4.17.26 A candid account of abortion and backlash over blasphemy, revisiting a 2014 sci-fi film, and Quest with Cal Thomas
The World and Everything In It
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Culture Friday on a candid account of abortion and backlash over blasphemy, revisiting the 2014 sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow, and Cal Thomas on the books that shaped his thinking. Plus, the Friday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Today on Culture Friday, an unusually candid account of abortion, a proper backlash over blasphemy, and Gen Z's AI anxiety. |
| 0:15.9 | John Stone Street is standing by. Also today, a sci-fi film that found its audience over time. We revisit |
| 0:23.6 | Edge of Tomorrow. |
| 0:24.9 | The Paddle is the Great Redeemer, fire a crucible, which the only true heroes are forged. |
| 0:29.8 | And our new monthly feature, Quest, where we talk with thoughtful leaders about the books |
| 0:34.8 | that shaped their worldview. Today we talk with journalist and commentator Cal Thomas. |
| 0:46.4 | It's Friday, April 17th. |
| 0:48.8 | This is The World and Everything in It from listeners-supported World Radio. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm Merna Brown. |
| 0:55.8 | And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning. |
| 1:00.9 | Up next, Kent Covington with today's news. |
| 1:09.7 | Celebratory gunfire in Beirut, after officials announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. |
| 1:12.3 | The temporary truce comes after weeks of Israeli airstrikes into southern Lebanon, targeting the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, |
| 1:17.6 | which has continued to fire rockets across the border into northern Israel. President Trump |
| 1:22.3 | told reporters, they're all agreeing. It's a very nice little package for about a week, and we're not going to have |
| 1:29.8 | lots of bombs dropping, and we're going to see if we can make peace between Lebanon and Israel. |
| 1:35.1 | But Hezbollah was never at the bargaining table and did not sign the agreement, so the question |
| 1:39.6 | remains, can the Lebanese government fulfill its end of the bargain by stopping the terror group |
| 1:44.5 | from launching further attacks against Israel? Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Danny |
| 1:49.7 | Donan. |
| 1:50.7 | We have no beef with Lebanon or with the Lebanese people. We have issued with Hezbollah. |
| 1:54.9 | And I think today we realize we have the same goal. We want Hezbollah out of Lebanon period. |
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