Episode 5 - The Divided Dial
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WNYC Studios
4.6 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A couple of years ago, on a long and lonely drive through northern Minnesota, I flipped |
| 0:12.3 | on the radio to keep me company. |
| 0:14.8 | My car stereo looped around the FM dial and stopped on the one station strong enough for |
| 0:20.0 | it to pick up. |
| 0:21.3 | It was playing focus on the family. |
| 0:26.6 | The long standing evangelical anti-LGBTQ show that's also a long time paying ministry |
| 0:33.9 | on Salem stations. |
| 0:35.4 | Until God helped him to see that homosexuality is incompatible with Scripture. |
| 0:40.8 | And I listened because I was curious, but also because it was a long ride. |
| 0:46.9 | And that's what was on. |
| 0:48.2 | All responsibility is Christians to keep the main thing, the main thing that is loving |
| 0:53.5 | others through Christ. |
| 0:57.6 | Radio is familiar, personal. |
| 1:01.4 | The hosts are with you as you drink your morning coffee in your car on your commute. |
| 1:06.1 | They're in the kitchen with you while you cook. |
| 1:08.4 | You're definitely on first name basis with them. |
| 1:11.3 | Even the national hosts might voice and add for the tire shop down the block. |
| 1:16.6 | Radio is intimate. |
| 1:17.9 | I love it. |
| 1:19.2 | And so does this guy. |
| 1:20.9 | Hi Katie. |
| 1:21.9 | Hello Mr. Boys. |
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