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Monitor Daily Podcast

May 30, 2024
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Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation

At morning meetings, Monitor editors jostle to get their writers’ work into the Daily. A heavy news flow has brought lots of friendly elbowing.

Besides the breaking news on the Donald Trump verdict, today’s lineup includes a must-read report from the Black Sea on how Ukraine might be quietly reopening a sea-lane, and an election-eve take from Mexico on what’s behind the (surprisingly limited) political noise around migrants. 

Both reports – and the others – showcase our commitment to getting you the stories behind big stories. 

Finally, you can savor Peter Rainer’s film review. Of a director whose first animated movie, “Robot Dreams,” earns a rare five stars from Peter, he writes this: “He’s a voluptuary of the everyday.” Not bad for a Thursday.


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Today’s stories

And why we wrote them

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Former President Donald Trump appears at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York, May 30, 2024. Jurors reached a verdict late in the day, finding Mr. Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Today’s news briefs

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Ukrainian farmer Volodymyr Varbanets poses in one of his wheat fields in the Odesa region near the Black Sea, May 22, 2024. He says he expects to export about 70% of his crops to overseas markets this year.
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Patterns

Tracing global connections
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A woman retrieves laundry from a clothesline at the Casa del Migrante Arcángel Rafael shelter for asylum-seekers, April 15, 2024, in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City.
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“Robot Dreams,” which features fast friends Robot and Dog, was a 2024 Oscar nominee for best animated feature.

The Monitor's View

AP
Ahead of elections last February, a man carries ballot boxes to polling stations in Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy.

A Christian Science Perspective

About this feature

Viewfinder

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Ash rises behind Mount Sýlingarfell, in Grindavik, Iceland, as magma hits groundwater, May 29, 2024. The volcano erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the seaside town and forced evacuation of the famed Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Jurcotte and Jacob Turcotte. )

A look ahead

Thanks for reading today. Come back tomorrow for a standout listen: Nearing retirement, veteran Monitor writer Peter Grier joins guest host Gail Chaddock on a special “Why We Wrote This” episode to discuss some of the stories – both writings and experiences – from his remarkable 45-year career. 

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