1.7.25 The rise of sports gambling, a former embryologist explains IVF, preparing music for a state funeral

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

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The high price of sports gambling (https://wng.org/podcasts/the-hidden-costs-of-sports-betting-1736200992), ethical concerns of IVF (https://wng.org/podcasts/putting-life-on-ice-1736200993), and preparation for a presidential funeral (https://wng.org/podcasts/honoring-a-president-1736201001). Plus, Janie B. Cheaney (https://wng.org/podcasts/janie-b-cheaney-the-gift-of-time-1736201005) on living in the moment, a belated Christmas present (https://wng.org/podcasts/kicker-an-unintended-layaway-plan-1736200995), and the Tuesday morning news (https://wng.org/podcasts/tuesday-morning-news-january-7-2025-1736200991). Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate (https://donate.wng.org/). Additional support comes from Commuter Bible, the work-week audio Bible in four annual plans. Available via podcast app and (http://commuterbible.org/)commuterbible.org (http://commuterbible.org/)

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0:00.0	Good morning. Congress takes a look at online sports betting, and it's not a pretty view.
0:11.0	The amount of gambling is exploding. Also today, IVF, from the perspective of the nascent lives suspended in time.
0:18.7	And later, the Carter funeral. You'll meet some of the U.S. Air Force band and learn about its role in services today and this week.
0:26.5	We're the musical soundtrack, and if you can imagine a movie without a musical soundtrack,
0:31.5	it really loses a lot of its emotional underpinnings.
0:34.7	And world commentator Janie B. Cheney on the importance of living in the moment.
0:46.7	It's Tuesday, January 7th. This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:52.9	I'm Mary Reichert. And I'm Nick Einker. Good morning.
0:56.9	Time for news now with Kent Covington. President-elect Donald Trump's election victory is now
1:03.9	official. Vice President Kamala Harris, in her capacity as president of the Senate, certified the
1:09.4	results of the Capitol on Monday.
1:11.4	The votes for President of the United States are as follows. Donald J. Trump of the state of
1:17.1	Florida has received 312 votes. Kamala D. Harris. Harris joined a short list of other vice presidents
1:25.9	who have overseen the confirmation of their own
1:28.2	election losses. Richard Nixon did it after losing to John F. Kennedy in 1960, and Al Gore
1:34.1	followed suit after the 2000 election. Kamala D. Harris of the state of California has received
1:40.2	226 votes. It was also the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riot in 2021, in which protesters burst into the Capitol building.
1:51.2	And Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer remarked,
1:53.7	We will never forget. We cannot forget because democracy is sacred.
2:02.2	There were no incidents at the Capitol on Monday following a decisive election win for Trump in November.
2:08.8	Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation after nearly a decade in power.
2:15.1	The decision bows to rising discontent over his leadership and growing turmoil
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