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The World and Everything in It is an Apple Podcasts top 100 News program delivering essential headlines, field reporting, interviews, and expert analysis every weekday. Hear original coverage such as a weekly overview of every Supreme Court case, biblical cultural analysis, and key international stories.
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The World and Everything in It: October 13, 2025
On Legal Docket, the justices consider Colorado’s counseling law; on Moneybeat, the rare-earth showdown with China; and on History Book, Narnia turns 75. Plus, the Monday morning news
Monday morning news: October 13, 2025
The news of the day, including Israeli hostages released, President Trump warns Moscow that he may send tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, White House warns of deeper federal government cut as shutdown persists, and powerful storm threatens eastern states
Legal Docket: When speech is treatment
The Supreme Court weighs whether Colorado’s counseling ban amounts to viewpoint discrimination
Moneybeat: Leverage and layoffs
David Bahnsen on the rare-earth showdown with China, the widening fiscal gap in Washington, and how Trump’s mass firings test the limits of executive power
History Book: A story for all time
C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe continues to enchant readers 75 years later
The World and Everything in It: October 10, 2025
Israelis celebrate reports of a ceasefire; on Culture Friday, John Stonestreet talks about generic mifepristone approval and Bari Weiss at CBS; and Collin Garbarino reviews Tron: Ares. Plus, the Friday morning news
Friday morning news: October 10, 2025
The news of the day, including Israel and Hamas sign phase one peace deal, world reacts to Gaza agreement, and court ruling allows federalization of National Guard but keeps block on Portland deployment
Joy in Hostages Square
Israelis celebrate reports of a ceasefire and the long-awaited return of their loved ones
Culture Friday: Unsafe at any dose
John Stonestreet on the political fallout over abortion-pill safety, Bari Weiss’s call for fearless journalism at CBS News, and the Supreme Court’s free-speech showdown in Colorado
Lost in the machine
Disney’s Tron: Ares flirts with AI-era relevance but never finds its humanity
The World and Everything in It: October 9, 202
U.S. airstrikes on a Venezuelan drug cartel, coerced abortions with mail-order drugs, and visiting an Italian craftsman. Plus, missing an important call, Cal Thomas on conversion therapy, and the Thursday morning news
Thursday morning news: October 9, 2025
The news of the day, including President Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to first phase of peace plan, government shutdown causing flight delays, and former FBI Director James Comey pleads not-guilty to charges of lying to Congress
Striking the cartel
U.S. military action against Venezuelan drug operations prompts questions from Congress
Abortion by deception
Cases of coerced abortions via mail-order drugs highlight gaps in U.S. law
Kicker: Surprise in the wilderness
Hiking in Wyoming, Fred Ramsdell didn’t know he’d won the Nobel Prize
The shoemaker’s lesson
An Italian craftsman and his wife find beauty and meaning in the slow work of their hands
Cal Thomas: Faith, freedom, and the Supreme Court
Colorado case forces the justices to confront the moral foundation beneath its own law
The World and Everything in It: October 8, 2025
On Washington Wednesday, Hunter Baker covers Pam Bondi’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee; on World Tour, a Supreme Court case on Nigeria’s blasphemy laws; and a Parents Night Out for kids with special needs. Plus, a lifesaving chef, Ray Hacke on Clayton Kershaw’s career, and the Wednesday morning news
Wednesday morning news: October 8, 2025
The news of the day, including Israel marks 2-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks, Canadian prime minister visits White House, President Trump expresses optimism about possible Gaza peace deal, and Supreme Court hears arguments over Colorado’s ban on ‘conversion therapy’
Washington Wednesday: Law, order, and the loss of civility
Hunter Baker on the Attorney General’s senate hearing, federal troop deployments, and the rhetoric tearing at public life