WORLD Magazine Podcasts
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Podcast Description
WORLD Magazine's podcasts offer news and views from a biblical worldview perspective and include audio recordings of articles, columns, book excerpts, roundtable discussions, and other commentary from the editors, writers, and reporters of WORLD Magazine.
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The World and Everything in It - May 26, 2012 | A special Memorial Day program: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns, the 150th anniversary of 'Taps,' Newt Gingrich on the history of Arlington National Cemetery, Ronald Reagan on D-Day, Marvin Olasky on Civil War battles, recovering the meaning of Memorial Day, Patrick Henry's call to arms, the battle with secularists over religiously themed war memorials, and great war movies. Plus, 43 Catholic institutions sue the Obama administration, Uncle Sam heads for a 'fiscal cliff,' Mitt Romney's education vision, The History Book, and more. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 25, 2012 | Romney says the poor performing public school system is the civil rights issue of our day, issues a plan for change, and accuses the Obama administration of being on the wrong side of that issue. Meanwhile, Obama touts support for gay rights on the campaign trail with a new video. And in business news, new data suggests the labor market continues to expand at a moderate pace. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 24, 2012 | Elections continue in Egypt today for the country's first ever presidential election. Voters are enthusiastic about the opportunity, but among minority Christians there is concern voters will hand Islamists the reins, meaning even more oppression. In the U.S., a public university agrees to recognize a pro-abstinence, anti-abortion Christian group as religious, allowing the group to choose its leaders based on shared beliefs. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 23, 2012 | Ford, the automaker that resisted a federal bailout, is now standing on its own fiscal feet, and the Obamacare birth control rules continue to cause controversy - the University of Notre Dame is one of the many religious institutions filing suit. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 22, 2012 | Chicago NATO summit is over and the 2014 end date for the Afghan war is set, a bit of pushback yesterday from black pastors over same-sex marriage after the NAACP came out for it, and in business news, stocks edged up Monday, after last week's worst weekly decline for the year, but gains were limited as shares of Facebook dropped more than 13 percent shortly after the open. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 21, 2012 | Man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing dies of cancer in Libya, federal appeals court has ruled an upstate New York town unconstitutionally favored one religion over others by opening public meetings with Christian prayers, and in business news the S∓P 500 fell 4.3 percent last week, its steepest weekly decline this year. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - May 19, 2012 | A special literature and the arts program: Richard Platt reads from 'As One Devil to Another,' Michael Leaser on 'The Artist,' a profile of a 'wordsower' who presents entire books of Scripture from memory, Andrée Seu Peterson on softselling sin on the movie screen, Susan Olasky reviews books on literature, actor Max McLean talks about performing 'The Screwtape Letters' on stage - plus, JPMorgan Chase, David Skeel on market risk, President Obama rips Mitt Romney on Bain Capital, Romney at Liberty University, The History Book, and more. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 18, 2012 | Romney responds to Obama ad against him saying the centerpiece of Obama's campaign is character assassination, meanwhile putting the brakes on a rumored Super PAC ad campaign that would have emphasized the tie between Obama and controversial minister Jeremiah Wright. Funeral yesterday for one of the young men killed in a plane crash on the way to a youth ministry event last weekend - he may have saved the life of the lone survivor. And in business news, stocks slipped on Thursday, jobless claims held steady, and Walmart reported a 10 percent jump in first-quarter income. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 17, 2012 | Memorial service for the late Chuck Colson held yesterday at the National Cathedral in Washington. One of Colson's biggest concerns before he passed is also a major concern of U.S. Catholic Bishops: the Obama administration's healthcare mandate, which Colson and the bishops consider to be an encroachment on religious liberty. And in business news, Wall Street strategists are as negative as they've been on stocks since the Bull Market began more than three years ago. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 16, 2012 | With Greece's government in turmoil, it looks as though the country will not meet its financial obligations; a new election will have to be held by mid-June. And in the U.S., an epic battle with the White House over raising the debt ceiling once again. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 15, 2012 | President Obama delivers commencement address at all women's college, records an episode of 'The View', a women's political talk program, and collects at least another million in campaign cash at a $5,000/plate fundraiser hosted by a homosexual rights organization. A ministry official says two of the five people aboard a small plane that crashed in Kansas on the way to a Christian youth rally were able to walk away from the crash, but one later died. In business news, stocks fell on Monday, and JPMorgan Chase announced the first exit of a top executive after suffering trading losses that could reach $3 billion or more. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 14, 2012 | Pushback in Europe over who is to blame for economies in trouble, House Armed Services Committee passes amendments to protect chaplains and other troops who do not support homosexual rights, and in business news, in the week ahead look for most of the attention to be focused on Friday's Facebook IPO, as well as political rhetoric surrounding JPMorgan Chase's announcement of a $2B loss from a hedging strategy gone bad. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - May 12, 2012 | President Obama endorses redefining marriage, what the North Carolina marriage amendment does and doesn't, Mitt Romney stands by man-woman marriage, electoral math, Romney VP selection timetable, Emory University professors are upset that commencement speaker doesn't believe in macro-evolution, autopsy reveals cause of death for painter Thomas Kinkade, reviews of 'War Horse' and 'America's Heart and Soul,' churches in Charlotte work together to reach 20- and 30-somethings, United Methodists turn back attempt to change doctrine on human sexuality, Barnabas Piper on being 'authentic,' U.S. Postal Service losses deepen, an update on the economy, California bill would make it a crime to counsel a child struggling with same-sex attraction, the Sinatra songbook, Vanderbilt University stands firm against campus-ministry groups, Andy Andrews reads from 'How Do You Kill 11 Million People?,' The History Book, and more. | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 11, 2012 | House OKs spending cuts to social programs yesterday, prevents military cuts, Air Force One flies cross-country for major fundraising events day after President Obama affirms he is for same-sex marriage, and energized social issue liberals means energized social issue conservatives, prominently Christian conservatives. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 10, 2012 | President Obama announced he is for same-sex marriage shortly after North Carolina, a key political swing-state in the presidential race, marked its 32nd political victory for traditional marriage supporters by approving a marriage amendment defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, and in California, a controvesial bill that would make it illegal for parents to hire a therapist for a minor child who struggles with same-sex attraction. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 09, 2012 | Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney despite differences, all of which are outweighed by the imperative of ousting President Obama this fall, President Obama speaks to college students in New York yesterday about his to-do list, Mitt Romney pokes fun at the Obama campaign's 'Life of Julia' online cartoon info-graphic, and a group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill issue a second appeal to Vanderbilt University expressing concern over the impact of Vanderbilt's non-discrimination policy on religious student groups. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 08, 2012 | Activists for same-sex marriage turn up the pressure on President Obama, encouraged by the comments of Vice President Biden, and in business news, stocks stabilized and even moved into positive territory midday Monday despite new elected leaders in France and Greece who promise to stand against austerity measures. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 07, 2012 | After more than a decade, the military-commissioned case against those accused of plotting the September 11 attacks are officially underway, and in business news, Wall Street had its worst week of the year last week. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - May 05, 2012 | President Obama's campaign blasted for politicizing Osama bin Laden mission, preview of coming Supreme Court decisions, deadly campaign against Christians in Nigeria, diplomatic quagmire with China, newborns with drug withdrawal, knowing two languages may be good for your brain, new book on Jeremy Lin, Matthew Lee Anderson on the Bible's voice on human sexuality, EPA official resigns after controversial remarks, jobs report does little to inspire confidence, TV commercials and child obesity, Marvin Olasky interviews J.C. Watts, Megan Basham reviews 'The Avengers,' interceding for America on the National Day of Prayer, spiritual lessons from a bike ride across the countryside, The History Book, and more. | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 04, 2012 | High-profile Chinese dissident causes controversy between the U.S. and China, and in business news, a mixed, but generally disappointing day Thursday in a variety of reports - most troubling: the fall of the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 03, 2012 | Controversy over a Chinese dissident and human rights activist, Newt Gingrich suspends Republican campaign for president and says he will work for President Obama's defeat, North Carolinians voting this month on an amendment to their state's constitution that would define marriage as between one man and one woman - Billy Graham speaks out in support of the ammendment, as have his son and daughter. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 02, 2012 | President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan yesterday to sign an agreement on post-war promises with Afghan President Hamid Karzai; he then addressed the nation. Tomorrow believers from around the country gather for the 61st National Day of Prayer, and the S∓P 500 and NASDAQ rose 1 percent yesterday. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - May 1, 2012 | Obama and Japanese Prime Minister discuss North Korea at White House, a shocking weekend attack on Christians in Nigeria leaves at least 21 dead, and markets fell on Monday in response to a mixed bag of economic reports. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 30, 2012 | Terrorist threats constant as anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death approaches, Romney senior advisor Ed Gillespie and Obama campaign advisor Robert Gibbs debate the economy on the set of NBC's &uot;Meet the Press&uot; yesterday, and all financial eyes on the S∓P 500 today. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - April 28, 2012 | Supreme Court oral arguments on Arizona immigration-enforcement law, student loan kerfuffle, President Obama's campus campaign, a 1999 speech by Chuck Colson, the enduring popularity of Ronald Reagan, Norah Jones' new album, a Joel Belz commentary, the Social Security trust fund, Paul Ryan defends his budget, Matt Kibbe and Marvin Olasky on libertarianism vs. compassionate conservatism, Chicago White Sox pitcher Phil Humber's perfect game, John Stonestreet on the legacy of Charles Colson, The History Book, and more. Have a comment about this week's program? Email us: feedback@worldandeverything.com. Or call our listener line: 202-709-9595. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 27, 2012 | Obama treats student loan tour as official business, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan visited local college campus yesterday to defend his spending blueprint, and U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday despite mixed signals on the economy. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 26, 2012 | Arizona Governor confident the High Court will give a favorable ruling concerning Arizona's tough immigration law, which the Obama administration sued to block, federal judge approves a land swap to settle a lawsuit over a remote site in the Mojave National Preserve, and in business news, U.S. stocks climbed for a second day Wednesday, and the federal reserve left its monetary policy unchanged saying interest rates would stay low through at least 2014. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 25, 2012 | Obama makes an election-year call to extend low interest rates on federally subsidized student loans, but how will America pay for it? And United Methodists, who opened their general conference yesterday, have a major fight on their hands over how they treat questions relating to homosexuality. In business news, stocks rose on Tuesday despite a drop in consumer confidence, while NASDAQ continued its week-long decline. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 24, 2012 | Government predicts Social Security will run out of money by 2033, Kansas congressman writes military religious freedom protection act saying chaplains and other military personnel are being penalized for failing to support the new policy allowing homosexuals to serve openly, and stocks slid Monday primarily because of continued uncertainty in Europe. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 23, 2012 | Zero tolerance in Secret Service prostitution scandal with more firings expected, one of the leading candidates for Romney's VP, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says if he got the call he'd demand reconsideration, and Chuck Colson died Saturday. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - April 21, 2012 | Obama administration faces three scandals in one week, oil speculators, combating sexual exploitation of children, prominent Southern Baptist pastor endorses Mitt Romney, many voters distrust faith proclamations of President Obama and Romney, recent crime novels, judge to rule soon rule in case of NASA employee who claims he was fired for supporting intelligent design, Cal Thomas on the 2012 political house of mirrors, space shuttle becomes a museum piece, nervousness on Wall Street, Mississippi's new regulations on abortion providers, Richard Land on the North Carolina marriage amendment, home-video reviews of 'The Way' and 'We Bought a Zoo,' historic congregation that broke from Episcopal Church reaches settlement with former denomination, deeply divided United Methodist Church gathers for quadrennial meeting, The History Book, and more. Have a comment about this week's program? Email us: feedback@worldandeverything.com. Or call our listener line: 202-709-9595. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 20, 2012 | GOP business tax cut plan cleared in the House yesterday, but is sure to die in the Senate, pastor of a leading Southern Baptist church in Dallas, who publicly said Mormonism is a non-Christian religion, this week endorsed the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, stocks dipped on Thursday, and new claims for unemployment benefits released from the labor department yesterday were higher than expectations. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 19, 2012 | President Obama restated his economic vision in Michigan and the swing state of Ohio, ripping into Republicans, while Romney campaigned in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democratic National Convention will be held this summer. Plus, a Southern Baptist leader apologizes for his comments accusing Obama, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson of exploiting Trayvon Martin's death for political gain, and U.S. stocks decline on Wednesday. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 18, 2012 | Obama, yesterday, after the Buffett rule bounced, presented another bill similarly doomed in congress, blaming investors for running up the price of oil, plus, a case in the courts that touches on religion, science, and workplace discrimination, and global stocks surged on Tuesday. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 17, 2012 | Buffett rule bites the dust in the Senate yesterday, but Obama gets the opportunity he wants: to hang the vote around the neck of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, and DOW was up Monday as investors digested better than expected retail sales numbers and Citigroup's earnings. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 16, 2012 | UN military observers deployed to monitor cease-fire between Syrian government and opposition fighters, and Senate to vote on President Obama's Buffett Rule today, though it has no chance of passing in the House. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - April 14, 2012 | Trouble around the world: North Korea, Syria, and Iran; Santorum out, Romney up; President Obama pushes the 'Buffett Rule'; Marvin Olasky interviews noted surgeon Ben Carson; reviews: 'The Wrath of the Titans' and 'Touch'; lessons from the 'Titanic'; Joel Belz on the Paul Ryan budget; Trayvon Martin shooter charged; New study of Obamacare's cost; death and taxes; Let the Candidate Speak: Mitt Romney; Justice Department goes after e-book publishers; Instagram and Facebook; School-choice programs make inroads; and The History Book. Have a comment about this week's program? Email us: feedback@worldandeverything.com. Or call our listener line: 202-709-9595. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 13, 2012 | Obama refutes Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comment against Ann Romney, North Korea missile launch test a dud, but no less provoking to the U.S., and world stocks mostly higher Thursday. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 12, 2012 | George Zimmerman charged with second degree murder, federal lawsuit filed against Apple and book publishers, and the DOW staged a recovery Wednesday, much credit to Alcoa. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 11, 2012 | Santorum closes up a surprisingly strong campaign, Obama continues to pound the theme of income inequality, painting Romney as an out-of-touch rich guy, and stocks extended their losing streak on Tuesday. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 10, 2012 | North Korea planning rocket launch or nuclear test despite warnings from the U.S., a turn in the Republican presidential contest with a key friend of Rick Santorum saying it's time to quit, and stocks pulled back sharply on Monday, fueling speculations that we are entering into a time of market correction. | 4/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 09, 2012 | United Nations: More than 9,000 civilians in Syria have been killed over the past year in the government's assault on protestors of President Bashar al-Assad. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - April 07, 2012 | Syria promises ceasefire, Obama vs. the Supreme Court, Chuck Colson suffers intracerebral hemorrhage, the spiral of silence, Kentucky company faces complaint for refusing to print T-shirts for a pro-homosexuality event, remembering Earl Scruggs, the legal defense for the U.S. soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians, losing Afghanistan, Andrée Seu on the reality of the Resurrection, possible end to decades of fighting in Myanmar, job growth slows, the GOP VP nominee, Rep. Ron Paul, birds in Israel and kites in Washington, the Book Nook, Easter prayer breakfast at the White House, the biggest news story of all time. Have a comment about this week's TW∓E program? Email us: feedback@worldandeverything.com. Or call our listener line: 202-709-9595. | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 06, 2012 | Terrorists likely to strike over the Easter holiday in Nigeria, targeting Christians, Chuck Colson making progress after surgery - gives thumbs up to doctors, and good news from the employment market. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 05, 2012 | Romney speaks to newspaper editors at a meeting in Washington concerning Obama's &uot;flexibility&uot;, Florida International University meteorology professor says the fact that no one died in the Dallas tornadoes is &uot;miraculous,&uot; Easter prayer breakfast at the White House yesterday -- Steve Coleman reports, and stocks dropped for a second-straight session on Wednesday. | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 04, 2012 | Three more wins for Mitt Romney, even still, Santorum plans to compete in his home state three weeks from now -- Romney looking past that to the general election; damaging tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, Prison Fellowship Founder Chuck Colson remains hospitalized following a successful surgery to remove a pool of clotted blood on his brain, and U.S. and global stocks lower on Tuesday. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 03, 2012 | Gunman kills at least seven at small Christian university in Oakland, Calif., three Republican presidential primaries today, Prison Fellowship Founder Chuck Colson hospitalized, and S∓P 500 climbs to fresh four-year high on Monday. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - April 02, 2012 | Ahead of a vote tomorrow in Wisconsin, that state's Republican Senator Ron Johnson backs Romney, Gingrich remains in the race, making Romney earn the 144 needed delegates, Obama, meanwhile, cranks up his campaign appearances, and a Catholic student group votes to cut official ties with Vanderbilt University because of the school's non-discrimination policy. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - March 31, 2012 | Obamacare before the Supreme Court, House passes the Ryan Budget, how Change.org helped make the Trayvon Martin shooting a national story, re-thinking military cybersecurity, a profile of comedian Tim Hawkins, 'The Hunger Games,' March Madness and unlikely heroes, Spain debt crisis, a short history of gaffes by presidents and would-be presidents, Newt Gingrich on the Declaration of Independence, home video reviews, Marvin Olasky talks with major league pitchers Justin Masterson and Jeremy Affeldt, the History Book. | 3/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 30, 2012 | Fiscal 2013 budget passed in the House, but considered dead-on-arrival in the Democrat-controlled Senate, bid to raise taxes on the American Oil Industry falls short in Senate, and number of people seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in four years. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 29, 2012 | The end yesterday of three days of oral arguments before the Supreme Court, now an expected three months of waiting before the High Court rules on Obamacare - but there are still unanswered questions, particularly concerning religious freedom. And in business news, stocks tumbled Wednesday, and the dominos kept falling from there. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 28, 2012 | Justice Antonin Scalia brings the question of the day yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court concerning President Obama's controversial health insurance law - day three today, with Justice Anthony Kennedy looking to be the tie-breaker, and stocks around the world are at a 2012 high. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 27, 2012 | Supporters and opponents of Obamacare create a festive atmosphere outside the High Court yesterday -- two days left for the court to decide the constitutionality of the President's health insurance law, two new commissioners appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and an informative survey released by real estate website Zillow.com. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 26, 2012 | Republican-backed fiscal 2013 federal budget blueprint likely to fail in Senate, but has helpful political purpose, new survey on the importance of prison ministry to keep ex-offenders from becoming repeat offenders, and U.S. nominee to lead World Bank likely to win broad international support. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - March 24, 2012 | Etch-a-sketch campaigning, gas prices, Trayvon Martin shooting, Obamacare goes before Supreme Court, Mount Soledad cross case, jazz singer Freddy Cole, archbishop of Canterbury resigns, death of Pope Shenouda, prayer vigil for Obamacare, GOP budget blueprint, stocks drift, Marvin Olasky interviews Karen Handel, Crystal Cathedral enters post-Schuller era, 'October Baby,' TW∓E History Book. | 3/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 23, 2012 | Long road ahead in the case against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, Hungary government criticized for new law that has sharply reduced the number of recognized churches in that country, and signs of a healthy labor market. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 22, 2012 | Romney assails Obama administration on energy, as Obama continues to emphasize alternatives. Supreme Court arguments slated for next week over the constitutionality of Obamacare -- one issue they will not tackle directly: the legal burden on churches and religious groups. And stocks drifted lower on Wednesday for the second day in a row. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 21, 2012 | Convincing win for Romney in Illinois, U.S. Supreme Court refuses to consider a request by college Christian groups that they be allowed to insist on moral conduct by their members, and signs potential home buyers are opting to rent. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 20, 2012 | Election day in Illinois -- political analyst Matt Streb on the frontrunners -- and gunmen kill a U.S. citizen over the weekend in Yemen to protest Christian proselytizing by Westerners. Plus, Mexico said on Sunday it wants to blunt the impact on sharp capital flows and will make that issue an agenda item at the next G20 meeting. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News from WORLD Magazine - March 19, 2012 | A closer look at the soldier suspected of, but not yet sentenced with, the murder of 16 Afghan civilians; his lawyer's strategy: to put the military on trial. And analysts expect U.S. stocks to continue their upward climb. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - March 17, 2012 | GOP presidential race, presidential polling, a visit from British Prime Minister David Cameron, Patrick Henry's most famous speech, cherry blossoms in D.C., fishing with Jimmy Houston, Christian apologists and the Reason Rally, Andrée Seu's aphorisms, Afghan president wants coalition troops to retreat from rural areas, George Clooney on Sudan, employment picture improves, four big banks fail stress tests, Obamacare costs on the rise, the real St. Patrick, Encyclopaedia Britannica goes out of print, Julius Caesar and the calendar, Kirk Cameron's new documentary &uot;Monumental,&uot; the TW∓E History Book. | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 16, 12 | NATO responds to the Taliban pull-out from talks with the U.S. -- the demands of each side -- and more serious, a demand from Afghan President Hamid Karzai concerning U.S. troops. Plus, economic growth shows signs of becoming more self-sustaining. | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 15, 12 | Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, visits President Obama, the U.S., Catholic bishops meet in Washington, vowing to keep fighting government incursions on conscience, and investors growing weary about the recent strength in equities thinking it's been too good to last. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 14, 12 | Santorum secures victories in Mississippi and Alabama, and strong retail sales results (the biggest gain in five months) drove U.S. stocks higher Tuesday, while a statement from the Fed reiterating current policy pushed the markets higher still. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 13, 12 | Election day in Alabama and Mississippi today -- will Santorum come out ahead? And a landmark case underway for a NASA specialist who claims he lost his job for questioning Darwin's theory and believing in intelligent design. Markets mixed on Monday ahead of a monetary policy decision from the Federal Reserve and the release of bank stress-test results. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 12, 12 | U.S. responds to an American serviceman's killing rampage, knowing the incident will further fuel Taliban propaganda, two more crucial Republican primaries tomorrow -- Santorum speaks on NBC's Meet the Press about the importance of consolidation -- and the U.S. stock markets continue to be &uot;The Little Engine That Could.&uot; | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Mar. 10, 12 | Syria on the brink of disaster, GOP delegate math, Greece and the investor haircut, a faith-based farce and the contraceptive mandate, and Sudan's second Darfur in the Nuba Mountains; theologian Russell Moore on the tornado season and the sovereignty of God; the graying of divorce; remembering Jeremiah Small, Robert Sherman, and Steve Bridges; The Olasky Interview, home-video reviews, markets and the economy with Warren Cole Smith, and the TW∓E History Book; plus: Henry Mancini, Rush Limbaugh, and Lord Carey | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 09, 12 | Romney talks energy production and blasts the Obama administration for standing in the way of it, Gingrich and Santorum expected to do well next Tuesday, Jim Towey calls the Obama White House a &uot;faith-based farce,&uot; and unemployment holds near the four-year low. | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 08, 12 | House Energy Committee talks gas prices, a church, state clash in small-town Vermont, and the economy likely recorded a third month of solid job gains in February. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 07, 12 | Romney firmly in front after Super Tuesday, and the violence in Syria continues -- McCain, Obama have different ideas on U.S. involvement. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 06, 12 | Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich wrap up closing arguments before the Super Tuesday polls open, the three also speaking at an AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) policy conference today -- a Christian college student addressed the group Sunday -- and stocks pulled back on Monday. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 05, 12 | Anti-war protestor heckles Obama on Iran -- and she might be onto something. Obama offers his most direct threat yet to Iran over the nuclear standoff in an interview with The Atlantic Magazine, specifically saying &uot;a military component&uot; is part of the mix of options. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Mar. 03, 12 | This week: Mitt Romney triumphs ahead of Super Tuesday but trips up on &uot;rights of conscience&uot; measure. Notable speeches: JFK and George Washington. Music: Paul McCartney's boyhood favorites and remembering Davy Jones. The &uot;personhood&uot; strategy and the loss of moral language. Also: Netanyahu, Obama, and Iran; &uot;Let the Candidate Speak&uot;; Oscar reviews; gambling and high-stakes politics; a trip Off the Beaten Path, and a look into the History Book. | 3/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 02, 12 | House gives unanimous approval to a resolution that condemns Iran for its persecution of religious minorities, the conscience exemption, spurred on by the Obama birth control policy, fails in the Senate, and the number of new claims for unemployment drops to 351,000, the best number in four years. | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Mar. 01, 12 | Federal appeals court rules NYC churches can continue to meet in public schools - at least for a few months, Franklin Graham apologizes for doubting President Obama's faith, but doesn't completely back down from former statements, and the U.S. economy starts the year off well according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 29, 12 | Mitt Romney retakes control of the Republican race, a contentious hearing occurs before the House Judiciary Committee over the birth control mandate, and U.S. stocks gain ground Tuesday. | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 28, 12 | Romney and Santorum in a dead heat in Michigan, with Santorum continuing to emphasize the role of religion in the public square. In addition, the dow got a boost Monday, and contracts for existing homes hit a two-year high. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 27, 12 | Iran refuses to open its nuclear program to IAEA inspection, claiming it's purely peaceful. The IAEA, and an analyst of the Asia Pacific in London, have reason to believe otherwise. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Feb. 25, 12 | In this week's program: Rick Santorum bogs down in final debate ahead of Arizona and Michigan primaries, the rights of conscience and religious freedom win crucial support, a preview of the Academy Awards, Mitt Romney speaks, and &uot;How the Potato Changed the World.&uot; Plus: Afghanistan and the Quran, Iran and nuclear weapons, population growth, mystery novels, the markets, and the history book. | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 24, 12 | Gingrich comments on Quran-burning controversy, in the courts a win for conscience rights, and signs the battered labor market may be healing. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 23, 12 | U.S. responds to violent demonstrations in Kabul over four inadvertantly destroyed Qurans, opposition to the Obamacare birth control policy continues to mount, including legislation that, if passed, would allow insurance companies to ignore the mandate, and Fitch downgrades Greece to Junk Bond status. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 22, 12 | Romney trailing Santorum in Romney's home state, National Religious Broadcasters convention wraps up with free speech high on the list of priorities, and the Dow Jones hits the physcologically significant 13000 mark Tuesday, but analysts say a more important benchmark is the Wilshire 5000. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 21, 12 | Mitt Romney hammers rival Rick Santorum, New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin dubbed &uot;Taiwanese Tebow&uot; - a word from his pastor - and Asian stocks rose on Monday with investors hoping European leaders will finally sign off on the second bailout plan for Greece. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 20, 12 | Santorum, now leading in every major national poll of Republicans, questions Obama's worldview, Obama administration trying to dig up dirt on Santorum, religious leaders standing strong against the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, and gas prices nearing record high. | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Feb. 18, 12 | In this week's program: Contraceptive mandate controversy continues to rage, judge calls a time out to assess New York City's planned church evictions, government dependence on the rise, Linsanity in New York, Marvin Olasky interviews The New York Times' Ross Douthat, Andrée Seu appreciates Groucho Marx, Ron Paul speaks, Whitney Houston remembered, and much more. | 2/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 17, 12 | Religious leaders push back against Obama administration contraceptive policy saying it violates religious freedom, meanwhile a bill in the House and Senate to protect that freedom is gaining ground, and in business news, signs that the economy is imporoving. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 16, 12 | China in the spotlight: Romney criticizes the Obama administration for not being tough enough on China when it crosses the line on trade and intellectual property, China drags feet over a visa for an American diplomat whose job is to work for religious freedom, and human rights concerns about China receive an airing in congress. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 15, 12 | Santorum seeks to challenge President Obama on constitutional understanding, though revised, many Catholics and conservatives remain dissatisfied with the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, and British investors make dramatically different moves than U.S. investors. | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 14, 12 | GOP rejects President Obama's fourth-straight trillion-dollar-plus deficit budget, churches evicted from New York public schools hold final services, but refuse to give up their rights, and signs that investors are moving back into the capital markets have analysts looking up. | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 13, 12 | Rioting in Athens as lawmakers yesterday approved austerity mesaures demanded by bailout creditors, and political controversy of a different sort in the U.S. continues -- the battle over the ObamaCare contraceptive coverage mandate has many people, even those outside of the Catholic faith, concerned for their religious freedom. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Feb. 11, 12 | In this week's program: President Obama tries to put out a religious-freedom firestorm while a federal court lights one; Eric Metaxas and the National Prayer Breakfast; Rick Santorum on a roll; news, technology, culture reviews, interviews, and much more. | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 10, 12 | Republicans and conservatives fight the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate, with many filing suits, including EWTN, and Greek leaders agree to series of austerity measures, getting them one step closer to a 130 billion euro bailout. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 09, 12 | Pro and con reactions to a new Pentagon recommendation that pushes women closer to combat roles, more fall-out over the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate, and Greek party leaders accept tough reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union in exchange for a new bailout. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 08, 12 | Voter-approved amendment to California's constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman ruled unconstitutional in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision increases the likelihood of a Supreme Court showdown, but meantime clears the way for same-sex unions to be recognized as valid marriages. Also: New York's Senate approves measure blocking eviction notices for churches that meet in public school buildings on weekends. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 07, 12 | Two presidential caucuses today in Minnesota and Colorado, and in Missouri a non-binding primary, with Republican candidates having religious freedom at top of mind. Plus, problems in Greece cause U.S. markets to slip a bit from Friday. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 06, 12 | China and Russia veto an American-backed resolution condemning Syria. Also: U.S. Forest Service reverses a decision over a Christian statue in a public park. | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Feb. 04, 12 | In this week's program, the Olasky Interview with author Bill Bennett, the Komen foundation cuts Planned Parenthood grants - then doesn't, the Tuskegee Airmen fight racism, hostility toward religious freedom at Vanderbilt University, a film review of a silent movie, and much more. | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 03, 12 | Citing executive branch prerogatives, Holder defends withholding of documents pertinent to congressional &uot;fast and furious&uot; probe. Committee Republicans during Holder's testimony renew demands for more information. Plus: Obama at the prayer breakfast confronted on the humanity of the unborn. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 02, 12 | Republicans in the House are ready to vote on a one-year extension of the federal worker pay freeze. The nation's leading breast cancer charity cuts off grants to Planned Parenthood. Also: 2012 is expected to be a strong year for car sales. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Feb. 01, 12 | Roman Catholic bishops have been urging parishioners to protest the requirement that church-affiliated institutions provide birth control for employees. Also: January stock markets have been quiet, but quiet can be a good thing. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 31, 12 | Syrians engage in strong fighting bringing the total death toll to 5,400. Also: students at Vanderbilt University are given the chance to speak up about religious freedom. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 30, 12 | First-of-its-kind welcome-home parade in St. Louis honors returning war veterans. Also: Floridians go to the polls tomorrow, as Romney, Gingrich sharpen their pitch to the voters. Plus: Fitch downgrades multiple European governments. | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Jan. 28, 12 | In this week's program, President Obama delivers the State of the Union address, listen to C.S. Lewis read &uot;Mere Christianity,&uot; hear Joel Belz's take on new fundamentalists, conservatives in the Presbyterian Church (USA) form a new denomination, and much more. | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 27, 12 | Romney scores in a confident, aggressive debate performance against surging Gingrich, though Florida's race still seen as a dead heat, heading into Tuesday's voting. Also: Somalia rescue. Plus: Gold hits seven-week high, as Fed pledges near-zero rates. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 26, 12 | One year since the protests in Tahrir Square, Egyptians vote on groundwork for a new constitution. Also: Indiana becomes the 23rd right to work state, and the economy has a moderately better outlook. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 25, 12 | On the same day GOP candidate Mitt Romney released his multimillion-dollar tax records, Obama again demands higher taxes on wealthy taxpayers. Delivering the Republican response, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels faulted Obama for dividing the nation by class. Also: restoring religious heritage. Plus: the fed, interest rates, and the problem of Europe. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 24, 12 | Republican Illinois senator recovering from a stroke that will likely leave him paralyzed. The State of the Union address to be given tonight, and Europe's debt issues resurface. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 23, 12 | Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee encourages young pro-lifers, in a rally across the street, to mark the Roe vs. Wade anniversary. Plus: A whole new GOP race, as South Carolina voters overwhelmingly chose Gingrich. Also: Unemployment claims nearing normal, continuing a downward trend. | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Jan. 21, 12 | In this week's program, reports on the Keystone pipeline kerfuffle, Rev. Luke Robinson speaks at the March for Life, Megan Basham reviews the Golden Globe Awards and the new movie &uot;Joyful Noise,&uot; the Olasky Interview, the State of the Union, and more. | 1/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 20, 12 | Rick Perry announces his exit, while Gingrich's ex-wife speaks out and news regarding the Iowa caucuses is released. Also: New York City pastors still working towards getting access to schools. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 19, 12 | More than a month early, Obama rejects the Keystone XL pipeline proposed by Congress. Also: US stocks get scarcer as companies cut share sales. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 18, 12 | South Carolina begins to look like a last stand for conservative rivals to Romney, GOP candidates urge Romney to release his tax records, and the US stocks gain ground despite bad economic news from Europe. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 17, 12 | Jon Huntsman urges other GOP candidates to abandon attacks on other candidates, a Romney Super PAC prepares attacks against Santorum. Also: Greece is back at the brink of default barely a month after bailouts. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 16, 12 | MLK Day is celebrated across the country, John 3:16 becomes the most-searched-for term due to Tim Tebow's rising popularity, and Santorum is chosen as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Jan. 14, 12 | In this week's program, GOP rivals look ahead to the South Carolina primary, news regarding a federal court upholding the Texas sonogram law, Marvin Olasky talks with Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s legendary speech, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley B. Rayburn discusses President Obama's leaner military plan, and much more. | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 13, 12 | Going into South Carolina, Romney has ten points on Santorum, who is just slighly above Gingrich in the polls. Christian leaders will attempt to choose their favorite GOP candidate this weekend. Also: retail sales hit a bit of a slump. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 12, 12 | GOP candidates are evaluated going into South Carolina, religious freedom gets a victory in the Supreme Court, and US stocks remain a safe haven despite European economic troubles. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 11, 12 | An abortion law in Texas allows mothers to see their unborn child on a sonogram before making the decison to abort, and despite intense Christian persecution in Islamic countries, the church is still growing. Also: how the European economy effects the global economy. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 10, 12 | Jon Huntsman tries for popularity, Jesus Movement founder Chuck Smith is diagnosed with lung cancer, and the truth about taxes. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 09, 12 | New York City pastors protest a decision that allows public schools to prevent churches from renting space. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Jan. 07, 12 | In this week's program, Susan Olasky shares reviews of several nonfiction titles, a report on Passion 2012 in Atlanta, a news report on pastors protesting in New York City, a look at the year ahead in law, more information about Rick Santorum's surprise finish in the Iowa caucus, and much more. | 1/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 06, 11 | Open Doors USA released a report stating that North Korea is the most anti-Christian regime, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Also: unemployment claims drop by 15,000 last week, resulting in the lowest level since June 2008. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 05, 11 | The five candidates left in the GOP race move on to New Hampshire after the results from the Iowa caucus come in, and the reason why college graduates should not seek the architecture sphere for jobs. | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 04, 11 | Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz which is discussed by Jay Carney and Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. Also: NRB President Frank Wright discusses the research about Christian radio stations reaching non-believers, and reports on growth in the manufacturing sector in the US. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 03, 12 | News released regarding Iranians testing a medium-range missile, and GOP candidates discuss foreign policy as the Iowa caucus approaches. Also: although the minimum wage is raised in eight states, unemployment is predicted to follow. | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Jan. 02, 12 | In order to avoid becoming the next Mubarak or Gadhafi, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad kills protesters. Syrian people have begun alerting outsiders to the bloodshed. | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Dec. 31, 11 | In the special 2011 Year in Review program, a closer look at the year in politics, law, economics, news, deaths, sports, and movies; a commentary about the Facebook Timeline; the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible; and much more. | 12/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 30, 11 | Rick Santorum surges just days before the Iowa caucus and Billy Graham is ranked fourth on the most desired men and women list released by Gallup for 2011. Also: projections show 2012 to be a good economic year. | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 29, 11 | Mitt Romney finds there's room to the right of Ron Paul—on foreign policy—as the Iowa caucus draws near. Also: Evangelicals find themselves with a difficult choice among conservative candidates. Plus: Consumer confidence shoots up in December. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 28, 11 | Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum hunts for votes, but the endorsement of Iowa's most conservative congressman eludes him, as the former senator from Pennsylvania seeks to win the &uot;conservative primary.&uot; Plus: Home prices continue their slide. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 27, 11 | For a second year in a row, extremist Muslims intent on imposing Sharia law in Nigeria stage deadly terror attacks. Following a Christmas day attack on a Catholic church, Christians fear more attacks to come -- as Boko Haram threatens &uot;no peace&uot; until all demands are met. | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 26, 11 | AP poll: President likely to win reelection, though a majority believe he doesn't deserve a second term. Also: Suspected Taliban attack kills 19 in Afghanistan, including a member of the Afghan parliament. | 12/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Dec. 24, 11 | In this week's program, Mindy Belz reports on an unexpected changing of the guard for North Korea, TW∓E listeners share their favorite songs of Christmas, Andrée Seu comments on the Salvation Army, a look at some current legal cases, the story behind a well-known Christmas poem, and much more. | 12/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 23, 11 | After taking a stand against the two-month extension, the House gives in to the Senate's proposal. Also: the economy is expected to look up for 2012. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 22, 11 | GOP House negotiators remain in the office to decide on the payroll tax extension while the Senate members take a vacation. Also: the market takes a hit due to a disappointing earnings report from Oracle Corporation. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec 21, 11 | House Republicans content - so far - to let payroll-tax drama play out over Christmas and force the Senate to drop a demand to take a temporary deal or leave it. Plus: Housing starts soar on the strength of rental apartment construction. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 20, 11 | Kim Jong Il's death makes Kim Jong Un the &uot;Great Successor&uot; in North Korea. AT∓T's merger deal with T-Mobile is abandoned, and the home builder sentiment remains historically low. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 19, 11 | The oil pipeline creates friction between Congress and the White House, and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom survives for seven more years. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Dec. 17, 11 | In this week's program, legal affairs correspondent Mary Reichard reports on Arizona immigration-enforcement law, the fifth installment of &uot;Let the Candidate Speak&uot; with Rick Perry, a closer look at WORLD Magazine's 2011 Daniel of the Year, WORLD News Group entertainment editor Megan Basham provides a warning about George Clooney's latest film, the earliest recorded sounds, and much more. | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 16, 11 | After a third day of testimony from former MF Global chief executive Jon Corzine, congressional investigators are no closer to solving the mystery, what happened to $1.2 billion in client funds. Also: Applications for new unemployment benefits fall to their lowest level in 3-1/2 years. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 15, 11 | The last troops leave Iraq, ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline, and reflect on the war. Congress approved a defense spending bill, and the housing market is far more grim than originally predicted. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 14, 11 | Democrats and Republicans come to an agreement on the oil pipeline provision on the payroll tax cut bill. Also: IPOs are finally back on-line. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 13, 11 | U.S. finally claims the drone found in Iran, FedEx experiences its largest shipping day, Lowe's requires some brand reconstruction, and the Eurozone deal wasn't as good as was expected. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 12, 11 | Obama threatens to veto GOP payroll tax-cut legislation over a provision that would green light a controversial oil pipeline. The House plans a vote next week before Congress adjourns for the holidays. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Dec. 10, 11 | In this week's program, Obama and the congressional Republicans battle over payroll tax legislation, two states try to drop the title of &uot;Christmas&uot; from their festivities, a look at the history of &uot;A Charlie Brown Christmas,&uot; a commentary from Andrée Seu on Christmas and your boss, TW∓E listeners share their favorite Christmas music, and much more. | 12/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec 09, 10 | Five years after the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, another attack on the Virginia Tech campus claims the life of police officer. Also: Iran shows video evidence it has an intact U.S. drone. Ex-CEO Corzine cannot account for client money lost in MFGlobal collapse. And, U.S. incomes fall. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec 08, 10 | Rod Blagojevich, found guilty of political corruption, receives a 14-year prison sentence, becoming the fourth of the last nine Illinois governors to serve jail time. Plus: Geithner encouraged by Euro negotiations, but the markets proved skeptical. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec 07, 10 | U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom nears shutdown deadline of Dec. 16, as the Senate blocks reauthorization. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces a new foreign policy priority for the administration: global homosexual rights. Plus, Obama outlines 2012 campaign theme in a major address. | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 06, 11 | Putin's &uot;United Russia&uot; party loses a significant amount of parliamentary seats, while voters take to the streets claiming that the election was rigged. The Supreme Court ruled against churches renting public schools for Sunday worship, and the Eurozone tries to work out an agreement to solve the debt crisis. | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 05, 11 | President's temporary payroll tax cut fails in the Senate. House leaders work on a version of their own—with offsetting government spending cuts—but rank-and-file Republicans intent on deficit reduction alone may scuttle the whole thing. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Dec. 03, 11 | On this week's program: Newt Gingrich surges in South Carolina, protesters occupy the British embassy in Iran, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) discusses the pros and cons of elections now underway in Egypt, reviewer Megan Basham takes a closer look at the new films &uot;Hugo&uot; and &uot;October Baby,&uot; presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) delivers an address based on her just-released book &uot;Core of Conviction,&uot; TW∓E listeners share their favorite Christmas music, and much more. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 02, 11 | Senate in a stalemate over budget offsets in exchange for an extension of middle-income tax relief: Democrats demand taxes on upper earners; Republicans push to trim government jobs by attrition. Plus: Britain strikes a &uot;damp squib,&uot; as government worker walkout registers little impact. | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Dec. 01, 11 | Round one of democratic voting in Egypt is seen as fair, but outcome is more important than process to Coptic Christians, who fear Sharia will be written into the new constitution. Also: The Dow's best day in 2-1/2 years on the strength of a global liquidity measure. But solving a possible liquidity crisis doesn't solve the debt problem. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 30, 11 | After U.S., Britain, and Canada announce new sanctions aimed at punishing Iran for its nuclear program, Tehran unleashes an angry mob on the British embassy. Also: consumer confidence, retail sales, and home prices. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 29, 11 | Herman Cain deals with a new allegation of a 13-year affair with a Georgia woman. Also, in economic news, credit ratings held at Triple A and Black Friday boosts retail sales. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 28, 11 | After NATO airstrikes in Pakistan, the United States is beginning an investigation. These strikes have made tension between Pakistan and the United States even worse. Also, Black Friday leads to some violence, but a slight increase in profitibility for retailers. | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Nov. 26, 11 | In this week's program, Marvin Olasky has a conversation with author Thomas Kidd, a closer look at the theatrical performance of 'The Screwtape Letters' starring Max McLean, Vanderbilt University requires students to conform in order to aid diversity, GOP candidates bare their souls to voters in Des Moines, the history behind black gospel music, and much more. | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 25, 11 | Dan Berwick, Medicare chief for President Obama, set to leave job in December due to a confirmation vote being denied by Republicans. Plus, a rise in price of Portugal's 10-year bonds causes concern for the future of the euro and eurozone. | 11/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 24, 11 | Russia takes exception to U.S. missile shield said to be a defense against possible Iranian attack. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev threatens countermeasures without tighter guarantees that the shield isn't aimed at weakening Russia's strategic nuclear threat. Also: German woes are the latest shock in the continuing eurozone debt crisis. | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 23, 11 | Street demonstrations call for an end to the military transitional council in Egypt, nine months since the ouster of strongman Hosni Mubarak. The council's top officer floated an offer of an immediate referendum on a civilian-led transition. In the United States: GDP growth revised downward, as evidence of job growth starts to surface. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 22, 11 | President Obama and the Democrats fought with the Republicans over automatic spending curbs set to kick in a year from now, and the congressional committee's deadline spooked the markets. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 21, 11 | A balanced budget amenment to the Constitution has made it to the Senate floor before, but this time it didn't make it out of the House. | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Nov. 19, 11 | In this week's program, WORLD News Group reports on the Occupy clashes and protests, Thor Hearne is interviewed about Obamacare and the Supreme Court, Susan Olasky profiles a pro-life victory, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the KJV, Marvin Olasky reports on the rising number of people on food stamps, and much more. | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 18, 11 | Energy secretary testifies nearly five hours over Solyndra loans, but Steven Chu admits no wrongdoing and no political pressure from the White House. Plus: Spain starts to feel the pain of the European debt crisis. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 17, 11 | IAEA releases nuclear report that reveals clandestine nuclear arms program in Iran, China and Russia react, and the debt problems in Greece and Italy have begun to affect other countries. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 16, 11 | Occupy protesters booted from Portland, Oakland, and New York, and retail sales are OK but not a &uot;home run.&uot; | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 15, 11 | Justices have agreed to hear the controversial Obamacare case and act on an appellate court striking down the heart of the health insurance law: the individual mandate. Because of the novel assertion of federal power under the commerce clause, the implications are likely to be far-reaching. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 14, 11 | Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, says a pre-emptive strike against Iran regarding nuclear weapons would be dealt with harshly. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he prefers tighter sanctions to military actions rather than a strike. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Nov. 12, 11 | In this week's program, hear Phill Kline discuss the Kansas Planned Parenthood case, GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich speaking at the Values Voter Summit, Robert Rector on poverty, a tribute to our veterans, an economics roundup with Warren Cole Smith, Megan Basham reviewing the film 'In Time,' and much more. | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 11, 11 | Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calls for sanctions, not preemptive strikes on Iran over nuclear weapons. He also urged Congress to protect the Pentagon from draconian cuts. Also: Obama shelves Canada oil pipeline after lobbying from environmentalists and leftist contributors. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 10, 11 | Herman Cain pivots to economic issues at GOP debate in Michigan, as Rick Perry stumbles trying to remember Cabinet-level departments he would eliminate. Also: Wall Street tanks over uncertainty in Italian debt crisis. | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 09, 11 | The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency nears release of new intelligence strongly suggesting Iran is nearing nuclear weapons capability. That may bolster Israel's case for a preemptive strike to wipe out the threat. Also: Herman Cain denies allegations, &uot;period,&uot; and job openings grow - but there are more unemployed than there are openings. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 08, 11 | Conrad Murray, doctor to late pop sensation Michael Jackson, receives a guilty verdict, GOP candidate Herman Cain deals with fourth accuser, and Italy's borrowing rates spike. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 07, 11 | Congressional probe intensifies into the green-energy firm that received more than $500 million in loan guarantees from the Obama stimulus. What Democrats decry as a &uot;fishing expedition,&uot; Republicans on the panel concluded a subpoena was the &uot;last resort&uot; to obtain relevant White House documents related to the Solyndra bankruptcy. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything In It - Nov. 05, 11 | In this week's program, an interview with Ted Cruz, a look at musical politicians, a conversation with Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist, economics roundup with Warren Cole Smith, a notable speech from Paul Ryan at the Heritage Foundation, Susan Olasky reviews four books about God's work in the world, an interview with author Scott Lamb, and much more. | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 04, 11 | Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou takes his government to the brink before dropping referendum gambit that threatened bailout funds and his country's membership in the Eurozone. In this country: a small sign unemployment isn't getting any worse. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 03, 11 | An accelerated presidential primary schedule may not favor embattled GOP frontrunner Herman Cain. Also: President Obama in Europe for G20 as concern rises Greece will forgo bailout, go bankrupt, and leave the Eurozone. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 02, 11 | GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain continues to manage the sexual harassment allegations two months before the Iowa caucuses, and European debt drama causes the Dow to take a significant hit. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Nov. 01, 11 | The Northeast is digging its way out of an unexpected snow storm. Utah roadside memorials are marked as unconstitutional. The lack of details regarding Europe's debt deal is causing the markets to react poorly. | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 31, 11 | GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry outlines his economic plan, which envisions a flat tax and a balanced budget amendment. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Oct. 29, 11 | In this week's program, news report about the rising costs of college education, Megan Basham discusses how TV comedy is making a comeback, report from Joel Hannahs on the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition forum, Andreé Seu on social justice, an update on the Kansas Planned Parenthood investigation, economic analysis with Warren Cole Smith, Marvin Olasky talks with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), and much more. | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 28, 11 | Kenneth Feinberg, federal adminstrator of Gulf oil spill compensation fund, reports to Congress on disbursements. Also, stocks gain on better economic news and hope that Europe may avert debt disaster. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 27, 11 | President Obama announces a student loan plan to assist indebted students. Police get aggressive with Oakland Wall Street protesters. Europe considers ways to resolve debt crisis. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 26, 11 | GOP candidate Rick Perry unveils his tax and spending plan, which contrasts with Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan. The economy enters a pivotal quarter of the year for business profits. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 25, 11 | After a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the Turkish relief agency Red Crescent says it is in no need of international assistance. While Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issues a warning for Iran not to misread the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, John McCain thinks that aggressors who see an opportunity are not misreading it. On the economy, new businesses are waiting for clarity in Washington. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 24, 11 | Greece finds itself in a tight spot, with an angry population on one side and demanding European creditors on the other. Nick Eicher interviews Ivy league law professor David Skeel, who has a different view of what provoked the crisis. | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Oct. 22, 11 | In this week's program, a post-debate interview with David Brody, a look at the songs of policial movements, an interview with Phill Kline regarding his indefinite suspension, economics analysis with Warren Cole Smith, news coverage on California's park cross case, Susan Olasky reviews four historical novels, an interview with David Skeel on Greece's economic woes, and much more. | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 21, 11 | Yesterday, families who lost loved ones at the hands of Muammar Qaddafi's most infamous act of international terror, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, had closure. The killing of Qaddafi was shown all over the Arab world via al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya television networks yesterday. It sends a powerful message to other dictators. Plus:New applications for unemployment benefits fell to a six-month low. Some economists said the steady decline signals fewer layoffs and possibly stronger job growth in the months ahead. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 20, 11 | Hundreds of young people smashed and looted stores in Athens, Greece. They clashed with riot police during a massive anti-government rally. Protesters are trying to pressure government to back off the financial austerity measures approved Wednesday aimed at taming Greece's debt. Mitt Romney is still on top with 30 percent of Republicans backing him. It's a statistical dead heat with Herman Cain, who polled 26 percent. Plus: A hopeful sign for the economy. Homes were built in September at the fastest pace in 17 months. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 19, 11 | Yesterday, Israelis welcomed home Gilad Schalit after more than five years in captivity at the hands of the terror group Hamas. The Israeli soldier won his freedom as part of an exchange in which Israel freed nearly 500 Palestinian prisoners. President Obama was back on the road in Virginia yesterday demanding a reconsideration of his $447 billion spending request. Plus: Stocks rose on Tuesday thanks to better-than-expected bank earnings. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 18, 11 | On Friday, the Obama administration made a surprise admission that a major provision of its 2009 health law does not have &uot;a viable path forward.&uot; The Class Act, as it's known, was a long-term insurance plan funded by premiums earned on the free market. The administration conceded the program failed to reduce the deficit and is not financially self-sustaining. Plus: Monday, stocks opened lower after the German government played down hopes that a solution to Europe's debt crisis was imminent. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 17, 11 | Last December, a federal agent was killed in a shootout near the Arizona border with Mexico. The murder weapon was among some 25 hundred weapons the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms “let walk,” on the theory the weapons would lead them to dangerous criminals. ATF called it Operation Fast and Furious. In May of this year, the House Judiciary Committee called a meeting to find out what Attorney General Eric Holder knew about Fast and Furious. This week, Congressman Darrell Issa’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Holder and other key Justice Department figures over the operation. | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Oct. 15, 11 | In this week's program, an interview with Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) about Operation Fast and Furious, Eric Metaxas discusses Socrates in the City, a remembrance of Arthur Holmes and Roger Williams, news reports on Egyptian violence, coverage of Rick Santorum's speech at the Values Voter Summit, Marvin Olasky announces the winner of the 2011 Hope Award for Effective Compassion, and much more. | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 14, 11 | Last night, the House passed a bill to include pro-life protections in the federal health insurance law in the event Obamacare survives a court challenge. The bill requires any insurance plan that would pay for abortion to also provide a policy choice that excludes abortion. The Senate is not likely to consider the measure. Plus: The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, a sign the job market isn't getting much better. | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 13, 11 | Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain is emerging as a strong conservative challenger to frontrunner Mitt Romney. Cain is gaining momentum as Texas Gov. Rick Perry has faded. Yesterday, the trial of underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was held in a Detroit courtroom. Plus: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso presented a plan to strengthen European banks and lower Greece's debt. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 12, 11 | The Senate voted yesterday on President Obama's $447 billion funding request. All the Senate Republicans, and the two Democrats who voted no, did so on the grounds that it was a tax hike. Plus: In a New York federal court, charges were filed against two men suspected of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 11, 11 | Eqypt is seeing some of the worst sectarian violence since the ouster of strongman president Hosni Mubarak in February. A night of rioting left at least 26 dead. Leaders of Egypt's Coptic Christian church declared three days of mourning, prayer, and fasting, as they presided over multiple funerals. Plus: Yesterday, Wall Street cheered when European officials outlined a plan to shore up the banking system. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 10, 11 | Yesterday on NBC's &uot;Meet the Press,&uot; House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan said President Obama is dividing people and has broken his promise as a uniter. Ryan was referring to Obama's 447 billion dollar funding request, what the president calls a jobs bill, and what Republicans call just another tax hike. Plus: The president and vice president have both legitimized street protests around the country vaguely organized against Wall Street profit taking. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Oct. 08, 11 | In this week's program, remembering Steve Jobs, Fred Shuttlesworth, and C.K. Barrett; news reports on homosexual marriages to be performed by military chaplains and Obama's HRC speech; Megan Basham discusses the strengths of &uot;Courageous&uot;; coverage from Pulpit Freedom Sunday; an update on the U.S. financial situation and the economy; Marvin Olasky interviews author Ann Voskamp; and much more. | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 07, 11 | Wall Street protests migrated to Washington this week. They've won the attention and sympathy of President Obama. Media reports bill the &uot;Occupy Wall Street&uot; protests, as they're called, as a left-wing answer to the Tea Party. The movement is made up of the unemployed, students, and labor union activists. Plus: The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, a sign the job market remains weak. | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 06, 11 | Apple founder, Steven Paul Jobs, passed away last night after battling a long illness. He was only 56. Jobs changed the way we use computers, listen to music, the way we read magazines and newspapers, and even the way we produce this newscast. Plus: On Wall Street, anti-capitalist protestors are on the outside. On the inside, a 300 point swing took place in the span of an hour yesterday as traders worried the government of Greece could be closer to defaulting on its debt. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 05, 11 | Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said no even more definitively to a run for the Republican nomination for president. Christie is a rising star among Republicans, and well regarded among GOP establishment figures who tried luring him into the race. European markets continued in turmoil yesterday. Moody's announced it was downgrading Italy's debt in the midst of fears over a Greek default. Plus: The new Apple iPhone was unveiled yesterday, boasting new features. The new gadget is due out next Friday. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 04, 11 | Yesterday, Greek government ministers admitted they cannot reach the deficit-cutting targets insisted upon by those guaranteeing a financial bailout this year. Greece's problems are closely linked to Europe's financial crisis. Big European banks are heavily invested in Greek bonds. Plus: The stock market is extremely volatile. More than half a trillion dollars in paper gains were made and lost within just two weeks in September. The S∓P 500 jumped 5 percent in the week ending Sep. 16, the second best week this year. The next week it plunged 6 percent, the second worst week this year. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Oct. 03, 11 | One of al-Qaeda’s most charismatic figures, Anwar al-Awlaki, was the first American placed on the CIA’s kill or capture list. Born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, al-Awlaki became a radical Imam whose last service in the United States was in a Falls Church, Va., mosque. Friday in Yemen, U.S. operatives used a drone strike to kill al-Awlaki. Plus: U.S. officials say Al-Awlaki inspired the Times Square bomber and had a hand in a plot to send bombs through the mail to Chicago-area synagogues. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Oct. 01, 11 | In this week's program, news reports on the crisis in Syria, the death of al-Awlaki, Obamacare, and the EPA missing the mark; Marvin Olasky interviews a surging Herman Cain; a look at &uot;Moneyball&uot; and baseball; Christian groups facing discrimination at Vanderbilt; Joel Belz on China's population problem; an update on Washington Monument damage; a look at the upcoming term of the Supreme Court; an analysis the media's early assessment of the GOP presidential field; and much more. | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 30, 11 | In Syria, government forces are pounding areas where resistance to strongman president Bashar Assad is greatest. The brutal crackdown, now six months running, resulted in the deaths of nearly 3000. Foreign media have been kicked out of the country. Plus: Stocks mostly rose Thursday after Germany voted to expand the powers of Europe's bailout fund. | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 29, 11 | A 26-state lawsuit against the Obamacare health insurance regulation law is most likely on its way to the Supreme Court. Yesterday, the Obama administration asked the high court to look at the law, and rule that it's constitutional. Plus: The Dow was down nearly 200 points, with all eyes on Europe and its debt situation. | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 28, 11 | September's low consumer confidence index barely changed since August. Consumer confidence is a closely watched economic measure, because low confidence suggests low spending. Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity in the United States. Plus: Yesterday, the Dow was up nearly 150 points. The main reason for the gains was progress by European officials toward maximizing a fund designed to bail out and recapitalize banks. | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept 27, 11 | Last night, the Senate approved a temporary funding bill for disaster relief. The approval avoided another government shutdown over congressional inability to agree on spending cuts. Plus: Wall Street had a good day after European finance ministers indicated they're ready to increase the size of the bailout fund to meet the size of the debt crisis in Greece. | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 26, 11 | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a warm welcome in Ramallah after he defied the United States by pushing for UN membership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes Abbas will face down the hard-line elements among his own people. Plus: The number of bank closures dropped significantly this year as banks worked their way through the bad debt accumulated in the recession. | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Sept. 24, 11 | In this week's program, a wrap-up on a busy week at the UN; reports on the ending of &uot;Don't Ask, Don't Tell,&uot; the shouting down of a pro-life speaker, the Faith and Freedom Coalition, and the assassination of former Afghanistan President Rabbani; Megan Basham's recap of the Emmy Awards; Arsenio Orteza's review of neoclassical music; commentary by Andrée Seu; a review of WORLD's annual Hope Award for Effective Compassion; and much more. | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 23, 11 | In Ohio, President Obama spoke to a crowd yesterday in a rally for his mini-stimulus. But it didn't stop a terrible day on Wall Street. The Dow went reeling for a second day. Plus: The government reported the number of unemployment applications remains high. The U.S. jobs crisis is one of the major economic challenges cited by the Fed in its announcements this week. | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept 22, 11 | Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared alongside President Obama to discuss Palestine's attempts to obtain UN membership. Obama said the Palestinians are wrong to pursue their case with the UN and not the Israelis directly. Plus: The Federal Reserve also met yesterday and announced measures aimed at reducing long-term interest rates. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 21, 11 | All eyes are on the UN this week as Palestinians push for international recognition of a Palestinian state, and with it UN membership. If it comes down to it, the administration has signaled it will veto a membership bid in the Security Council. Plus: Attorney General Eric Holder said the administration remains committed to closing the Guantanamo prison. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept 20, 11 | Today the repeal of the ban on openly gay soldiers in the U.S. military takes effect. But it leaves plenty of unanswered questions for theologically conservative military chaplains. Plus: Yesterday, President Obama called for higher taxes on the wealthy and reduced Medicare and Medicaid payments to health providers. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 19, 11 | The Greek economy is project to shrink 5.3 percent this year. Right now, the country has about a months worth of money left, as the Ministry of Finance waits for another bailout. This weekend, House Budget chairman Paul Ryan criticized President Obama's latest tax hike plan. Plus: Republicans are opposed to any tax increase on any group, saying that out of control government debt is not a revenue problem, but a spending problem. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Sept. 17, 11 | In this week's program, news reports on Solyndra, Obama's plea to pass his jobs bill, New York's pivotal congressional election, and the rising U.S. poverty rate; Marvin Olasky on Social Security; an interview with Timothy Goeglein on faith and politics within the Bush administration; Megan Basham on "The Help" and VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer's latest project; an NRB report on media censorship; commentary by Joel Belz; and much more. | 9/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 16, 11 | In 2009, the White House gave a half billion dollar federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, a green energy company. Last month the company went bankrupt, laying off more than a thousand workers. Plus: The Labor Department said applications for unemployment benefits rose 11,000 to 428,000 last week. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 15, 11 | An attack on the U.S. embassy in Kabul ended with all of the attackers killed by Afghan security forces. General John Allen, who commands U.S. and Nato forces in Afghanistan, said the attack was a public-relations victory. It showed Afghan security getting stronger. Plus: On Wednesday, the Commerce Department found consumers paid more for essentials, but spent less on autos, clothing, and furniture leaving retail sales unchanged in August. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 14, 11 | German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to project calm yesterday, she's still committed to backing further bailout payments to Greece from better-off European economies. President Obama stopped in Ohio to rally support for his new spending plan. Plus: A Census Bureau report, released Tuesday, found nearly one in six Americans is below the poverty line, a record 46.2 million. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 13, 11 | Last Thursday, the president outlined a new jobs bill. Now, he is asking Congress to pass the $450 billion mini-stimulus, and pay for it with tax increases Republicans have already rejected. Plus: Fears over a possible Greek debt default and signs of division among Europe's policymakers combined Monday to send Europe’s bank stocks sharply lower. | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 12, 11 | After half a year of uprising against president Bashar al-Assad, Syrians are calling for outside help. Protest movement leaders want international protection. Plus: Friday, after Obama's jobs speech and a top official from the European Central Bank said he was resigning, the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 300 points. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Sept. 10, 11 | In this special 9/11 edition of the program, Mindy Belz discusses remembrances of this tragic day, the sounds of 9/11, and a report on the Shanksville, Pa., Flight 93 memorial. Plus, news reports from the campaign trail, on President Obama's jobs speech, and about the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee; Robby George discusses American exceptionalism vs. nationalism; Randy Alcorn reads from “The Goodness of God”; a review of two new bluegrass albums; and more. | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept 09, 11 | The president's speech on jobs did not go over well with Republicans. Obama's plan allots about 200 billion dollars in the form of increased government spending. The rest is targeted tax cuts. Plus: In Richmond, Va., another federal court ruling on Obamacare tossed out two lawsuits seeking to strike the controversial health law. | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept 08, 11 | Yesterday, Italy's government approved a fiscal austerity package after the European Central Bank insisted they rein in deficits. Currently, their government runs an annual deficit larger than the country's entire economic output. Plus: Last night, Republican presidential candidates squared off in a debate. | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 07, 11 | Tropical storm Lee dumped heavy rains and brought some flooding to parts of the East Coast. The storm's high winds also fanned the flames of nearly 200 Texas wildfires. President Obama had to move his big jobs speech to Congress from tonight to tomorrow. Plus: The U.S. economy will likely continue with slow growth and high unemployment, but avoid a recession. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 06, 11 | On Friday, Washington released the August jobs report and Wall Street plunged. Unemployment held at 9.1 percent. President Obama rejected a proposed environmental regulation by the EPA. Plus: In Europe, stocks fell sharply. Monday’s drop followed steep declines on Friday. The net effect was the biggest two-day drop since March 2009. | 9/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept 05, 11 | The August jobs report was released Friday and Wall Street plunged immediately afterward. The report from the Labor Department was the weakest in nearly a year, fueling fears of another recession. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent. | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Sept. 03, 11 | In this week's program, news reports on the economy, jobs, and Congress; an interview with panelist Robbie George on Monday's GOP presidential debate; WORLD cultural reviews on BBC America's "The Hour" and a collection of murder mystery novels, plus a scientific appreciation of "Star Trek"; a discussion with Mindy Belz on the two-track war on al-Qaeda; also: Hope Award finalist Challenge House, school vouchers, and commentary by Joel Belz, Andrée Seu, and more. | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 02, 11 | In Paris, western leaders gathered to discuss Libya's future as Qadaffi continues to refuse surrender. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was joined by the heads of Britain and France, along with representatives of Libya's Transitional National Council. Plus: Back home, improved economic indicators, with retail sales turning up strong. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Sept. 01, 11 | Yesterday, swollen rivers began falling back in much of the Northeast, revealing significant flood damage in the region. AT& plans to fight the government's lawsuit to block their plan to buy out T-Mobile. Plus: Yesterday, General David Petraeus resigned from the military after 37 years to serve as director of the CIA. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 31, 11 | Newly victorious Libyan rebels marched toward ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi's hometown. A NATO spokesman says the mission isn't over until civilians are safe from Qaddafi loyalists. Former VP Dick Cheney is out with a memoir of his days in Washington. Plus: August consumer confidence numbers worst in more than two years. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 30, 11 | After Irene, 5 million lost power, and city officials struggled to get mass-transit up to full speed. The economic damage from the storm is at about 2 to 3 billion dollars. Plus: At the White House, President Obama is planning for next week's highly-anticipated speech on the economy. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 29, 11 | Hurricane Irene caused plenty of trouble in the South with power outages, property damage, and, sadly, 15 deaths. Forecasters are now eying another disturbance off the coast of Africa. Plus: In Libya, rebels continue intermittent battles with Qaddafi supporters. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Aug. 27, 11 | In this week’s program, Marvin Olasky talks about WORLD's Back to School issue, a look at Hope Award for Effective Compassion nominee Victory Trade School, WORLD music writer Arsenio Orteza reviews two actors’ new albums, the Mindset List for the class of 2015, and much more. | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 26, 11 | The United Nations gave the United States permission to unfreeze $1.5 billion worth of Libyan assets. In total, about 110 billion dollars in frozen Libyan assets sit in banks around the world. Plus: World stock markets rose Thursday as worries eased that the U.S. might be slipping toward recession. | 8/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 25, 11 | Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs resigned last night, due to his declining health. He will stay on as chairman of the board. The East Coast prepares for Hurricane Irene. Plus: New home sales are a drag on the economy. | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 24, 11 | Moody's downgraded Japan's debt this week.The world's third largest economy is now three notches below triple A. New home sales in the U.S. fell for the third-straight month. Plus: Europe's debt crisis threatens to infect the global financial system. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 23, 11 | In Tripoli, Libyans gather in Green Square to celebrate the fall of dictator Muammar Qaddafi. New York lawmakers want to hold Lockerbie bomber accountable for his crime. Plus: Republicans want to vote on a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 22, 11 | Sen. John McCain said it's just a matter of time for Libya's dictator Muammar Qaddafi as rebels advanced on Tripoli. Plus: Market anxiety still high as major indexes had another sharp loss last Friday. The Dow had its 10th move of more than 100 points in the past 15 trading days. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Aug. 20, 11 | In this week's program, Nick Eicher interviews professor Bradford Wilcox, who released a report this week on a new threat to children worse even than divorce - cohabiting parents; WORLD's Susan Olasky reviews four books on educating and disciplining kids; an interview with Cal Thomas; the Hope Award for Effective Compassion and a profile the Bowery Mission Women's Center; and much more. | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 19, 11 | The United States, along with the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, is calling for the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, to step down. Plus: The number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose back above 400,000 last week. | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 18, 11 | President Obama has promised a Labor Day speech, hoping to frame the debate over economic recovery by pressuring House and Senate Republicans to go along with his proposals. Plus: U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday after a series of earnings reports came in better than expected. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 17, 11 | Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress not to tinker with spending levels. Under terms of the debt-ceiling, spending-cut plan defense faces an additional round of cuts. Plus: U.S. automakers rebounded in July with overall industrial production rising 0.9 percent. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug 16, 11 | Into day two of President Obama's three-day midwest bus tour, it was official business, but it sounded like a campaign swing. On Wall Street, Merger Monday drove stocks up for a third straight day. Plus: Markets may have stabilized, but analysts warn that stocks haven't fully settled down. | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug 15, 11 | After the Iowa straw poll: Texas Gov. Rick Perry enters the race while Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty bows out. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann won the poll, followed by congressman Ron Paul. Plus: This weekend in Germany, the anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Wall. | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Aug. 13, 11 | In this week's program, Joseph Slife interviews journalist Uwe Siemon-Netto, who was in Berlin when communists began building the wall 50 years ago; WORLD reviewers discuss "The Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and a film about black gospel titled "Rejoice and Shout"; Marvin Olasky discusses the Hope Award for Effective Compassion and a profile one of the four finalists; and much more. | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Friday, Aug 12, 11 | Prime Minister David Cameron called his Parliament into a special session yesterday to discuss a response to England's gang problem. London's riots will cost the British economy the U-S equivalent of at least 600-million dollars. Plus: Layoffs are easing in most states, and applications for unemployment benefits fell below 400,000. | 8/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug 11, 11 | Republicans gain momentum in Wisconsin after fighting off an attempt to strip them of control of the state senate. Wall Street and global markets both tanking over debt crisis concerns. Plus: 14 million Americans remain unemployed, and the weak economy is not generating enough jobs. | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug 10, 11 | Another night of rioting in London has mushroomed into full-scale lawlessness. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid named the first members of the committee tasked with finding a trillion dollars in budget cuts. Plus: Europeans nervous about U.S. markets. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug 09, 11 | Every single stock in the S& 500 index lost value yesterday. Obama took no responsibility, but rather blamed political opponents. Plus: NASDAQ hit hard from downgrade, with U.S. Treasuries rising in price. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 08, 11 | The Obama Administration blamed the ratings agency, Standard and Poor, for the downgraded creditworthiness of U.S. government debt. The agency pointed to the divided U.S. government. Plus: Washington debt deal has implications beyond the financial markets. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World and Everything in It - Aug. 06, 11 | In the program's debut, Nick Eicher asks Ambassador John Bolton whether the debt deal will endanger national security, WORLD reviewer Megan Basham discusses patriotism found in the film "Captain America," Joseph Slife interviews actor Max McLean as he takes "The Screwtape Letters" on tour, WORLD takes a look back at the life and influence of John R.W. Stott, and much more. | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 05, 11 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 500 points Thursday, wiping out all the index had gained in 2011. Plus, a lack of economic activity has driven down the price of oil. | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 04, 11 | Former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak appeared for trial live on Egyptian state television. He denied all the charges against him. Bashar Assad, ruler of Syria, is also under fire. Plus, in this country, unemployment is up once again. | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 03, 11 | The Dow Jones industrial average took a 265-point plunge yesterday because of the debt-ceiling deal. World markets are down, and Moody's Investors Services issued a new warning about America's credit rating. Plus: Oil prices fell as investors continue to worry about weaker economic growth. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introducing The World and Everything in It | Hosted by WORLD publisher Nick Eicher and veteran radio producer Joseph Slife, this fast-paced, week-in-review radio news program airs weekends on the Salem Radio Network and features reports, interviews, and analysis from WORLD's editorial team. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 02, 11 | Yesterday's House passage, to be voted on by the Senate today, raises the debt ceiling immediately and trims an average of 90 billion dollars a year from federal spending for the next decade. Plus: Manufacturing sector is still growing, | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - Aug. 01, 11 | In Syria, strongman Bashar Assad's forces unleashed a violent assault, raiding cities and towns. Over 75 people were killed. Plus: In the first quarter of the year the U.S. economy grew less than half a percentage point. | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 29, 11 | House Speaker John Boehner delayed a planned vote on his deficit-reduction, debt-ceiling-increase bill. There will be another weekend of feverish negotiations ahead, as the government's default deadline draws near. Plus: Terror plot foiled in Killeen, Texas. | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 28, 11 | Democratic Sen. Jim Clyburn cited a phrase from the 14th Amendment saying the president can unilaterally spend beyond the current debt ceiling. But Obama's lawyers say it is not a viable option. Plus: Wall Street unrest over debt deadline. | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 27, 11 | Originally the plan was suppose to hit the House floor today, but conservatives didn't think the first draft cut spending enough. Democrats uniformly oppose it. | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 26, 11 | With one week to go until the debt deadline, President Obama said that without a rise in the amount of debt spending, the government risks financial default. House Speaker Boehner responded by saying the House would not give the president a blank check. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 25, 11 | GOP leaders are making it clear that no tax increases can get through Congress, and reports leaked out yesterday Democrats were prepared to give up their demands. Plus: The shocking terror attack in Norway. | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 22, 11 | Atlantis touched down Friday, ending U.S.'s 30-year shuttle program. NASA is funding the creation of a commercial space-taxi, while hitching rides on Russian rockets for the time being. Plus: Ohio voters decide how much state worker unions will bargain for benefits. | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 21, 11 | A week and a half before the default deadline, President Obama said he would accept a short-term debt limit deal if a bigger deal appeared to be close at hand. Plus: Minnesota government is up and working again. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 20, 11 | House passes a bill that includes $6 trillion in spending cuts, no taxes and a balanced budget as the price of raising the debt ceiling. Plus: GOP refuse to approve a director for the government's new regulatory arm. | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 19, 11 | General David Petraeus hands the reins in Afghanistan over to General John Allen. Plus: 4 months after U.S. fighters launched airstrikes in Libya, there is still no regime change. | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 18, 11 | A vote is expected tomorrow on a package of reforms to accompany raising the debt ceiling that would include $100 billion in spending cuts. Plus: Troubles in Europe weigh down stock prices. | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 15, 11 | Minnesota's Democratic governor and leaders of the Republican-controlled legislature made a deal yesterday to end the longest state government shutdown in recent history. Plus: China expressed displeasure at the prospect of a U.S. default. | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 14, 11 | Yesterday three coordinated bombings in Mumbai, India killed nearly 20 people and injured 150 more. Clinton says she will still go ahead as planned on a diplomatic trip to India. Plus: Moody warns Washington that a default would hurt the U.S.'s AAA credit rating. | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 13, 11 | Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry became the second living active-duty service member from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to receive the Medal of Honor. Plus, Sen. Mitch McConnell proposed handing Obama almost unilateral authority to raise the debt ceiling. | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 12, 11 | Reports on supporters of the Bashar al-Assad regime defacing the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, another White House meeting on debts and deficits, and the widening European debt crisis. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 11, 11 | President Obama hosted a rare Sunday session to discuss the debt and deficit with lawmakers, with more talks scheduled for today. Also, the White House acknowledged suspending aid to Pakistan and Wall Street on the first day after bad employment news. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Q&: Lauren Green | In a 2009 interview, Marvin Olasky asks FOX News religion correspondant Lauren Green several questions including: How does the Ten Commandments connect with music? | 7/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 8, 11 | With 3 1/2 weeks until Washington runs out of debt spending authority, President Obama held a debt, deficit, and spending talk yesterday that he said was "very constructive." Plus: Better news on the employment front. | 7/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 7, 11 | Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 on an army base in Texas will face execution if convicted. Plus: The 9th Circuit Court of Appelas lifted its stay of Don't Ask, Don't Tell because Obama stopped defending DOMA. | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 6, 11 | Sounding a different tone from his confrontational press conference last week, President Obama urged both sides to work together to reduce the deficit and raise the debt ceiling. But he still insisted on eliminating certain tax breaks. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 5, 11 | European governments and banks are planning on a second bailout for Greece to avoid a default, but Standard &Poor's rating agency warned that it considered two major bailout as tantamount to default. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 4, 2011 | Washington lawmakers are spending the Fourth of July working on negotiations for the debt ceiling as the government will reaches the $14.3 trillion spending limit on August 2. | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - July 1, 2011 | Although Senate took President Obama's advice to stay and work on the debt negotiations over July 4th, the seriousness of the negotiations still remains to be seen. | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 30, 11 | President Obama said he want the debt ceiling raised by August 2, or else unpredictable consequences will follow. But with Democrats standing firm for new tax revenues and Republicans firm against it, all signs point to a summer showdown. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unmerited Mercy: Crying out | In this podcast chronicling Marvin Olasky's progression from card-carrying Communist to Bible-carrying Christian, Marvin gives up Communism and starts looking into the Bible and Puritan literature | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 29, 11 | Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. teamed up with independent Sen. Joe Lieberman to create a new Medicare plan that would remain a government program but also raise the retirement age to 67.Plus: More harsh words in debt negotiations | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Lord paid attention | Andrée Seu reflects on how God pays attention to His children: "For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly. But the haughty he knows from afar" (Psalm 138:6). | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 28, 11 | Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on 17 of 20 counts of political corruption including trying to sell Obama's senate seat. Plus: Senate leaders and the president still have no agreement on the debt limit. | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Educators vs. indoctrinators | In an article from 1996, Joel Belz encourages Christian educators to boldly embrace the role of indoctrinator and explains that while there are profound distinctions between education and indoctrination, there's a deft overlap. | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 27, 11 | Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann spent Sunday taking on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner over the debt ceiling. A poll shows that 41 percent of Americans don't want to raise the ceiling as opposed to 38 percent that do. | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Q&: Timothy Keller | Marvin Olasky asks Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and bestselling author, how his church attracts thousands of hip New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 24, 11 | Republicans walk out of budget talks with Vice President Biden as Democrats insist on coupling the raising of the debt ceiling with tax hikes. Plus: New home sales fall. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Christian, not an American, response | Labib Madanat, director of the Palestinian and Israeli Bible Society, discusses Christian persecution in the Middle East as well as the hope he sees for American and Middle Eastern Christians. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 23, 11 | House majority leader Eric Cantor says he remains optimistic about this week's debt ceiling negotiations at the White House. Plus: CBO warns of a Europe-style crisis in America. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The history of compassion | Marvin Olasky talks to WORLD intern Tiffany Owens about how "given the presence of evangelical self-hatred, we need to be reminded that compassion has been for four centuries a mark of the church in America." | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 22, 11 | The Senate unanimously confirmed CIA Director Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense. Plus: Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor and Obama's ambassador to China, announces he will run for president. | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Existential Jesus | Andrée Seu asks reader to imagine "Jesus, the one by Whom all things were made, thanking the Father for something that He made! Talk about emptying yourself of privilege." | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paper, please, not plastic | In an article from 1996, Joel Belz considers medical care treatment for a possibly torn tendon and reflects on the larger American healthcare system. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 21, 11 | President Obama is still mulling the decision to start bringing U.S. troops out of Afghanistan next month and fully by 2014. Plus: Supreme Court turns down climate change case. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 20, 11 | Although Texas Gov. Rick Perry has yet to declare that he will run for president, he gave a rousing speech to the Republican leadership conference criticizing the president. Plus: Negotiations over the debt ceiling. | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 17, 11 | Congressman Anthony Weiner announces that he will resign for sending lewd pictures and lying about it. Plus: A growing revolt against the White House policy on Libya. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reaching out to gay youth | Marcia Segelstein, former producer for CBS News and contributor to WORLD Magazine, describes the "It Gets Better" project as an ongoing homosexual activist campaign targeting gay youth with host of the Knowing the Truth radio program Kevin Boling. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Is News - June 16, 11 | The second meeting on the radicalization efforts within the American Muslim community looked at those converted by radical Islamic recruitment in U.S. prisons. One member of the committee accused the hearing of being racist. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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