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.
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.
Thursday, July 23, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
A great leap forward for environmental justice might be possible in the current moment. Also: today’s stories, including how GOP candidates in close races try to play to the middle, a look at Siberia’s unprecedented forest fires, and a profile on an Israeli social entrepreneur building “communities of kindness.” Join the Monitor's Noelle Swan and Noah Robertson for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
What does wealth look like? For most of human history, it looked a lot like shiny things that humans pulled from the ground. But that’s changing. Also: today’s stories, including the new pandemic threat to the economy, President Donald Trump and Joe Biden spar for “tough guy” mantle on China, and global resisters of police brutality advise American protesters. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Jessica Mendoza for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Are masks the key to reopening the economy? Also: how one Georgia city beat back COVID-19, the women making NASA’s spacesuits work for women, and the story behind Little Free Pantries. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and Kendra Nordin Beato for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
Monday, July 20, 2020 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Climate change might lack the gravitational pull of pandemic and racial justice – the twin suns of so many recent news cycles – but it keeps showing up (it’s 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the Arctic). And both public and political thought about attacking it appears to be shifting. Also in today’s news: harsher military justice for Black troops, John Lewis, and adjusted Olympic training. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Eva Botkin Kowacki for today's news. For more information, visit csmonitor.com/daily.
