6.20.25 SCOTUS ruling on medical treatments for minors, a review of Pixar’s Elio, and noteworthy blunders

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On Culture Friday, the Supreme Court decision on medical protection for children; a review of Pixar’s latest animated project Elio; and noteworthy mistakes through history on Word Play. Plus, the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers in Brevard, North Carolina, and Cono, Iowa. Camp and year-round retreat registrations at ridgehaven.orgFrom The Joshua Program at St. Dunstan’s Academy in Virginia ... a gap year shaping young men ... through trades, farming, prayer ... stdunstansacademy.orgAnd from the MIssion Focused Men for Christ podcast. This month: fathers helping sons embrace biblical manhood. Mission Focused Men for Christ on all podcast apps.

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0:00.0	Good morning, John Stone Street here, President of the Colston Center, and longtime guest on Culture Friday.
0:08.8	For decades now, World has been a steady and trustworthy source of reporting that serves both the church and the wider culture.
0:15.3	It's an antidote to the hysteria and the partisanship that dominates our cultural moment.
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0:30.7	slash June giving drive. That's WNG.org slash June giving drive. And I'll be back in less than 10 minutes.
0:44.9	Good morning. We'll break down the recent Supreme Court decision that puts the breaks on a runaway train.
0:51.3	Trans ideology meets legal reality. and looking beyond the geopolitical realities
0:57.0	of the Israel-Iran conflict. That's ahead on Culture Friday. Also, Colin Garberino reviews Pixar's
1:04.6	new animated adventure about a lonely boy thrust into cosmic negotiations.
1:10.0	It's me, the leader of Earth, and the negotiation is not over.
1:14.9	And George Grant on the universal human tendency to mess things up.
1:26.1	It's Friday, June 20th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported World Radio.
1:32.4	I'm Mary Reichert. And I'm Myrna Brown. Good morning.
1:37.6	Now news. Here's Kent Covington.
1:40.8	President Trump will decide soon whether the U.S. military will join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites.
1:47.6	White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.
1:49.6	I have a message directly from the president, and I quote,
1:53.4	based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future,
2:00.2	I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.
2:05.6	The United States has the only weapon that may be capable of destroying Iranian nuclear facilities
2:10.6	buried deep below ground, that is, the U.S. Air Force's 30,000-pound, so-called bunker buster bombs.
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