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.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 – The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Earlier this month, Mikaela Shiffrin opened up to The Associated Press. “The only thing I can really guarantee,” she said, “is that at some point it ends, and I’ll have to be the one who takes the defeat.” That might sound remarkably dour from the best skier on the planet, perhaps ever. But it was also quintessential Mikaela Shiffrin. Also: today’s stories, including the ongoing drama of classified documents, recognition of the Senegalese colonial infantry, and a Monitor reporter’s journey to see the northern lights. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and JJ Wahlberg for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The Monitor brokers in hope. Some weeks it takes a little extra effort to find some.
But hope finds roots in tragedy. Also: today’s stories, including a look at fair wages for teachers, if global trade is in Cold War 2.0, and an exhibit in Maine displaying an artist’s designs for the performing arts. Join the Monitor's Ali Martin and Sara Lang for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Monday, January 23, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
It was the end of a long reporting day for today’s story on coral reefs when Hayley-Jo Carr, a research scientist with the Perry Institute for Marine Science, suggested we make one more stop off the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, reports Monitor writer Stephanie Hanes. Also: today’s stories, including a portrait of a community experiencing tragedy in Monterey Park, the uncertainty around Western tanks in Ukraine, and scientists replicating corals resilient to climate change. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Friday, January 20, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
During David Crosby’s show at the Troubador in Los Angeles in 2014, a woman in the audience shouted, “I love you!” “In my younger days, I would have followed that call,” quipped the veteran songwriter, a grin visible beneath his famous mustache, shaped like a suitcase handle. He told showgoers that he’d been in love with the same woman for 37 years. Then he dedicated his beloved classic “Guinnevere” to his wife, Jan. Mr. Crosby, who died on Thursday, once told me that love was his main preoccupation as a songwriter. Also: today’s stories, including China’s slowing economic growth and declining population have cast doubt on the country’s rise, tracking down Russian collaborators in Ukraine, and an immigration loophole in parole as one way noncitizens can legally enter the U.S. Join the Monitor's Stephen Humphries and Troy Sambajon for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Thursday, January 19, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Have you read David Brooks’ latest article in The Atlantic? You should. It’s titled: “Despite Everything You Think You Know, America Is on the Right Track.” One main takeaway is this: It is essential not to mistake social upheaval with national weakness. Also: today’s stories, including a look at Israel facing a constitutional crisis, flood risks in California, and the best ways to help pandemic-era college students. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Ali Martin for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 – The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The World Economic Forum meeting is back to normal as a physical gathering in Switzerland. For whatever reason, the world’s bankers, CEOs, and policymakers are sounding cautiously optimistic about 2023. Also: today’s stories, including quests for bipartisan governments in U.S. states, Brazil’s struggle to keep its military out of politics, and a historian in Kenya rewriting colonial history. Join the Monitor's Laurent Belsie and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Over Christmas, I read Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Whole sentences of its inventive prose still linger in my mind like an afterimage. Yet when Hurston died in 1960, she had been all but forgotten. Also: today’s stories, including a look at the computer glitch that grounded all U.S. airline flights last week, residents returning to war torn homes in Ukraine, and the nuclear fusion breakthrough in a lab in California. Join the Monitor's Stephen Humphries and Sara Lang for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Friday, January 13, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
It started with a blind date in 1952, when young Coretta Scott was in her second semester at the New England Conservatory in Boston. She was devoted to her singing and not particularly looking for romance. Nevertheless, a nudge from a friend had spurred her to give a shot to a young fellow named Martin Luther King Jr. Also: today’s stories, including California’s extreme weather with cyclones, droughts, and wildfires. Key distinctions between the Mr. Biden’s FBI investigation and Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-lago raid, and why critical timing is the reason the West is giving Ukraine heavier weapons now. And a look into why Japan is shouldering more security responsibility in Asia. Join the Monitor's Noelle Swan and JJ Wahlberg for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Thursday, January 12, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
On Wednesday, the federal authorities grounded all air traffic in the United States for the first time since 9/11 – for something some pilots look at as little more than spam. The grounding took place when a notification system known as NOTAM – or, Notice to Air Missions – failed. Also: today’s stories, including Twitter and Elon Musk’s incoming clash with Europe’s Digital Services Act, what it will take to transform dual credit college enrollment into a true tool to advance equity, and moments of moral clarity illuminated the scene in 2022 against a somber political background. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Stephen Humphries for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Perhaps like many people, when I think of the word “river” I haven’t usually associated it with the sky. Now it’s quite possible we all will. Also: today’s stories, including a look inside India’s Kerala effective development policies that may now hold it back, the evolution of infant adoption in the US as an alternative to abortion, and the inspiring story of a boy learning to ride a bike. Join the Monitor's Mark Trumbull and Clara Germani for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
