3.23.26 The Supreme Court weighs what can be signed away, Washington’s scramble to ease oil pressure, and The Godfather’s enduring legacy
The World and Everything In It
WORLD Radio
4.8 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Legal Docket on what can be signed away and what can still be challenged, Moneybeat on the selective control in the Strait, and History Book on The Godfather’s enduring legacy. Plus, the Monday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Can a plea agreement mandate medication and then try to block the right to appeal? |
| 0:11.3 | Only the most paramount government interests overcomes the fundamental right to refuse medical treatment. |
| 0:16.0 | That's ahead on legal docket. Also, today the Monday money beat oil, war, and economic pain who's bearing the brunt. |
| 0:23.6 | Economist David Bonson standing by. Later, the world history book, The Crime Saga, the Changed Hollywood, the Godfather. |
| 0:31.3 | Leave the gun. Take Nick and all he. |
| 0:34.3 | How the gritty American story of family, violence, and loyalty almost never made it to the big screen |
| 0:44.0 | it's Monday March 23rd this is the world and everything in it from listener supported world radio |
| 0:52.7 | I'm Mary Reichert and I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning. |
| 0:57.8 | Up next, Kent Covington with today's news. |
| 1:01.5 | President Trump has given Iran until tonight to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or else. |
| 1:07.0 | He says the U.S. will obliterate Iranian power plants. |
| 1:10.6 | Trump issued the ultimatum Saturday, saying |
| 1:12.6 | strikes would begin with Iran's biggest power plant first. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant tells NBC's |
| 1:18.3 | meet the press that despite the threat, the president has not given up on de-escalating the war. |
| 1:23.0 | They're not mutually exclusive. Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate. |
| 1:29.3 | The Iranian regime responded with threats of its own, warning that if the U.S. hits its energy facilities Iran would completely |
| 1:34.9 | seal the strait and could attack energy infrastructure across the region. |
| 1:39.6 | Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Mark Rota says a coalition of 22 countries is preparing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm absolutely convinced that we will get this done together. Actually, it is already being planned. |
| 1:54.0 | Trump has been particularly critical of NATO allies for not stepping in to help safeguard commercial oil tankers against Iranian attacks. |
| 2:02.1 | One fifth of the world's oil normally moves through the strait, but Iranian forces have |
| 2:06.4 | largely shut it down in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. |
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