Episodes

  • Saturday, August 2, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Saturday, August 2, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Aug 2 2025
    While elite institutions shaped the pandemic response, critics say they sidelined dissenting views, deepening distrust and contributing to Donald Trump’s reelection. As the pandemic divided the United States, could a full accounting help the nation heal? Also: today’s stories, including European and Arab governments making diplomatic progress towards peace, an artist pulling her work from the National Portrait Gallery, and a national opera house serving as a bomb-shelter cathedral in Ukraine. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins for today's news.
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  • Friday, August 1, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Friday, August 1, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Aug 1 2025
    The international community has unified around the question of Palestinian statehood, diverging from the U.S. and Israel. But will it make a difference? Not since the mid-1950s under Dwight Eisenhower has a U.S. president held such sway over Israel. Also: today’s stories, including how Sudanese women exiled by war are finding freedom from female genital mutilation; why Europeans have been pushing back on cruise ships; and a photo essay from Massachusetts’ famed Brimfield Antique Flea Market. Join the Monitor's Linda Feldmann for today's news.
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  • Thursday, July 31, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Thursday, July 31, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Jul 31 2025
    Growing global outrage over the hunger crisis in Gaza has many asking if Israel had a deliberate policy of starving civilians. Israelis say that was never the case, but an ignorance of Palestinian suffering allowed an inconsistent government policy to lead to a calamity. Also: today’s stories, including how the president has recently touted a trade deal with the EU, but the overall economic outlook is uncertain, how staff are working to help patrons stay connected to reading, education, and daily life, and how Finland has been ranked the world’s happiest country for years. But that doesn’t mean Finns are a smiling, perky people. Join the Monitor's Kurt Shillinger for today's news.
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  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Jul 30 2025
    President Trump’s tariff threats are in some cases turning into tariff deals. The details of the broad agreements are yet to come and may determine whether the U.S. comes out ahead. Also: today’s stories, including how Europeans feel in the wake of a new U.S.-EU trade deal; why Argentines are struggling economically despite efforts to tackle inflation; and a look at how volunteerism in Japan has surged in the decades following the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake. Join the Monitor's Ira Porter for today's news.
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  • Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Jul 29 2025
    The Trump administration faces pressure to release additional files from investigations of sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. Here’s what’s known from two decades of lawsuits and what could come from efforts to reveal more. Also: today’s stories, including a look at the effects of Syria’s drought crisis, the Monitor’s Francine Kiefer’s farewell letter to readers and a new generation of journalists, and how the ceasefire reached between Thailand and Cambodia could help hundreds of thousands of displaced people return home. Join the Monitor's Christa Case Bryant for today's news.
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  • Saturday, July 26, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Saturday, July 26, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Jul 26 2025
    A spirit of “We’re in this together” colored the early days of the pandemic in the United States. But that frayed as debate over what steps to take became increasingly politicized. Also: today’s stories, including how a third of the enclave’s 2.3 million people are not eating for multiple days in a row, how the truth-telling folk singer Patty Griffin was thinking about hanging up her guitar, and our global progress roundup this week: how California’s Yurok tribe doubled its land holdings. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins for today's news.
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  • Friday, July 25, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Friday, July 25, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Jul 25 2025
    Amid sectarian violence in Syria, in which hundreds of Druze were killed, Israel struck Damascus and issued a warning to the new government. Israeli Druze are mourning the deaths, but are divided over whether Israeli military action is the wisest course. Also: today’s stories, including a look at how some communities in the U.S. are grappling with federal cuts for flood preparation; how a populist surge on the right is gaining ground in Japan; and a Q+A with Nigerian Afrobeat artist Mádé Kútì, grandson of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kútì. Join the Monitor's Linda Feldmann for today's news.
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  • Thursday, July 24, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

    Thursday, July 24, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
    Jul 24 2025
    President Trump’s new AI policy, which includes promoting private investment in AI, reflects growing bipartisan concern that China is rapidly eroding America’s lead in artificial intelligence. Also: today’s stories, including volunteers rallying around Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, a book review about vanilla, and Texas Republicans are meeting this week to redraw the state’s congressional map. Join the Monitor's Christa Case Bryant for today's news.
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