5.12.26 Iran’s confidence, congressional maps, mail-order Mifepristone, and Gen Z’s reluctance to drive
The World and Everything In It
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Iran’s confidence, proxy attacks, and the future of Hezbollah, the redrawing of congressional districts, mail-order access to mifepristone, and Gen Z’s reluctance to drive. Plus, Cal Thomas on Ted Turner, weaponized bees, and the Tuesday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Who blinks first in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran? |
| 0:10.0 | We'll talk with an expert. And... |
| 0:12.0 | Republicans are adopting the tactics that Democrats have been using for years and they're playing catch-up. |
| 0:18.0 | Redistricting and the effect on the midterms. |
| 0:21.7 | Also today, abortion by mail looking to the Supreme Court for guidance. |
| 0:26.3 | Later, Gen Z teens may need an extra boost of encouragement to start driving, but why? |
| 0:31.8 | I've probably heard the word anxiety more than any other word. |
| 0:35.9 | And world commentator Cal Thomas on the late Ted Turner. |
| 0:46.8 | It's Tuesday, May 12th. |
| 0:48.9 | This is the world and everything in it from listener-supported World Radio. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm Lindsay Mast. |
| 0:53.9 | And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning. |
| 0:57.4 | Up next, Kent Covington with today's news. |
| 1:01.5 | The ceasefire between the United States in Iran is on life support. |
| 1:05.9 | Those were President Trump's exact words. He has rejected Iran's latest peace proposal, |
| 1:13.0 | and that is perhaps putting it mildly. |
| 1:20.4 | Unbelievably weak, I would say, I would call it the weakest right now. After reading that piece of garbage, they said, I didn't even finish reading it. I said, I'm not going to waste my time |
| 1:25.4 | reading it. I would say it's one of the weakest right now. |
| 1:29.3 | It's our life support. |
| 1:30.9 | The UN's nuclear agency says Iran is sitting on more than 440 kilos of nuclear weapons-grade uranium. |
| 1:37.7 | And Trump says Tehran had agreed to give it up and shelve its nuclear program, but that was not in the document Iran sent over. |
| 1:45.1 | Look, it's very simple. We get that. They guarantee no nuclear weapons for a very long period of |
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