8.18.23 Culture Friday, Blue Beetle and Gran Turismo, and Word Play

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On Culture Friday, the tragic real-life unraveling of the adoption story in the film The Blind Side; reviews of Blue Beetle and Gran Turismo; and on Word Play with George Grant, an enjoyable catalog of authorisms. Plus, commentary from Steve West and the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.Additional support comes from P&R Publishing. Celebrating the release of two new children’s books - Pilipinto by Valerie Elliot Shepard and God’s Servant Ruth by Doug Bond. Use promo code WORLD at prpbooks.com.From Ridge Haven Camp and Retreat Centers … youth, adult, and campus ministries year-round in Brevard North Carolina and Cono Iowa. More at ridgehaven.orgAnd from Endure, a Christian Man’s guide to Finishing Strong, a practical, Scripture-based book for individuals and groups. More at billnewton.us

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0:00.0	The world and everything in it is made possible by listeners like me.
0:08.2	My name is Joni Skinner from Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
0:11.0	I listen each day while I'm exercising after work.
0:14.3	I hope you enjoy today's program.
0:18.8	Good morning.
0:23.0	The real-life football player at the center of the movie The Blind Side is suing the family
0:27.5	that got him off the streets.
0:29.0	Yes he is, and we'll talk about it today on Culture Friday with Jon Stone Street.
0:33.9	Also today, George Grant with Wordplay for August and World Arts and Culture Editor Colin
0:39.7	Garberino with a review of two movies, including Gran Turismo.
0:43.8	You really think you're going to take a kid who plays video games in their bedroom.
0:47.7	You're going to strap them to a 200 mile an hour rocket.
0:51.4	And Steve West on flying through the deep blue skies.
0:58.4	It's Friday, August 18th.
1:05.5	This is The World and everything in it from listeners supported World Radio.
1:09.3	I'm Mary Reichard.
1:10.4	And I'm Nick Eichert.
1:11.6	Good morning.
1:14.1	Now the news with Kent Covington.
1:16.7	President Biden is hosting high stakes diplomatic talks today with leaders from Japan and South
1:22.1	Korea at the Camp David presidential retreat.
1:25.6	Christopher Jon Stone with the Center for Strategic and International Studies explains.
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