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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Jun 22, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 7:28):
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New York City Holds Primary Election Today: What Will the Election Results from the American Epicenter of Culture, Economics, and Influence Tell Us?
PART 2 (7:29 - 14:42):
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What Is Ranked Choice Voting? How This Form of Voting Weakens Democratic Process
PART 3 (14:43 - 23:8):
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Always Pay Attention to the Vocabulary: The Department of Veteran Affairs Will Begin Offering “Gender Confirmation Surgeries”
NEW YORK TIMES (ANNIE KARNI)
V.A. Plans to Offer Gender Confirmation Surgeries for Transgender Veterans
WASHINGTON POST (MERYL KORNFIELD)
VA plans to offer gender-confirmation surgery to transgender veterans, reversing ban

Monday, June 21, 2021 Jun 21, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 15:38):
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Debate Continues in the Roman Catholic Church Over Communion Rights for Politicians Who Support Abortion: The Necessity of Moral Coherence in One’s Personal and Public Life
NEW YORK TIMES (JASON HOROWITZ)
Vatican Warns U.S. Bishops: Don’t Deny Biden Communion Over Abortion
THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life
PART 2 (15:39 - 21:14):
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Benjamin Netanyahu Is Out as Prime Minister of Israel — And There’s Theology Here Under the Headlines
NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID M. HALBFINGER)
Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ Exits a Stage He Dominated
PART 3 (21:15 - 24:5):
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Ebrahim Raisi, Radical Islamist, Elected as New President of Iran: Theology Always Matters and Christians Know Why
NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID E. SANGER AND FARNAZ FASSIHI)
For Biden, Iranian Hard-liner May Be Best Path to Restoring Nuclear Deal

Friday, June 18, 2021 Jun 18, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 18:26):
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A Huge Win for Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court: What Signal Does the Unanimous Decision in Fulton v. Philadelphia Send?
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Fulton v. Philadelphia
USA TODAY (JOHN FRITZE)
Religious freedom vs. LGBTQ rights: Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster care agency
PART 2 (18:27 - 21:50):
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Education Department Announces Protection for Transgender Students Under Title IX: A Reminder That Supreme Court Decisions Can Have Seismic Effects
NEW YORK TIMES (KATIE ROGERS)
Title IX Protections Extend to Transgender Students, Education Dept. Says
PART 3 (21:51 - 24:15):
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The Moral Issues of World War II Come Rushing Back Decades Later: What Happened to Hideki Tojo’s Remains After His Execution?
NEW YORK TIMES (LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA AND HIKARI HIDA)
Where Did Hideki Tojo’s Body Go After His Execution? A Mystery Is Solved.

Thursday, June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:22):
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A Rebound of Toxic Ideas in France: What’s Behind the French Claim That Americans Are Exporting Bad Ideas?
NEW YORK TIMES (COLE STANGLER)
France Is Becoming More Like America. It’s Terrible.
PART 2 (10:23 - 19:6):
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A Clash of Secular Worldviews in France: What Happens When a Secular Society Can No Longer Take Any Theological Argument Seriously?
NEW YORK TIMES (NORIMITSU ONISHI)
The Mayor, the Teacher and a Fight Over a ‘Lost Territory’ of France
PART 3 (19:7 - 23:1):
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What Will the Political Future of the United States Look Like If the Nation Continues to Secularize? Why There Can Be No Rescue from Ideology by Ideology
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN)
How Is The GOP Adjusting To A Less Religious America?

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Jun 16, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 14:24):
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It’s Now Considered Morally and Ecologically Problematic to Have a Child. Really? A Consideration of This Direct Rejection of the Biblical Worldview
VOGUE MAGAZINE (NELL FRIZZELL)
Is Having A Baby In 2021 Pure Environmental Vandalism?
NATIONAL REVIEW (MARIAN L. TUPY)
Against Environmental Anti-humanism
PART 2 (14:25 - 19:5):
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Readers of the New York Times Celebrate the Declining Birthrate, Citing Warnings of a Coming Dystopian Future: But When Is This Long-Prophesied Ecological Disaster Supposedly Coming?
NEW YORK TIMES (LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)
Let’s Celebrate a Lower Birthrate, Not Lament It
PART 3 (19:6 - 23:33):
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Watch Out! 15 Wild (And Potentially Drunk) Elephants Take a Wild Journey Across China
WALL STREET JOURNAL (SHA HUA)
A Herd of Wild Elephants Wandering Across China Captivates Millions

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Jun 15, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:17):
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Unarmed Drone Technology Raises Huge Questions When Considering Just War Theory: How Should We Think About This New Technology?
WALL STREET JOURNAL (JAMES MARSON AND BRETT FORREST)
Armed Low-Cost Drones, Made by Turkey, Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics
PART 2 (13:18 - 18:9):
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The Scariest Headline in Recent Days? A Military Drone in Libya Controlled by Artificial Intelligence May Have Carried Out an Attack on Its Own
NEW YORK TIMES (MARIA CRAMER)
A.I. Drone May Have Acted on Its Own in Attacking Fighters, U.N. Says
PART 3 (18:10 - 25:28):
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Wounded by the Battle: How Drone Operators Face the Inescapable Horror of War
WALL STREET JOURNAL (WAYNE PHELPS)
The Psychic Toll of Killing With Drones

Monday, June 14, 2021 Jun 14, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:3):
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Welcome to the Brave New World of 2021: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Supports the Inevitable End of Women’s Sports
ESPN (PAULA LAVIGNE)
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona backs transgender athletes' rights
PART 2 (9:4 - 19:17):
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Is There a Hierarchy of Rights? Secretary of State Antony Blinken Argues That There Are No Fundamental Rights
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Secretary Antony J. Blinken On Release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
PART 3 (19:18 - 24:23):
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Is Vacation a Universal Human Right? How about Social Security? A Look at the 1948 United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UNITED NATIONS
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Friday, June 11, 2021 Jun 11, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:50):
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The Pentagon Will Release a Report on UFOs Later This Month: What Should Christians Think About the UFOs and the Massive Interest in Them?
NEW YORKER (GIDEON LEWIS-KRAUS)
How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously
PART 2 (17:51 - 20:1):
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How Many Oceans Are There on Earth? National Geographic Nows Says There Are Five — What Does This Announcement Tell Us about Our Understanding of Nature?
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (SARAH GIBBENS)
There’s a new ocean now—can you name all 5?
PART 3 (20:2 - 25:18):
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Renegotiating Our Understanding of Villainy and Evil: ‘Cruella’ Tells the Story of a Misunderstood “Feminist Fantasy,” But What’s Really Being Communicated About Right and Wrong?
TIME MAGAZINE (STEPHANIE ZACHAREK)
From Cruella to Maleficent to the Joker: Is It Time to Retire the Villain Origin Story?
NEW YORK TIMES (SARAH BAHR)
The Surprising Evolution of Cruella De Vil

Thursday, June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:54):
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The Department of Justice Says It Will “Vigorously” Defend Religious Exemption for Christian Institutions, But What Is the Biden Administration Actually Up To?
THE INDEPENDENT (GINO SPOCCHIA)
Biden under fire for defending Christian schools in anti-LGBT+ case: ‘The government is aligning with hate’
SLATE (MARK JOSEPH STERN)
No, the Biden Administration Isn’t Betraying Its Support for LGBTQ Rights
PART 2 (10:55 - 16:34):
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The Global Effort to Remove Legal Obstacles to Abortion: Toxic Ideas Don’t Just Stay Local, They Go Global
THE GUARDIAN (LIZ FORD)
End all legal barriers to abortion, say leading European politicians
PART 3 (16:35 - 22:45):
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The Evidence of Liberal Religion and Comprehensive Secularism in Great Britain: Are Religious Brits Really in Favor of Euthanasia?
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE (NOA HOFFMAN)
Poll finds majority of religious Brits favour assisted dying - as rabbi leads new euthanasia alliance

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Jun 09, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:56):
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Did the Supreme Court Rule on Immigration on Monday? Actually, No. So . . . What Did They Decide, Unanimously?
NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants Seeking Green Cards
PART 2 (9:57 - 14:26):
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Sometimes the Big Story Is What Didn’t Happen: Why Did the Supreme Court Decline to Take a Case Challenging the Constitutionality of the Military Draft Law?
NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Limiting Military Draft to Men
PART 3 (14:27 - 20:5):
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A Political Farce in Congress Over Abortion Law: The Inevitable Result of the Supreme Court’s Disastrous Roe v. Wade Decision
FORBES (ALISON DURKEE)
Congressional Democrats Reintroduce Bill To Protect Abortion Access Amid Supreme Court Threat
PART 4 (20:6 - 24:50):
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The Chicken Sandwich War Becomes the War over the Moral Revolution: Burger King Announces Financial Support for the LGBTQ Revolution While Taking a Swipe at Chick-fil-A
CNN (DAVID GOLDMAN)
Burger King trolls Chick-fil-A with LGBTQ+ donations

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