4.22.26 The Federal Reserve nomination, the surgical backlog in Ethiopia, and relationships with a transient workforce
The World and Everything In It
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Washington Wednesday on the Federal Reserve nomination and redistricting vote in Virginia, World Tour on the surgical backlog in Ethiopia, and working at the Grand Canyon. Plus, Janie B. Cheaney on the courage to move forward, men disqualified in a women’s half-marathon, and the Wednesday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Can the president's man at the Federal Reserve be his own man? The Senate considers a new Fed chair. |
| 0:12.8 | Let me be very clear. Monetary policy independence is essential. That's ahead on Washington Wednesday. Hunter Baker is standing by. Also, today, |
| 0:22.6 | World Tour, and later a workplace outreach seeking to build relationships among the many seasonal |
| 0:28.7 | workers who may be running from them. When people come here, there's a part of them that's like, |
| 0:34.0 | well, I know if I don't make it, I can go to another part. And world commentator, Janie B. Cheney on Courage for the moment you're in. |
| 0:46.8 | It's Wednesday, April 22nd. |
| 0:49.2 | This is The World and Everything in it from listener-supported World Radio. |
| 0:53.1 | I'm Lindsay Mast. |
| 0:55.8 | And I'm Nick Eiger. Good morning. |
| 1:05.3 | Now the news. Here's Mark Mellinger. President Trump is extending the U.S. ceasefire with Iran indefinitely. The move comes at the request of Pakistan, which is serving as mediator in negotiations between Iran and the United |
| 1:12.5 | States. Plus, the president says the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, cutting off Iran's ability |
| 1:18.6 | to export oil, will also continue. Originally, Trump said U.S. airstrikes on Iran would be back on if a deal |
| 1:26.5 | ending Iran's nuclear weapons program wasn't |
| 1:29.4 | reached Tuesday. But on social media, Trump changed his tune, saying the ceasefire extension is |
| 1:35.9 | needed because Iranian leadership is seriously fractured. Earlier Tuesday, during a call into CNBC's |
| 1:43.4 | squawk box, the president sounded optimistic. A deal to end the fighting is coming. |
| 1:48.8 | We're going to end up with a great deal. I think they have no choice. We've taken out their Navy. We've taken out their Air Force. We've taken out their leaders, frankly, which does complicate things in one way. But these leaders are much more rational. |
| 2:00.5 | Vice President J.D. Vance was set to head to Pakistan for a new round of peace talks Tuesday, |
| 2:06.5 | but that visit got scrapped. Pakistan says Iran never agreed to a new round of negotiations. |
| 2:12.6 | Now it's unclear if or when talks will resume. |
| 2:16.8 | Voters in Virginia have said yes to a redrawn election map, |
| 2:21.1 | and as World's Travis Kircher explains, Democrats say it boosts their chances of taking back |
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