12.21.23 Houthi rebels, caring for aging parents, and storms over Bethlehem

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🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Iran-backed rebel groups (https://wng.org/podcasts/terror-in-the-gate-of-tears-1703091799) in the Middle East threaten to disrupt global shipping through the Red Sea; American families caring for aging relatives (https://wng.org/podcasts/the-puzzle-of-paying-for-eldercare-1703091901) struggle to navigate rising costs for long-term care; and rain threatens to cancel a living nativity (https://wng.org/podcasts/storms-over-bethlehem-1703092243) in Kentucky. Plus, a 90-year-old (https://wng.org/podcasts/kicker-life-long-learner-graduates-1703092014) gets her master’s degree, Word Play (https://wng.org/podcasts/word-play-with-george-grant-oh-come-all-ye-grammarians-1703092487) with George Grant, and the Thursday morning news (https://wng.org/podcasts/thursday-morning-news-december-21-2023-1703085656)

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0:00.0	Merry Christmas. I'm world writer and legal correspondent Jenny Ruff. You know, when I first
0:08.5	switch careers from law to writing, it took me years to find a place to publish the stories I knew needed to be told.
0:16.5	I finally found a home with World.
0:19.4	I hope you too have found a home to listen to news, features, reviews, profiles, and long-form narratives
0:26.2	about the world and everything in it.
0:29.7	Please join me in its December Giving Drive and make a gift at WNG.org slash donate.
0:37.0	Good morning. Shipping through the Red Sea as risky as hoofy rebels attack.
0:47.0	What's the US doing to counter them?
0:49.0	Also, many families caring for elderly parents face rising financial and emotional costs.
0:55.6	There is no orientation manual.
0:58.0	There's nobody there to guide and direct you.
1:01.6	And it's just very overwhelming.
1:05.0	Plus a church plans an outdoor live nativity, but the elements put the annual tradition
1:10.1	at risk.
1:11.1	It's really rainy, it's really cold, really windy. I walked in a puddle. Yeah.
1:16.0	And George Grant on a Christmas interjection on this month's workplay. It's Thursday, December 21st.
1:30.8	This is the world and everything in it from listeners supported world radio.
1:34.8	I'm Mary Reicherd.
1:35.8	And I'm Myrna Brown. Good morning.
1:39.5	Time for news. Here's Kent Covington. Donald Trump's top Republican rivals are blasting a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that would strike his name from presidential primary ballots in the state,
1:51.0	former South Carolina governor and ambassador
1:53.4	Nicky Haley. I think the people of Colorado should be furious. I am going to
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