5.2.25 Culture Friday, a review of Thunderbolts*, and Ask the Editor

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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On Culture Friday, Katie McCoy talks about the recent report on the abortion-pill; Collin Garbarino reviews the latest Marvel movie, and listener feedback on Ask the Editor. Plus, the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.eduFrom I Witness, an immersive audio drama exploring stories of faith and transformation. On podcast apps or at iwitnesspod.comAnd from the Crossway Podcast. Thoughtful interviews with authors on topics related to the Bible, theology, and the Christian life. crossway.org/podcast

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0:00.0	Good morning. The FDA says abortion pills are safe. A major new study says otherwise one in nine
0:11.9	women suffer serious complications. Katie McCoy is standing by. We'll talk about that as well as
0:17.2	baby bonuses, the fight over a so-called Sharia city in Texas,
0:21.6	and a dark new trend in youth culture, assassination chic.
0:26.4	Later on...
0:27.4	I don't think so.
0:28.4	Junior varsity, Captain America.
0:30.8	The summer blockbusters have started.
0:33.0	First out of the gate is from Marvel.
0:34.8	World Arts and Culture editor Colin Garberino has a review for us.
0:43.3	It's Friday, May 2nd. This is The World and Everything in it from listener-supported World Radio.
0:53.1	I'm Mary Reichard. And I'm Nick Eicher.
0:55.0	Good morning.
0:57.7	Up next, Kent Covington has today's news.
1:01.3	President Trump is shaking up his national security team.
1:05.1	He has removed Michael Waltz as national security advisor, but he's not firing him.
1:10.0	Instead, the president is nominating
1:11.9	Waltz to serve as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Vice President J.D. Vance said Waltz still has the
1:18.0	president's trust. Donald Trump has fired a lot of people. He doesn't give them Senate-confirmed
1:22.3	appointments afterwards. What he thinks is that Mike Walts is going to better serve the administration,
1:26.7	most importantly the American people in that role, and I happen to agree with him.
1:29.9	The move comes in the wake of a public controversy after Waltz inadvertently added a journalist to a chat using the encrypted messaging app Signal.
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