5.19.23 Culture Friday, It Ain’t Over, and Word Play

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On Culture Friday, the recent situation between Jordan Neely and Daniel Penny on the New York subway reveals broader tensions within our culture; a new documentary believes Yogi Berra’s baseball legacy deserves to be remembered; and commentator George Grant says some words and their opposites can be "discombobulating.” Plus, a Little League catcher finds himself at the center of a major-league dust-up, and the Friday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.Additional support comes from Concurrently, the News Coach podcast helping you prepare your kids to faithfully engage with culture. More at concurrentlypodcast.com.from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers announcing their Cono Christian Day School, 23-24 academic year in Walker, Iowa. More at ridgehaven.orgAnd from Children’s Hunger Fund:-Over 700 million meals distributed since 1991.-Just 25¢ can provide a meal for a hungry child.-Serving in 30 countries, including the US.Since 1991, Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF) has come alongside the local church in 30 countries, including the US, to deliver food, aid, and the hope of the gospel. To date, 96% of total contributions—over 1 billion dollars in food and other aid—have been distributed through programs serving more than 20 million children across America and around the world. CHF has consistently received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. CHF has distribution centers in San Antonio, Frisco, and their Los Angeles headquarters.

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0:00.0	The world and everything in it is made possible by listeners like me.
0:07.0	I'm Heather Knutson and I live in Cambridge, Minnesota, where I teach kindergarten.
0:11.0	I'd like to say happy birthday to my daughter, Rebecca, in Rochester, Minnesota.
0:16.0	We often discuss things we hear on the program when we chat on the phone.
0:19.0	I know we will enjoy today's program and I hope you will too.
0:23.0	Good morning.
0:28.0	Today on Culture Friday, the New York subway controversy is Jordan Neely, victim or predator.
0:35.0	Is Daniel Penny, hero or criminal?
0:37.0	We'll talk it over with a new voice to Culture Friday, Sam, you will say.
0:41.0	Plus, a new documentary exploring the legacy of a baseball great.
0:45.0	Yogi was representing not the big guys, but he was representing kind of us, the stickball kids in the street.
0:52.0	And World Commentator George Grant talks about lonely negatives in this month's word play.
1:05.0	It's Friday, May 19th. This is The World and everything in it from listeners supported World Radio.
1:11.0	I'm Mary Reichert.
1:12.0	And I'm Nick Eiker. Good morning.
1:15.0	Time now for the news with Kent Cunnington.
1:18.0	Leaders of the world's most powerful democracies have gathered in Japan for the group of seven or G7 meetings this week.
1:25.0	Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishita opened the summit with a face-to-face meeting with President Biden.
1:32.0	The Prime Minister said the Japan-US alliance is the very foundation of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region, a major focus of the talks.
1:41.0	G7 leaders are expected to discuss China's military buildup and growing aggression toward its neighbors.
1:46.0	Also high on the agenda, the war in Ukraine.
1:49.0	We stand up for the shared values, including supporting the great people in Ukraine as they defend their sovereign territory, and holding Russia accountable for its brutal aggression.
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