phew, crisis averted. We did actually have to take this one seriously. But given the number of outlets reporting it, it seems like this is at least being floated, that there's going to be kind of this gender bending of the casting of a Netflix treatment of the Chronicles of Narnia. Yet I really try to stay away from the word woke, mainly because when you hear it, you're just sort of importing your definitions of it and not really hearing anything else. So I try not to use that. But the only thing I have to say about this is go woke, go broke. I think that will be what we see if indeed Netflix decides to go this route. You're exactly right. The Snow White movie completely flopped. It was just riddled with controversy that came from its star who wanted to make all of these progressive political statements. I think people will vote with their dollars again. And if there is some, you know, gender bending version of this C.S. lewis classic, you might have some people watch it out of curiosity, you might have some people hate watch it. But I have a feeling it's going to flop. I think people are tired of these classic things, these things that we should be able to just enjoy in our culture, especially something as enduring as the Chronicles of Narnia being tampered with and infused with these progressive ideas. I'm not going to go so far as to say that they're feminist theorizing Chronicles of Narnia. I don't know enough yet to be able to say that, but it certainly sounds like that. And I think it will flop. I think people are just really fed up. Like, for crying out loud, leave Aslan alone.
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Nick Eicher
Author and Speaker Katie McCoy enjoyed the visit. Thanks so much.
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Stephanie Turner
Always good to be with you.
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Katie McCoy
Additional Support comes from Letourneau University, the Christian Polytechnic University. More at LetU.
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Nick Eicher
Today is Friday, April 4th. Thank you for turning to World Radio to help start your day. Good morning. I'm Nick Iker.
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Myrna Brown
And I'm Myrna Brown. Later this afternoon on the World and Everything in it feed, we're releasing an interview with Kam Lee Small. He's the counselor we interviewed earlier this week in our story about Korean adoptions. He's written a book about adoption, grief and trauma, and we talked to him. More about how Christians adopt it or view and talk about adoption Coming next, a new British movie explores regret and moving forward and makes use of plenty of awkward humor.
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Nick Eicher
The movie premieres in select theaters this weekend. It casts an eccentric millionaire who invites estranged bandmates to reunite for a private and very personal concert. World Arts and Culture editor Colin Garbarino on the Ballad of Wallace Island.
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Colin Garbarino
I've seen about two dozen films this year and so far I think the Ballad of Wallace island might be my favorite. It's a beautiful quirky little movie that proves to be a little bit funny, a little bit sad, and a little bit sweet all at the same time. It also features some nice acoustic music. Oh, would you like to hear a.
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Stephanie Turner
Story.
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Colin Garbarino
About a man who's tired of life? This movie revolves around an affable lottery winner named Charlie. He's living by himself on an exceedingly rustic island off the coast of Britain. To enliven his lonely existence, Charlie decides to use some of his money to lure his favorite folk duo, Maguire Mortimer, into performing a private concert just for him. The problem is that 10 years ago, Herb Maguire and Nell Mortimer broke up both musically and romantically. So getting them to play along proves to be a bit of a challenge. Trying to do like, rock or rock?
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Nick Eicher
Rock.
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Stephanie Turner
Yeah.
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Colin Garbarino
Did you just say rock?
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Nick Eicher
When were we ever trying to do rock?
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Stephanie Turner
What are you talking about?
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Colin Garbarino
The Ballad of Wallace island is the brainchild of British comedians Tim Key and Tom Basden. They wrote the script and they also play the roles of Charlie and Herb, respectively. Carey Mulligan rounds out the cast as Nell. Fans of awkward British humor will enjoy this movie. Charlie brings a good natured absurdity to the story. He's friendly to a fault, he's a bit too talkative, and he often fails to pick up on important social cues. But his open honesty leaves you wishing there were more people like him in the world. Next to Charlie, Herb plays the straight man trying to navigate an unexpected situation without losing his patience.
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Nick Eicher
This isn't where the gig is. Well, you're half right. It is where the gig is. Where will the audience be?
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Colin Garbarino
Herb serves as a sort of emotional stand in for the audience. He's the one who can't believe that he's gotten himself into this wacky situation.
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Nick Eicher
He said there'd be a hundred. No, no, no, no, no, no.
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Colin Garbarino
Well, yeah, you did.
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Nick Eicher
Fair's fair. No, I did not say there'd be a hundred.
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Colin Garbarino
Yeah, you did.
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Nick Eicher
No, I didn't. I said there'd be less than a hundred.
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Colin Garbarino
Herb also ends up being the character who's most transformed by coming into contact with irrepressible Charlie. The Ballad of Wallace island isn't merely a series of comedic gags built on misaligned expectations. As we get to know these characters, we start to feel sympathy and even pity for each of them. Everyone on the island needs something, but no one can quite get it on their own. And some people don't even know what they really need. Is that true?
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Nick Eicher
Yeah.
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Myrna Brown
Okay. 100%.
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Colin Garbarino
It was cool. It wasn't what we would do. It had nothing to do with the music world.
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Nick Eicher
I've got to say, this is brilliant. I'm loving. I am absolutely loving this.
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Colin Garbarino
The eccentric Charlie might be the one living alone, consumed with thoughts of a lost love, but it's the cool musician Herb who needs the most help. After the duo went their separate ways, he had plenty of worldly success as a solo musician, but there's a sense that he's wrestling with aching regret. Seeing that Nell has moved on with her life doesn't make things easier for him till it shows us where it wants to go.
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Nick Eicher
Oh, give me your love Give me your love.
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Colin Garbarino
The Ballad of Wallace island is rated PG13 for some infrequent foul language and smoking, but I would say it's a pretty mild PG13. The dialogue is oh so clever and the writing doesn't resort to crudities in its punchlines. Seeing Key and Basdin play off one another is a joy. And the movie, which was filmed in Wales, features gorgeous cinematography that perfectly captures the damp green countryside.
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Nick Eicher
There she goes. To paraphrase the Beatles, there goes the sun.
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Colin Garbarino
In addition to its many charms, one of the reasons this movie resonates with me is that I have the same dream Charlie does. I wish I could see my favorite folk duo play together one last time. I'm still heartbroken that the Civil wars broke up 13 years ago due to internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition. But besides offering the bittersweet melancholy of treading past joys and regrets, the Ballad of Wallace island also depicts the kind of relationship that's becoming increasingly rare in films. The movie industry hasn't had a great track record lately of depicting male friendships that are founded on something other than dispensing violence. This story suggests that the kind of unconditional love formed in the bonds of friendship can help us understand who we are and who we need to be. If you need some affection I'm Colin Garbarino and you're feeling all alone Reach on through your reflection Pick up the phone.
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Myrna Brown
Today is Friday, April 4th. Good morning, this is the world and everything in it from listener supported World Radio. I'm Myrna Brown.
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Nick Eicher
And I'm Nick Eicher. On Monday, World's Lynn Vincent told the story of the slow motion death of Terri schiavo back in 2005. Her case sparked a furious national debate about the so called right to die and the value of human life. It's a debate that continues today to.
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Myrna Brown
Mark the 20th anniversary of Schiavo's death. We're re releasing Lawless World's two season podcast series about the case that starts tomorrow. Today World Editor in Chief Les Sillers will discuss some of the feedback we've received already. Here is A.D. ask the Editor.
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Katie McCoy
The last episode of Lawless aired in 2023, and listeners were still commenting on it a year later. One called the series thoughtful and professional journalism. He added that the story helped him value life, be a better citizen, and in his words, glorify God in how I think about and respond to these issues. Thank you. That's so encouraging. But one young listener let us know this week that she wasn't comfortable with Monday's account of Schiavo's death in history books.
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Nick Eicher
Hi, my name is Josie and I am nine years old. And the segment about Terri Schiavo scared me a bit.
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Katie McCoy
Well, yes, I can see how Josie found it a little scary. We described Schiavo in her last moments as resembling an Auschwitz prisoner and included some physical details. As a grandfather myself, I understand. We know kids often listen with their parents. We'll continue to offer warnings at the start of segments about difficult subjects, and we're certainly not trying to frighten small children on this program. But we are here to tell compelling stories. I often quote to my journalism students a line from a Pulitzer Prize winning if it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips your heart out, that's a good picture. I love the quote, but it's not exactly right. Truly great stories are much more than emotionally compelling, but they're not less. At World, we don't sensationalize and we avoid explicit details. But details matter. Schiavo's death was horrible, and if our story doesn't show our listeners that reality, then we have failed as storytellers. Her death might shock us, it might make us angry or sad. But we're not afraid because we know God is sovereign and Christ will one day return to set everything right. And while we wait, we will keep telling stories. They're incredibly important. Stories help us figure out who we are, where we came from, and where we're going. We all experience life as a story, so we make choices that lead to consequences that lead to more choices. We live out our stories in the context of the stories going on around us, the stories of our family, our communities, our nation, our culture, and ultimately, God's great story creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. The job of the storyteller, then, is to tell the stories that help people orient themselves to these larger stories. They give our lives context, meaning, purpose. They tell us what kind of a people we are and what kind of a culture we live in. We know who we are because we hear and tell stories. Stories don't tell us what to do, but we need them to know how to live. As the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre observed, and I paraphrase, you can't know what you're supposed to do until you know what stories you're part of. And that's why, Lord willing, we intend to keep telling stories like Terri Schiavo's. They won't always be hard like Terry's. Some will be inspiring or tragic or joyful or infuriated or sad. I hope at least a few will be hilarious. We'll be careful and we'll let you know in advance if it's unsuitable for kids. We want to help you, as our lawless listener put it, glorify God in how I think about and respond to these issues. If you have a question for Ask the editor, I'd love to hear from you. Send an email or voice message to leswng.org that's Le S@WNG.org and one more favor, if you hear a good story on this program, would you mind sharing it with a friend or two? If you've never tried, it's really easy to do on your podcast app. Thanks for listening. I'm Les Sillers.
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Nick Eicher
All right, time to now to say thank you to the team members who helped to put the program together this week. Mary Reichert, Jenny Ruff, David Bonson, Emma Eicher, Lynn Vincent, Leah Savas, Lindsay Mast, Mary Jackson, Hunter Baker, Carolina Lumeta, Leo Braceno, Onise Adua, Mary Munsey, Janie B. Cheney, Josh Schumacher, Anna Johansen Brown, Becca McCallum, Grace Snell, Cal Thomas, Katie McCoy and Colin Garbarino. Thanks also to our breaking news team, Kent Covington, Lindi Langdon, Steve Klosterman, Travis Kircher, Lauren Canterbury and Christina Grube. And thanks to the guys who stay up late to get the program to you early. Carl Peetz, Benj Eicher, with assistance this week from Johnny Franklin.
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Myrna Brown
Harrison Waters is is Washington producer, senior producer Kristin Flavin is features editor, Paul Butler, executive producer and Les Sillers editor in chief. The World and Everything in it is a production of World Radio where we bring you biblically objective journalism that informs, educates and inspires. The Bible records Moses telling the new generation entering Israel, see, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today and the curse if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God. But turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today to go after other gods that you have not known. Verses 26:28 of Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter 11 when you gather with your brothers and sisters in Christ this weekend, don't just attend a service together, but show up ready to encourage one another with an uplifting word. And, Lord willing, we'll meet you right back here on Monday. Go now in grace and peace.
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Stephanie Turner
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