The World and Everything In It

Episodes

1. 10.28 | The midterm rule

   28 Oct 2026 · 36 min

   Wed » Why some midterms bring political earthquakes but others barely register: On Washington Wednesday, Hunter Baker looks to history—and makes his predictions. Also: Australia welcomes U.S. submarines to deter…

2. 10.27 | Voting with their feet

   27 Oct 2026 · 35 min

   Tue » Washington schoolgirls sit out races rather than compete with a boy. Too young to vote on next week’s ballot measure, they appeal to adults who can. Also: In Brazil, leftist Lula wins a disputed election, while…

3. 10.26 | Where liberty took root

   26 Oct 2026 · 34 min

   Mon » Legal Docket · An election-law expert’s love of liberty began with parents who escaped tyranny. Also: On Moneybeat, David Bahnsen asks what consumer-confidence surveys really tell us. Plus: tariff relief in…

4. 10.23 | Disrespect for the dead

   23 Oct 2026 · 36 min

   Fri » Culture Friday · John Stonestreet calls disputed reporting on Elisabeth Elliot “flat-out slander.” Also on Culture Friday: the return of woke ideology and Cornell’s attempt to regulate a campus culture that has…

5. 10.22 | Before the myths take hold

   22 Oct 2026 · 34 min

   Thu » A Cuban who lived through the revolution tells American schoolchildren: “Within days food began to disappear. People began to disappear.” Also: In Idaho, a pastor finds his Kansas abortion fight waiting for him…

6. 10.21 | The nanosecond disavowal

   21 Oct 2026 · 38 min

   Wed » El-Sayed turns Muslim Brotherhood questions to his advantage. On Washington Wednesday: Democratic Socialists’ demands, Sen. Slotkin’s dark warning, Trump vs. Vance on Netanyahu, disappearing Senate debates, and…

7. 10.20 | The long run

   20 Oct 2026 · 35 min

   Tue » Most American workers struggle to find purpose in their jobs. WORLD’s Lauren Smyth explores why. Also: A former Treasury official worries Washington is giving up too much leverage against Putin in pursuit of…

8. 10.19 | Better than a boycott

   19 Oct 2026 · 38 min

   Mon » Moneybeat · Banks turned away customers over their beliefs. David Bahnsen says engagement got the job done. Also: Legal Docket follows two fights to get before a judge. An AI skeptic joins the investment crowd…

9. The discipline of gratitude

   17 Oct 2026 · 30 min

   Radio host Dennis Prager talks with WORLD’s Mary Reichard about becoming a quadriplegic in 2024, why he believes thankfulness is a decision, and how decades of writing about happiness prepared him to face calamity…

10. 10.16 | Take it easy on each other

    16 Oct 2026 · 38 min

    Fri » On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet recalls how legalism burdened homeschool families with rules God never commanded. Also: Marvel’s VisionQuest brings back an android who can’t quite figure out who he is—or how…

11. 10.15 | A giant goes small

    15 Oct 2026 · 33 min

    Thu » Paramount won Warner Bros. but inherited $80 billion in debt. Now Hollywood’s newest giant needs box-office hits. Fast. Also: Dennis Prager on finding gratitude after paralysis. In Iran, a woman who celebrated…

12. 10.14 | Selective sacrifice

    14 Oct 2026 · 37 min

    Wed » Washington Wednesday · Americans resist higher fuel prices over Iran yet expect sacrifices to keep pressure on Russia. Hunter Baker explains why. Also: World Tour follows Nicaragua’s ruling couple as they move…

13. 10.13 | The threats kept coming

    13 Oct 2026 · 35 min

    Tue » A man posing as a college girl blackmailed Gavin Guffey. After Gavin took his life, the scammer turned to his family. Also: Secretary of State Marco Rubio goes to Greece to argue the West has forgotten what made…

14. 10.12 | Long arm of the lawsuit

    12 Oct 2026 · 35 min

    Mon » Legal Docket · Boulder wants oil companies to pay for climate damage. Could one county’s lawsuit end up shaping national energy policy? Also: David Bahnsen explains why the tech giants helping drive interest…

15. Faith with reasons

    10 Oct 2026 · 37 min

    Dennis Prager’s latest book argues that without God, good and evil are only matters of opinion. WORLD’s Mary Reichard talks with Joel Alperson, who helped Prager develop If There Is No God, about why Christians and…

16. 10.9 | Culture Friday · Consent at Cornell

    9 Oct 2026 · 39 min

    Fri » Consent is supposed to settle the question. But the disturbing allegations at Cornell University expose how much that leaves unanswered, Katie McCoy says. Also: A new women’s movement declares independence isn’t…

17. 10.8 | The ads already know

    8 Oct 2026 · 36 min

    Thu » Is your phone listening? Maybe. But advertisers have other ways of knowing what you want. Also: A new school-choice law has even some of its opponents figuring out how to make it work. Washington reverses course…

18. 10.7 | Washington Wednesday: Open seams

    7 Oct 2026 · 37 min

    Wed » Hunter Baker looks at how the seams of a free society can leave it exposed to enemies intent on exploiting them. Also: Iraq faces its own test after the last U.S. troops leave, and a Messianic Jewish…

19. 10.6 | A different kind of military

    6 Oct 2026 · 35 min

    Tue » Pete Hegseth says changing military culture requires changing who leads it—and he’s reshaping the force around that conviction. Also: In Brazil, conservative Flávio Bolsonaro heads into the runoff ahead of…

20. 10.5 | Legal Docket · First Monday in October

    5 Oct 2026 · 37 min

    Mon » The Supreme Court opens its 2026–27 term. Mary Reichard, Jenny Rough, and Steve West size up the docket. Also: On the Monday Moneybeat, David Bahnsen looks beyond the weak September jobs report headline and…

21. 10.2 | The only thing to fear

    2 Oct 2026 · 34 min

    Fri » The AI Doc asks whether AI will save humanity or destroy it. Collin Garbarino says the film doesn’t push back hard enough. Also: Culture Friday with Katie McCoy, who talks about the challenge of fitting feminism…

22. 10.1 | Who made rogue agents?

    1 Oct 2026 · 37 min

    Thu » AI can hack, cheat, and cover its tracks. Who answers when rogue agents cause harm? Also: A Michigan tea importer gets tariff money back only to face new tariff bills, while the Hyde Amendment turns 50 still…

23. 9.30 | Washington Wednesday · A wave forming?

    30 Sep 2026 · 37 min

    Wed » Five races may show whether a wave is forming — and whether unhappy Trump backers even vote. Also: Iran’s shrinking leverage, the power of the purse, Jack Smith, missile stocks, and voter rolls. On World Tour:…

24. 9.29 | Iran down to zero

    29 Sep 2026 · 37 min

    Tue » Washington is pushing Iran’s oil exports toward zero—but China may still keep Tehran afloat. Also: A mother lost access to her daughter’s medical records on her 12th birthday—even though the girl was too young…

25. 9.28 | Legal Docket · Built-in liability

    28 Sep 2026 · 36 min

    Mon » The first U.S. social-media addiction verdict may give thousands of pending cases a path to victory by targeting the platforms themselves. Also: David Bahnsen explains why today’s housing squeeze will have to…

26. 9.25 | Culture Friday · The school she chose

    25 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    Fri » An elite journalist sent her daughter to a failing school for the “collective good.” John Stonestreet says the common good is not above those in it. Also: Stonestreet weighs the decision to cast Meryl Streep as…

27. 9.24 | Reading the red carpet

    24 Sep 2026 · 32 min

    Thu » President Trump’s rare welcome for Xi Jinping is part of the diplomacy itself. China expert Bonny Lin explains why the reception matters. Also: Xi is pressing President Trump to reduce U.S. support for Taiwan.…

28. 9.23 | Washington Wednesday · Trump at U.N.

    23 Sep 2026 · 37 min

    Wed » Hunter Baker considers what President Trump’s U.N. speech reveals about his use of American power—and the principle behind it. Also: Baker turns to Xi Jinping’s Washington visit, what Beijing wants on Taiwan,…

29. 9.22 | You can’t elect cheap

    22 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    Tue » Affordability is becoming a midterm promise, but politicians can only shape the conditions behind prices — not simply command them lower. Also: President Trump’s Greenland deal builds on decades of U.S. basing…

30. 9.21 | Seized livelihood

    21 Sep 2026 · 36 min

    Mon » A bush pilot’s seized Cessna tests the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines at the Supreme Court. Also: David Bahnsen explains why the Fed’s rate hike mostly caught up with markets that had already…

31. DoubleTake: The face of God

    19 Sep 2026 · 37 min

    Some people are insisting that the Shroud of Turin is physical evidence of the resurrection–what if it is? WatersEdge securities are subject to certain risk factors as described in our Offering Circular and are not…

32. 9.18 | Culture Friday · Overclocked childhood

    18 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    Fri » Kids caffeinate their way through exhaustion, while education tries to engineer the struggle out of learning. Also: John Stonestreet takes on cultural contradictions over the body and false equivalence over…

33. 9.17 | The return before goodbye

    17 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    Thu » Some dying patients who could no longer speak or respond suddenly reconnect with loved ones. Terminal lucidity offers a glimpse of the mind at life’s edge. Also: Secretary of State Rubio courts Latin America as…

34. 9.16 | Washington Wednesday: Pressure test

    16 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    Wed » Hunter Baker on the limits of U.S. leverage—from Iran and AI regulation to Canada’s turn toward Europe. Also: In Germany, the election winner may still remain outside government, while Maria Baer lets her…

35. 9.15 | Regulating in the dark

    15 Sep 2026 · 36 min

    Tue » Washington debates how to regulate AI dangers no one fully understands—without slowing the race and handing China an edge. Also: Iran-backed Houthis squeeze a second global shipping chokepoint. Meanwhile,…

36. 9.14 | Reality acknowledgment

    14 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    Mon » A professor parodies a school-endorsed land acknowledgment, is punished for it, and wins a First Amendment fight. Also: David Bahnsen says Vice President Vance’s $9,000 family benefit would expand the welfare…

37. DoubleTake: A few red flags

    12 Sep 2026 · 30 min

    One Christian woman’s life on eggshells, whose longing for love drove her into some destructive relationships The Amplified Bible, from The Lockman Foundation, is designed to bring out the full depth of meaning in…

38. 9.11 | The day still speaks

    11 Sep 2026 · 38 min

    Fri » Culture Friday looks back 25 years after 9/11—and considers what the day still reveals about truth, memory, and moral clarity. Also: John Stonestreet discusses the conspiracy theories that have persisted since…

39. 9.10 | Grace at Ground Zero

    10 Sep 2026 · 38 min

    Thu » Photographer Krystyna Sanderson captured St. Paul’s Chapel as a refuge for Ground Zero workers—and saw God’s grace in the devastation. Also: Russia tests NATO’s defenses without crossing into open war, while…

40. 9.9 Washington Wednesday: Betting the midterms on Trump

    9 Sep 2026 · 38 min

    Wed » Hunter Baker weighs Republicans’ gamble to make the midterms feel like a Trump election. World Tour follows Britain’s speech laws from a Facebook video to 17 days in custody and a 17-minute acquittal. At the…

41. Building what war destroys

    8 Sep 2026 · 36 min

    Tue » Ukrainians build classrooms Russia may destroy, while a national struggle to fill paramedic jobs leaves one rural Michigan medic on duty for most of a 200-hour stretch. Frank Turek hears new questions since…

42. The big chill

    7 Sep 2026 · 31 min

    Mon » Legal Docket follows an Ohio homeowner who stopped gathering for Sabbath prayer after a city order—and lower courts said he still had more process to finish before he could sue. David Bahnsen’s Monday Moneybeat…

43. Systems at odds

    5 Sep 2026 · 28 min

    A new book argues that classical Islamic law conflicts fundamentally with the U.S. Constitution on apostasy, due process, and the rights of women and non-Muslims. Mary Reichard speaks with A.S. Ibrahim, professor of…

44. 9.4.26 Gloria Steinem’s legacy, All the President’s Men, and whimsical inventions in everyday English

    4 Sep 2026 · 35 min

    This week on Culture Friday, John Stonestreet moves from Gloria Steinem’s legacy and the baby bust to commercialized weddings. Also: half a century later, All the President’s Men keeps analog reporting gritty, George…

45. 9.3.26 Flood-ravaged Nepal, a counterterrorism review, prenatal screening, and unconventional musicians

    3 Sep 2026 · 38 min

    Collapsed roads strand thousands beyond easy reach in flood-ravaged Nepal, while a 25-year counterterrorism review asks whether America is ready for threats armed with drones and AI. A prenatal screen can raise…

46. 9.2.26 Pentagon’s upheaval, Venezuela’s earthquakes, and Dolly Parton’s roots

    2 Sep 2026 · 37 min

    Hunter Baker has more Washington than Wednesday can hold: Pentagon upheaval, the politics of AI data centers, Social Security’s looming reckoning—and a lightning round besides. In Venezuela, an earthquake exposes a…

47. 9.1.26 Venezuela’s oil investment, personal data bargain, Trump’s FDA nominee, and Sharia law

    1 Sep 2026 · 34 min

    Venezuela makes a once-unimaginable turn toward American oil investment, privacy advocates propose “collective bargaining” for personal data, and Trump’s FDA nominee inherits a long-stalled review of the abortion pill.…

48. 8.31.26 Colorado’s preschool program, the Fed on inflation, and the ISIS Yazidi genocide

    31 Aug 2026 · 37 min

    Legal Docket previews a Supreme Court clash over whether Colorado can require Catholic preschools to set aside religious standards for public funding even as secular providers tailor enrollment. New Fed Chairman Kevin…

49. DoubleTake: Title Dispute

    29 Aug 2026 · 54 min

    Jews, Muslims, and Christians try to co-exist in the shadow of the Temple Mount–the most contested piece of real estate in the world

50. 8.28.26 Remembering Dolly Parton, Coyote vs. Acme, and Listener Feedback

    28 Aug 2026 · 32 min

    On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet considers what allowed Dolly Parton to rise above the political fray, why “no contact” is a poor substitute for honoring difficult parents, and the WNBA’s sudden need to define…