3.7.25 Culture Friday, Arsenio Orteza music review, and Ask the Editor

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet says Neil Postman was right about public discourse and show business, Arsenio Orteza reviews a handful of new recordings worthy of consideration, and Ask the Editor for the month of March. Plus, the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Covenant College in Georgia, providing an uncompromising biblical education where students explore calling and career. More at covenant.edu/WORLDAnd from The New Living Translation. Accurate, understandable, and audibly enjoyable. NewLivingTranslation.com

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:06.0	High earners struggling to make ends meet and punishing public servants, lawmaking or showmanship, and how a soft answer turns away wrath, especially on social media.
0:17.8	Now, John Stone Street breaks it all down ahead on Culture Friday. And music critic Arsenio
0:23.8	Orteza is back, bringing his sharp ear to review the latest pop music releases. And on Ask the
0:30.9	the editor, we turn the mic around sharing what you taught us in the focus groups.
0:44.3	It's Friday, March 7th.
0:46.4	This is the world and everything in it.
0:48.3	From listeners-supported World Radio.
0:49.4	I'm Merne O'Brien.
0:50.4	And I'm Mary Reichert.
0:51.0	Good morning.
0:59.9	Up next, Ken Covington with today's news. President Trump is delaying tariffs on some Mexican and Canadian imports for roughly one month. Companies compliant with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement
1:06.6	will get a reprieve from the new 25% import taxes.
1:15.1	Trump said he was very encouraged by a recent conversation with Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum.
1:15.9	We discussed drugs, and they've been working much harder lately.
1:20.1	Do you notice that on people coming in and drugs?
1:23.9	And we've made tremendous progress on both.
1:27.3	Illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the country are the two main reasons
1:31.4	Trump cited for imposing the tariffs, and separately, he says, reciprocal tariffs will be imposed
1:37.2	on any and all trading partners who impose tariffs on U.S. goods.
1:40.9	This is very much about companies and countries that have ripped off this country,
1:47.1	our country, our beloved USA, and they're not going to be ripping us off anymore.
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