11.17.25 A religious-freedom violation, the impact of the shutdown, and the 1908 “missing link”

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🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On Legal Docket, the Supreme Court confronts a religious-freedom violation; on Moneybeat, David Bahnsen talks about the impact of the shutdown; and on History Book, the discovery of the “missing link.” Plus, the Monday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Boyce College—where truth comes first. Boyce College offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction. Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family. Learn more at boycecollege.comFrom Ridge Haven Camp in North Carolina and Iowa. Winter Camp starts December 29th. Registration open at ridgehaven.orgAnd from The Brainerd Institute — training pastors and equipping churches to make God’s glory visible in rural places. More at Brainerdinstitute.com

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0:00.0	Good morning. Federal law protects the religious freedom of inmates. But a Rastafarian prisoner says
0:11.7	the promise meant nothing when guards strapped him down and cut his dreads. Now he's looking for
0:17.2	compensation. Look, the facts of this case are egregious. That's a head-on legal docket.
0:22.3	Also, today the Monday money-beat economist David Bonson standing by.
0:26.8	And later, the World History Book,
0:28.3	how one man claimed to find the so-called missing link proving human evolution.
0:32.7	It was an ape man with a thick-boned skull and ape-like jaw.
0:47.0	It's Monday, November 17th.
0:49.2	This is The World and Everything in it from listener-supported World Radio.
0:52.8	I'm Jenny Ruff.
0:53.8	And I'm Nick Eicher. Good radio. I'm Jenny Ruff. And I'm Nick Eker.
0:54.9	Good morning.
0:57.7	Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
1:01.7	On Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats are once again debating health care.
1:07.2	That, after a small number of Democrats crossed the aisle to help pass a funding bill last week to end the longest ever government shutdown.
1:15.1	Virginia Senator Tim Cain was among them.
1:17.2	I was at the table with the Republican senators, and I knew if we wanted to get to the health care discussion, we had to open up government.
1:24.5	And that was a vantage point I had that a lot of folks who are lobbying
1:27.7	criticism didn't. And that discussion has begun anew, but the two sides sharply disagree on the
1:34.1	path forward. Democrats are pushing for the extension of Obamacare subsidies, Senator Gene Chaheim.
1:40.0	Right now we need to address what people are facing in terms of those high rate increases
1:45.1	because of the threat that these premium tax credits are going to end.
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