1.16.26 Online narratives and misplaced conviction, analysis of film noir, the reshaping of language, and the PCA’s new leadership

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Culture Friday on online narratives and misplaced conviction, analysis of film noir, Wordplay on reshaped language, and the PCA’s new leadership. Plus, the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from His Words Abiding in You, a Podcast where listeners memorize Bible verses in each episode. His Words Abiding in You, on all podcast apps.From Ridge Haven Camp in North Carolina and Iowa. Summer Camp registration open now at ridgehaven.orgAnd from Ambassadors Impact Network, a nationwide community of angel investors who work together to evaluate and fund companies advancing the gospel through business. Members share diligence, learn from peers with private equity and entrepreneurial backgrounds, and invest individually in opportunities they select. Since 2018, members have deployed over $26 million into more than 60 companies. Learn more at ambassadorsimpact.com

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0:00.0	Good morning. Today on Culture Friday, moral certainty, misplaced conviction, and what happens when
0:11.7	online narratives collide with real life? Maria Bayer standing in today for John Stone Street.
0:18.0	Also today, well, I know a lot of smart guys and a few honest ones. And you're both.
0:24.3	What classic film noir reveals about good, evil, and the human heart, Max Bell's has a review.
0:30.7	Later, wordplay George Grant on the linguistic accidents that make it into everyday speech
0:36.5	and a new leader for the PCA.
0:45.5	It's Friday, January 16th. This is the world and everything in it. From listeners-supported
0:51.4	World Radio. I'm Merna Brown. And I'm Nick Eicher.
0:54.9	Good morning.
0:57.4	Up next, Mark Mellinger, with today's news.
1:02.3	President Trump is delaying his response to the killings of protesters in Iran.
1:07.9	He has made it clear.
1:09.7	All options are on the table to stop the slaughter. And no one
1:14.0	should know that better than the leadership of the Iranian regime. That's Trump's ambassador to the
1:19.1	United Nations, Mike Waltz, speaking at a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Iran Thursday.
1:26.2	Demonstrations in Iran, sparked by a poor economy,
1:29.7	and frustrations with the country's dictatorial leadership have been going on for more than two
1:34.5	weeks. The U.S.-based human rights activists' news agency reports thousands of protesters
1:40.9	have been killed in the Iranian regime's crack down.
1:44.5	Iran says it's ready for dialogue, but its actions say otherwise.
1:48.7	Waltz says Trump is still considering a U.S. military intervention, but Israel and Arab countries
1:55.2	in the Middle East are warning the White House such a move could destabilize the entire region. Iran says if the U.S.
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