8.22.25 Culture Friday on eugenics repackaged, two global blockbusters, and the life of Dr. James Dobson

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet covers eugenics as biotech progress, a review of Asian folklore-inspired animated films, and the life and legacy of Dr. James Dobson. Plus, the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Cedarville University—a Christ-centered, academically rigorous university located in southwest Ohio, equipping students for Gospel impact across every career and calling. Cedarville integrates a biblical worldview into every course in the more than 175 undergraduate and graduate programs students choose from. New online undergraduate degrees through Cedarville Online offer flexible and affordable education grounded in a strong Christian community that fosters both faith and learning. Learn more at cedarville.edu, and explore online programs at cedarville.edu/onlineFrom iWitness.. Powerful audio dramas bringing faith, courage, and history to life in unforgettable ways. iwitnesspod.comAnd from Ambassadors Impact Network. Inviting entrepreneurs to access faith-friendly financing options at ambassadorsimpact.com

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0:00.0	Good morning. Today on Culture Friday, design our embryos and screening out suffering.
0:11.0	It could be possible for us to use data at the earliest stage so that a baby has the maximum chance of being healthy.
0:18.0	John Stone Street standing by to evaluate the promise and peril, making perfection the measure
0:24.1	of life.
0:25.0	Also today, two fantasy blockbusters from Asia shake up the global box office, and later...
0:31.7	This is Shirley Dobson.
0:33.2	My precious husband, Jim, is now with Jesus.
0:36.3	Remembering focus on the family founder, James Dobson.
0:46.3	It's Friday, August 22nd.
0:48.7	This is the world and everything in it.
0:50.8	From listener-supported World Radio.
0:53.0	I'm Merna Brown.
0:53.8	And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.
0:57.6	Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
1:02.5	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will immediately renew ceasefire negotiations with Hamas.
1:09.2	He says the objectives are to secure the release of all Israeli hostages still held in Gaza
1:16.1	and to end the war with the terror group on Israel's terms.
1:20.3	But the Prime Minister also said he has approved plans to expand a military campaign to capture Gaza
1:25.9	city and defeat Hamas.
1:30.5	Thousands of deprators took to the streets in Israel, once again calling for a ceasefire
1:35.3	and the release of all Israeli hostages. Lawrence Sargent was among them.
1:39.6	I think the world doesn't understand that the Hamas has the key, as the key of the end of the war.
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