#360: Religious Freedom in Hard Places

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🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Religious freedom is a legacy of the American founding, but unfortunately on the world stage, real religious freedom is often the exception rather than the rule. Today, our colleague Rachel del Guidice sits down with Sam Brownback, the former governor of Kansas who is now ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. They’ll discuss some of his efforts to advance the cause of religious freedom around the globe. Plus: How do you get your news? We'll discuss a new study from the Pew Research Center showing how most Americans choose to stay informed.We also discuss the following stories:-Michael Cohen gets three years in prison and a few hefty fines.-France declares Christmas market shooting to be an act of terrorism.-President Donald Trump continues to call for border wall funding, as Democrats dig in.-British Prime Minister Theresa May survives a high-stakes confidence vote from her party.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, December 13th.
0:09.2	I'm Jenny Maltobano.
0:10.8	And I'm Daniel Davis.
0:12.2	Religious Freedom is a legacy of the American founding,
0:15.0	but unfortunately on the world stage too often,
0:18.0	real religious freedom is the exception rather than the rule.
0:22.0	Today, our colleague Rachel Del Judas sits down with
0:24.6	Sam Brownback, the former governor of Kansas who's now ambassador at large for
0:29.2	international religious freedom. They'll discuss some of his efforts to advance the cause of
0:33.4	religious freedom abroad. Plus, how do you get your news? We'll discuss a new
0:37.8	study from Pew about the new trends in news consumption. But first we'll cover a few of the top headlines.
0:44.1	Well, Michael Cohen is going to jail for three years.
0:51.4	Well, Michael Cohen is going to jail for three years.
0:54.4	That's the sentence that President Trump's former lawyer received on Wednesday in federal
0:58.7	court. Cohen was convicted on charges that included tax evasion, lying to Congress about Trump's business
1:05.2	dealings in Russia, and hiding payments to two women that claimed to have had affairs with
1:10.0	Trump.
1:11.0	In addition to three years behind bars Cohen will have to pay
1:14.2	$1.4 million in owed taxes, a $50,000 fine, and half a million dollars in
1:20.5	forfeiture. Cohen appeared emotional in court Wednesday. He confessed
1:24.8	that he had chosen darkness over light and said quote I am truly sorry and I
1:29.6	promise I will be better. France has declared an attack on their largest Christmas market and act of terrorism.
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