7.4.23 Affirmative action out, Chiam Potok’s The Chosen, and true independence

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Supreme Court ruling against Harvard and UNC raises questions about education after affirmative action (https://wng.org/podcasts/education-after-affirmative-action-1688416206); a fungus (https://wng.org/podcasts/a-concerning-fungus-among-us-1688416256) called Candida auris is becoming a health threat in parts of the United States; and on Classic Book of the month, Chiam Potok’s novel The Chosen contains timeless lessons about friendship forged in conflict. Plus, a hyena (https://wng.org/podcasts/kicker-freestyling-feline-1688416343) doing the backstroke, commentary (https://wng.org/podcasts/steve-west-celebrating-true-freedom-this-independence-day-1688405853) from Steve West, and the Tuesday morning news (https://wng.org/podcasts/tuesday-morning-news-july-4-2023-1688404696)Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate (https://donate.wng.org/).Additional support comes from Ambassadors Impact Network, an investing network that finances Christ-following entrepreneurs who demonstrate the gospel through their businesses. More at ambassadorsimpact.com (http://ambassadorsimpact.com/)

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0:00.0	The world and everything in it is made possible by listeners like us.
0:07.0	I'm Joe Barricchi. I help care for yards in mid-thoracan.
0:11.0	For introducing me to world in 2020, I'd like to wish a happy milestone birthday to my friend,
0:17.0	girlfriend, fiancee, and wife. Happy birthday, Martin.
0:22.0	Oh, and you too, America. I hope you enjoy today's program.
0:31.0	Good morning. The Supreme Court finds affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional.
0:37.0	But what does that mean in practice?
0:39.0	You're probably going to have plainness saying that university was putting way too much weight on life experiences
0:47.0	and not enough on raw academic indicators.
0:51.0	Also, today the CDC is raising alarms over fungus spreading in healthcare facilities.
0:57.0	How serious is it? Plus, World's Classic Book of the Month for July.
1:02.0	Hi, I'm Potox novel. The Chosen brings us America's pastime with a twist.
1:07.0	Strike three year olds. Yeah, we're more just like that, Danny.
1:10.0	No better. Easy out.
1:12.0	And celebrating true freedom on Independence Day.
1:16.0	It's Tuesday, the 4th of July. This is the world and everything in it from listeners supported World Radio.
1:20.0	I'm Mary Rykard. And I'm Nick Eichert. Good morning.
1:23.0	Time now for the news. Here's Kent, comington.
1:27.0	Israeli soldiers launched tear gas canisters in the West Bank Monday as Palestinian rioters hurled rocks at passing military vehicles.
1:37.0	A came after Israel's military launched its most intense operation in the West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops into a militant stronghold.
1:56.0	Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
1:59.0	We don't ever fight with the Palestinians. Our fight is with the proxies of Iran in our region, which is mainly with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
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