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, March 15, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Last month, we shared the results of a Pew survey of parents’ views about raising children. Topping their concerns were mental health, bullying, and safety. So we asked readers: Is parenting harder today? Also: today’s stories, including China’s involvement with the Ukraine war, how President Joe Biden has shifted on immigration, and a Swedish housing project bringing young migrants and seniors together. Join the Monitor’s Amelia Newcomb and Kendra Nordin Beato for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Favour Odenyi wrote about her experience reading the Monitor in an award-winning essay sponsored by DiscoveryBound, a national youth leadership program for Christian Scientists. Also, today’s stories including: The failure of Silicon Valley Bank poses a test of confidence at a time when the economy is already challenged by inflation and rising interest rates, Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP was widely proclaimed to be weakening, and The U.S. has long been the preeminent outside actor in the Middle East. Now China is asserting itself there, stealing Washington's diplomatic thunder. What does this portend? Join the Monitor’s Kendra Nordin Beato and Ali Martin at csmonitor.com/daily.
Monday, March 13, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Silicon Valley Bank wasn’t huge enough to be considered a “systemically important” financial institution that warrants extra scrutiny from regulators. But we are learning that it was big enough to cause plenty of consternation when it failed. Also: today’s stories, including the staying power of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, a California zanjero who delivers water from the Colorado River, and the height of hospitality in Saudi Arabia. Join the Monitor’s Mark Trumbull and Ken Kaplan for today’s news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Friday, March 10, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Jeremy Peña, star shortstop for the Houston Astros, looked stunned. He had just been called out on strikes without even receiving a final pitch – and that was precisely the problem. Mr. Peña had failed to be ready in time. Also, today’s stories, including: Why Bakhmut battle is high stakes for all, Israeli protesters: ‘Traitors’ – or best and brightest?, and Atlanta’s Cop City. Join the Monitor's Linda Feldmann and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Thursday, March 9, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
I will never forget my first day in Journalism 101. The white-haired professor stalked among the desks and then asked the question calibrated to change our lives, delivered with perfect pitch and timbre. “Who decides what is news?” Also: today’s stories, including a look at President Biden’s budget proposal, public schools in rural Texas, and our 200th Patterns column written by Ned Temko. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Ali Martin for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Spanish feminism was one of the first stories I covered for the Monitor as a foreign reporter. I will never forget what one leader told me then, 20 years ago: that while most Western women were gaining ground in the women’s liberation movement, Spanish women were living under dictatorship, so they were in overdrive and, in her view, had “sprinted ahead” of their peers. Also: today’s stories, including a look at determination on Ukraine’s front, the battle against misinformation in Latino politics, and a review of the movie “Creed III”. Join the Monitor's Ali Martin and Sara Lang for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Epic snowfall in parts of California moved the Monitor’s Francine Kiefer to consider the human story behind all of the news and social-media images of impassable roads. What she found: examples of residents who are proving to be “mountain strong.” Also, today’s stories, including: A surprising number of Democrats in Congress, as well as President Joe Biden, back a measure that nullifies Washington, D.C.’s new criminal code, an inside look into a sports revolution for women on the court, and a “child-friendly” report in newly post-dictatorship Gambia gets to the heart of a universal truth: To avoid future atrocities, past ones must be remembered.
Monday, March 6, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The United Kingdom and the European Union recently unveiled a revised rulebook for trade in Northern Ireland, which had become a major sticking point in post-Brexit diplomacy. Also: today’s stories, including a new approach to homeless encampments, Oscar nominated "Argentina, 1985" offering hope, and our progress roundup. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Stephen Humphries for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Friday, March 3, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Attorney General Merrick Garland has said on numerous occasions that in the United States the rule of law means that the same laws apply to all. That includes former presidents, in his estimation. Also: today’s stories, including the U.S.-China crisis hotline, freedom of the press in India, and the rising popularity of mending clothes in the United States. Join the Monitor’s Peter Grier and Ken Kaplan for today’s news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The first anniversary of the war in Ukraine has passed, but the commitment of Ukrainians to freedom has not. It continues, and in a very small way, so it does with a retired schoolteacher-turned-painter in St. Louis. Also: today’s stories, including a look at the NYPD being the nation’s foremost laboratory of police reform, Dominion Voting Systems alleging defamation by Fox News, and ingenuity in Florida in the wake of a crop crisis. Join the Monitor's Noelle Swan and Sara Lang for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
