The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast
The editors of The Christian Science Monitor take you beyond the headlines with the ideas driving progress in this 15-minute news briefing. The Monitor Daily Podcast is available each Monday through Friday at 6 pm ET. For more information on the Daily or The Christian Science Monitor, visit csmonitor.com. Send your comments, suggestions or thoughts to podcast@csmonitor.com.
Thursday, August 6, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The burgeoning online music company Bandcamp has long been renowned for supporting racial and social justice organizations. Now, during the pandemic, it has also stepped up to help artists struggling to make a living in quarantine quashed. Also: today’s stories, including President Trump’s efforts to move evangelical voters, the tragic cost of government dysfunction in Lebanon, and African cartoonists drawing themselves into the story. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Jessica Mendoza for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
When reporter Scott Peterson went to Lebanon to report on protests last November, something seemed different. In a country so riven by strife among its religious sects, there was a new resolve. Also: today’s stories, including a look at reparations, a post-pandemic future envisioned by playwrights, and a Q & A with ‘Vanguard’ author Martha S. Jones. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Jessica Mendoza for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
You may already know that pandemic gardening is, well, a thing. You know this because your neighbor keeps leaving zucchini the size of scuba tanks on your doorstep. This past spring in the Northern Hemisphere, about the time that toilet paper became scarce, a new backyard farming movement began. It started as a hedge against food shortages. Burpee Seeds was so swamped that it halted orders for a few days in April to catch up. Nurseries and garden centers are still doing a booming business. But sales have gone way beyond the apoc-alyptic preppers. Also: today’s stories, including Tiktok, Karen Bass, and protests in both Portland, Oregon, and Jerusalem. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and Eva Botkin-Kowacki for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Monday, August 3, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
In January, when a group of editors and writers first gathered to talk about how we should cover the 100th anniversary of voting rights for women in the United States, we never dreamed that the project would be overshadowed by a pandemic and by protests over racial injustice. Also in today’s news: The six-week brawl over the 19th amendment, women leaders during the pandemic, and young women of color who are leading the charge against racial discrimination. Join the Monitor's April Austin and Ken Kaplan for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Friday, July 31, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
"Last summer, when GOP Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota came to the Monitor Breakfast, he talked up all the Republican women planning to run for Congress." Also: today’s stories, including potential voting scenarios in the fall, the influence of teacher’s unions in opening schools, and the persistent work of deaf reporters. Join the Monitor's Jessica Mendoza and Jingnan Peng for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Thursday, July 30, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Researchers discovered microbes that had been buried beneath the sea floor for more than 100 million years, and they were still alive. Also: the future of Afghanistan peace talks; changing Black history education, and Colombian libraries that lift spirits during the pandemic. Join the Monitor's Eva Botkin-Kowacki and Ken Kaplan for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
A poll released this month by Gallup found that, for the first time in its surveys, Americans lean generally toward more immigration, rather than less. Also: promoting female composers in classical music, and the best audiobooks of July. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Rebecca Asoulin for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
What’s the best way to play professional sports during a pandemic? There are two models now being live-tested in the United States. Also: today’s stories, including how scientists are shifting gears, a critical look at recycling, and points of progress from around the world. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and Samantha Laine Perfas for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Monday, July 27, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
It’s amazing how life-altering – and far-reaching – a modest effort to break pandemic ennui can be. Take the young man who, while browsing recently in the ReMARKable Cleanouts warehouse in Norwood, Massachusetts, asked if he could play a piano – and charmed shoppers with Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” A worker posted the moment to Facebook, and a much larger audience was soon smiling, some even offering to buy him the piano. ReMARKable owner Mark Waters decided to gift an even better one – if he could figure out who the player behind the face mask and hoodie was. He did a local news interview – and John Capron came forward. Also in today’s news: Chinese spies, racial statues, and a Muslim member of Israel’s parliament. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Peter Grier for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Friday, July 24, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Out of crisis comes opportunity, the saying goes. For Abraham Walker, that meant moving his family from New Orleans to northern Virginia. Also: today’s stories, including 99 days of lockdown in South Africa, making sense of the conflict in Portland, and new findings on pandemic prevention in Warsaw's Nazi ghetto. Join the Monitor's Jessica Mendoza and Jingnan Peng for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
